The following report is by ESG Today:
Lawmakers in the European Parliament voted 544-18 to approve the adoption of new proposed rules requiring companies to substantiate and verify their environmental claims and labels, aimed at protecting consumers from greenwashing.
The new rules form Parliament’s negotiating position on the EU Commission’s proposed “Directive on Green Claims” released in March 2023. The Commission said that the new rules were meant to address a need for reliable and verifiable information for consumers, highlighted by its recent study that found that more than half of green claims by companies in the EU were vague or misleading, and 40% were completely unsubstantiated.
The Commission’s proposals set out minimum requirements for businesses to substantiate, communicate and verify their green claims. According to the proposals, companies will be required to ensure the reliability of their voluntary environmental claims, which will need to be independently verified and proven, while companies will be also be required to identify environmental impacts relevant to their products, and to identify any possible trade-offs.
One of the new requirements proposed by the EU Parliament is to include in the rules a prohibition on green claims such as “carbon or climate neutrality” that are based solely on carbon offsetting schemes.
Parliament’s position also adds a requirement for such claims to be supported by quantified and science-based targets, and to include “a detailed and realistic implementation plan to achieve this future environmental performance,” backed by concrete targets, a budget, and resource allocation.
The Commission’s proposal also includes a ban on generic claims such as ‘environmentally friendly,’ ‘carbon neutral,’ and ‘green,’ among others, without providing detailed evidence. Parliament’s amendments add several items to the list of generic claims, including ‘natural,’ ‘animal-friendly,’ ‘cruelty-free,’ ‘sustainable,’ ‘deforestation-free,’ ‘plastic neutral,’ and ‘plastic-free.’
The proposed regulation also includes rules to ban product design features that promote early obsolescence “deliberately planning or designing a product with a limited useful life so that it prematurely becomes obsolete or non-functional after a certain period of time,” as well as prohibiting claims that goods have certain durability when they do not, or presenting products as repairable when repair is not possible. Parliament added a requirement to inform the consumer of repair restrictions.
The vote in Parliament follows the adoption earlier this month by the EU Council of its own negotiating position on the new directive. With both positions adopted, negotiations on the new rules can begin soon, according to the statement by the EU Parliament.
MEP and rapporteur Biljana Borzan said:
The industry will no longer profit from making consumer goods that break just as the guarantee period is over. Consumers will have to be provided with information about the options and cost of repairs in a clear manner.
Product labels will inform citizens which goods are guaranteed to last longer and producers whose goods are more durable will profit.
The jungle of false environmental claims will end as only certified and substantiated ecological claims will be permitted.
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
As we all know, so much of what it is called “green” are the farthest thing from it; whether it’s electric cars, nuclear energy magically becoming clean, plastics once being the savior to combat deforestation, GMO and gene-edited crops, conventional farming and vegan diets, chalk-bombs to block out UVs from the sun, cloud seeding, etc.: we (who have sense) know it’s all a ruse.
The amount of dirty energy it takes to make and power these “green” inventions are astounding. Black gold, better known as oil, is what makes the world go around; and it’s the sole reason for 9 out of every 10 of the wars that are fought are fought in the first place. The oil monopolies and use of oil will never cease – until the Lord returns that is.
That being said, this bill the EU published will not stop much of anything at all. Definitions can be easily tweaked and the government’s will be lobbied to redefine terms like they always do.
Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
Luke 11:52
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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Jacob look at deuteronomy 18:11 for all those that think hollywood movies are aol to watch. Thats where these satanist stole the word necromancer. but tell me it doesnt define satans children to the T …. here are just some details :
The Necromonger Empire is a religious empire and its members whom constitute one of the four elder races, zealously and violently follow and propagate its religion Necroism. An absolutely fanatic group that believes life is antagonistic to the natural state of the universe. They intend to convert or kill all who oppose them.
Beliefs
The Necromongers believe that each ‘verse has its own god, that life is antagonistic to the natural order of the universe and must be purged from it to be reborn in the Underverse. The Underverse is their promised land, believing that unless a person dies “in due time” that they will not go to the Underverse.
They also believe heavily in a philosophy that says “you keep what you kill”, believing that ending another’s life entitles you to their property and position.
Conversion
Necro Converts
Conversion Process
The Necromongers do not reproduce, as to not propagate life further, thus the reason they refer to all non-necros as breeders. All living Necromongers are converts, when they undergo conversion they receive the “mark of the Necromonger”: two painful spikes stabbed into the sides of their necks, they learn how one pain can lessen another. After this “purification” the nerves are numbed, and color drains from the converts eyes and skin. The new converts wear burned, tattered, and decayed robes.
Military
The troops of the empire are particularly effective, they view death as honorable, and are unable to feel pain. The warriors do not believe in clean armor, believing that the more damage you show, the greater the warrior you are.
i attatched that web page of where i found it.
do you see how much time and dedication goes into producing something so evil.
the devil sure is in the details.
this world would be a better place is all people spent that much time and dedication focusing on truth and righteousness and upholding God’s Holy word.