FMCG & Retail

The publication of the so-called Green Claims Directive on 22 March 2023 is the latest attempt by the European Commission to protect consumers against greenwashing in advertising.

The phrase 'cost of living' has appeared over 500% more frequently in national media since Oct 2021.

Power is where power goes. Over the past few weeks, British politics has borne out Lyndon Johnson’s famous maxim. With the arrival of a new Prime Minister and the succession of a new monarch, power and influence have shifted dramatically from old orders to new ones. But as the markets give their verdict on the Chancellor’s fiscal plan, there may be one further transfer of power in the offing – at of all places, the Labour party conference.

Political precedents have fallen like dominoes in recent years. Old certainties have collapsed under the weight of populist politics, geopolitical tensions and rapid digital advances. ‘Unprecedented’ has become a hackneyed refrain in itself.