How Canada is lagging when it comes to clamping down on 'greenwashing'
Ottawa wants to crack down on misleading or unsupported statements about products or a company's environmental record. But even those changes, advocates say, will still be far behind what other jurisdictions have already done.
![How Canada is lagging when it comes to clamping down on 'greenwashing'](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7101972.1706906398!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/climate-cop26-summit.jpg)
![Extension Rebellion activists take part in a demonstration against 'Greenwashing' (an attempt to make people believe that your company or government is doing more to protect the environment than it really is) near the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021. The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow gathers leaders from around the world, in Scotland's biggest city, to lay out their vision for addressing the common challenge of global warming. Three inflatable globes are seen atop a placard reading 'S.O.S.' during a protest.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7101972.1706906398!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/climate-cop26-summit.jpg)
Ottawa wants to crack down on misleading or unsupported statements about products or a company's environmental record. But even those changes, advocates say, will still be far behind what other jurisdictions have already done.