Former ACCC boss has told a Senate inquiry the certification program could be guilty of ‘misleading and deceptive conduct’
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A former chair of Australia’s consumer watchdog wants the federal government to establish an independent investigation into its program that certifies companies and products as carbon neutral, citing “greenwashing” concerns.
Prof Allan Fels, an ex-boss of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, has told a Senate inquiry on greenwashing that “on the face of it” the government’s Climate Active program was guilty of “misleading and deceptive conduct”.
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