• 24. January 2024

Environmental labelling of products subject to more stringent rules!

On January 17, 2024, with overwhelming majority, the EU Parliament adopted a new law (LINK) banning greenwashing and misleading product information. The Directive amends Directives 2005/29/EC (concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices) and 2011/83/EU (on consumer right) as regards empowering consumers for the green transition through better protection against unfair practices and through better information. In […]
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  • 13. October 2022

Importance of environmental transparency is increasing sharply!

A sustainable product, a sustainable company – terms we all like to hear and read and which companies usually use to their competitive advantage. However, the days when it was possible to determine at one’s own discretion whether and what is „sustainable“ are over: the urgently needed transformation from a linear to a circular economy […]
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  • 6. August 2021

RoHS Annex III and Annex IV – Current Status

During our RoHS quick update webinar on July 21st, we presented the latest update from Annex III and Annex IV exemptions were expected to expire the same day. This was a hot topic for the participants of the webinar. After the webinar, we were asked to provide a follow up on the status of these […]
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NovaLoop GmbH - Sustainability Compliance
  • 15. December 2020

Environmental Claims – Caught between sustainability and regulatory compliance

In 2018, 18.9 million tons of packaging waste was generated in Germany, of which approx. 47% originated from private households (source: Federal Environment Agency). Hence, not only for products but also for packaging, the topics of sustainability and environmental impact are more and more coming into focus for consumers. Especially for product packaging, labels such […]
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