- Commission source explaining substantiation and verification intent and common greenwashing issues.
References and citations
- Policy summary and implementation context for environmental claims governance.
An audit-ready checklist with acceptance criteria and evidence outputs.
Use it to build a claims program marketing can run without chaos.
Structured answer sets in this page tree.
Cited legal and guidance references.
A green claims checklist should produce artifacts: claim cards, evidence packs, reviewer logs, and disclosure text. Use this checklist to implement a repeatable green claims operating model across product pages, ads, packaging, and corporate messaging.
Goal: every high-impact claim is classified and owned. If you can't list your claims, you can't govern them.
Done looks like: claim inventory + taxonomy + claim cards with version history.
Goal: evidence is exportable and reproducible. Reviewers can replay calculations and understand boundaries.
Done looks like: evidence pack templates + dataset inventory + trade-off handling notes.
Goal: approvals are consistent and logged. Claims don't pass without reviewer checks.
Done looks like: verification checklist + approval log stored with evidence packs.
Goal: avoid ambiguous 'neutrality' messaging. Separate reductions and compensation clearly.
Done looks like: offsets disclosure template + retirement evidence + boundary clarity.
Goal: labels don't become implied claims without evidence. Scheme criteria and eligibility are current.
Done looks like: scheme due diligence checklist + label evidence pack + usage log.
ESG Compliance can take EU Green Claims Checklist from turning this checklist into an operational workflow to a reusable workflow inside Sorena. Teams working on EU Green Claims can keep owners, evidence, and next steps aligned without copying this guide into separate documents.
Start from EU Green Claims Checklist and manage cross team sustainability work, reporting, and evidence from one workflow.
Review your current process, evidence gaps, and next steps for EU Green Claims Checklist.