CEC: “Claims by government agencies that Native Forest Biomass Fuel, fuel for furnaces in the generation of electricity, is ‘Ecological Sustainable’ comes to mind as ‘greenwashing’. The Parliamentary Inquiry however is unlikely to look at the governments own inflated and misleading greenwashing claims, claims which are enabling and subsidising their policies of destruction of native forest ecologies.” And “We have lost faith in the institution of Government in its current composition to protect nature, because of their greenwashing gaslighting and deception, on, for example, the fraud of the ecological sustainability of native forest biomass furnace fuel for electricity generation.”
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The closing date for submissions to the inquiry is 12 September 2025 the report to be presented by 25 June 2026.
Terms of Reference
Greenwashing, with particular reference to:
(a) the environmental and sustainability claims made by companies in industries including energy, vehicles, household products and appliances, food and drink packaging, cosmetics, clothing and footwear;
(b) the impact of misleading environmental and sustainability claims on consumers;
(c) domestic and international examples of regulating companies’ environmental and sustainability claims;
(d) advertising standards in relation to environmental and sustainability claims;
(e) legislative options to protect consumers from greenwashing in Australia;
and
(f) any other related matters.
That the committee have the power to consider and use the records of the Environment and Communications References Committee appointed in the previous parliament.
