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EU Green Claims FAQ

Answers for marketing, legal, and sustainability teams.

Plus links to templates and the full claims workflow.

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Sorena AI
Published
Feb 21, 2026
Updated
Feb 21, 2026
Questions
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2

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Sorena AI
Published Feb 21, 2026
Updated Feb 21, 2026
Overview

Most green claims issues repeat: vague language, unclear boundaries, offset-heavy climate claims, and badges that imply more than they prove. These FAQs focus on implementation decisions and what evidence you need to publish and defend claims consistently.

Question 1

Scope and claim classification

Start by classifying the claim. Evidence depends on whether it's product vs company, absolute vs comparative, or label-like.

If you can't write a boundary statement in plain language, the claim is not ready.

  • What counts as a green claim? Any messaging about environmental impact/aspect/performance (explicit or implied).
  • Do badges and icons count? Yes-badges can create implied claims and require governance and evidence.
  • What's the fastest way to reduce risk? Claim cards + evidence packs + approval logs.
Question 2

Substantiation and evidence

Substantiation is an evidence pack: method, data, calculations, trade-offs, and disclosures.

Build an evidence index so you can export substantiation quickly when challenged.

  • Do we need a life-cycle view? Often, yes for broad claims-document lifecycle scope and exclusions.
  • How do we handle trade-offs? Explain what improved and what worsened; avoid cherry-picking.
  • What should we store? Claim card, datasets, calculation artifacts, reviewer checklist, approval log, disclosures.
Question 3

Offsets and climate neutrality claims

Offset-based claims are high-risk because they are easily misunderstood. Separate reductions and compensation clearly.

If your claim relies on offsets, treat it as a disclosure-heavy claim with extra evidence requirements.

  • Should we say 'carbon neutral'? Only if the boundary and reductions vs offsets are explicit and defensible.
  • What evidence is needed? Offset integrity criteria, retirement/cancellation records, and accounting assumptions.
  • What's a safer pattern? 'We reduced X and compensated Y' with a clear explanation and link to evidence.
Question 4

Legislative status changes (what should teams do?)

Even when legislative status shifts, enforcement risk and consumer expectations remain. The safe strategy is to keep your internal controls stable: classify, substantiate, verify, log.

Use policy updates to adjust documentation and disclosures, not to abandon the operating model.

  • Maintain claim inventory and evidence packs as a baseline control system.
  • Update templates and reviewer checklists when policy or guidance changes.
  • Run sampling audits of published claims and fix systemic issues.
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