{"id":313363,"date":"2024-10-14T11:14:18","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T05:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=313363"},"modified":"2024-10-16T11:16:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T05:46:13","slug":"centre-prepares-new-rules-to-curb-greenwashing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/centre-prepares-new-rules-to-curb-greenwashing\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre prepares new rules to curb greenwashing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> <em>The Centre will release the final rules on greenwashing, and violations of these rules will invite penalties under the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>1. Greenwashing: It refers to the process of a company misleading consumers about the environmental benefits of their products or practices.<\/p>\n<p>2. Also known as \u2018green sheen\u2019, it is responsible for adverse environmental impacts, eroding customer trust, reducing corporate accountability.<\/p>\n<p>3. Consumer Protection Act: It was passed by Indian Parliament in 2019, repealing and replacing the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.<\/p>\n<p>4. The Act aims to protect the interests of consumers and establish authorities for timely and effective settlement of consumers\u2019 disputes.<\/p>\n<p>5. The Act provides for establishment of Central Consumer Protection Authority to protect and enforce the rights of the consumers. It also regulates unfair trade practices and false or misleading advertisements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Centre will release the final rules on greenwashing, and violations of these rules will invite penalties under the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019. 1. Greenwashing: It refers to the process of a company misleading consumers about the environmental benefits of their products or practices. 2. Also known as \u2018green sheen\u2019, it&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/centre-prepares-new-rules-to-curb-greenwashing\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Centre prepares new rules to curb greenwashing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10357,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12039],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-313363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knolls","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10357"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}