DETR committee seeks statutory backing for green claims code

Statutory backing should be given to the Government's green claims code and a panel established to adjudicate on particular claims, the Government's Advisory Committee on Consumer Products and the Environment (ACCPE) recommends in its first report. ¹ The Committee has rejected the idea of a national eco-labelling scheme, but urges the creation of a family of standardised energy efficiency labels for cars, homes and domestic appliances based on the EC energy labelling scheme.