Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
A NEW set of stringent regulations approved by the European Parliament late last month will require significant changes to product labeling and, in some cases, to products themselves in order to better protect consumers against greenwashing and unfair business practices such as planned obsolescence. While the new "Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition Directive" still needs to be approved by each of the EU's 29 member states — something which is expected to happen in the next couple of months — and will not fully take effect until 2026 to give companies time to comply, the Philippines should carefully study the new mandates and consider copying them for application here.
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