Govern the claims your regulators never built a process for.
Your products go through years of regulatory review. Your environmental claims go through none. One workflow to draft, substantiate, and audit-trail every sustainability claim across jurisdictions.
Life sciences sustainability claims sit outside every existing compliance process
Science-grade rigour for products, no process for environmental claims
Your instruments and devices go through ISO 13485, MDR/IVDR conformity assessments, and years of validation. But when your sustainability page says "100% renewable electricity" or your product datasheet highlights "eco-design features," there is no review gate, no evidence linkage, and no sign-off chain. The environmental claim lives outside every compliance workflow your organisation has built.
Corporate commitments migrate into product marketing
Your sustainability team publishes SBTi-validated targets and product carbon footprints in the annual report. A regional sales team uses that data in a customer presentation, describing instruments as "climate-funded." A product manager adds "reduced environmental impact" to a datasheet distributed at a European trade fair. The corporate commitment has become a product-level claim, and nobody tracked the transition.
Carbon credit language creates hidden product claims
Completing a product carbon footprint and funding certified carbon credits is a credible climate action. But the moment that activity is communicated alongside a specific product, it risks being read as an offset-based product climate claim. Under the amended Annex I to Directive 2005/29/EC, product climate-neutrality claims based on carbon compensation schemes are prohibited without exception from September 2026.
From sustainability report to product datasheet, governed
Product-level claim tracking
Register every environmental claim tied to a specific instrument, device, or consumable line. Track whether the claim originated from corporate reporting, product marketing, or sales materials, and whether the evidence supports the scope of the published statement.
Offset and credit claim monitoring
Flag any claim that links carbon credits, compensation schemes, or funded climate actions to a specific product. Surface the regulatory boundary between corporate climate investment and prohibited product-level offset claims before publication.
SBTi and target alignment
Map your published science-based targets to active claims across marketing channels. When a sales presentation cites a target that has been revised, or when a product claim implies a commitment that applies only at corporate level, the misalignment surfaces automatically.
OEM and supply chain cascade
When your components are integrated into a third-party branded device, your environmental claims travel with them. Track which downstream partners reference your eco-design or sustainability language so you can govern the claim at its origin.
Scenario: a product carbon footprint claim
A medical technology company has completed a product carbon footprint for a flagship instrument and funded certified carbon credits. The corporate disclosure is moving into product marketing materials. Here is the governance record for that claim.
“Product carbon footprint completed, climate action funded via certified carbon credits”
- 01
EU ECGT: The product carbon footprint data has been referenced on a product datasheet distributed at a European trade fair. Linking carbon credit funding to a specific instrument risks creating an offset-based product climate claim. Under the amended Annex I to Directive 2005/29/EC, product climate-neutrality claims based on carbon compensation are prohibited from September 2026.
- 02
EU ECGT: The datasheet uses "reduced environmental impact" without specifying which impact, by how much, or compared to what baseline. This is a generic environmental claim requiring specification under ECGT. Without recognised excellent environmental performance or a clear specification on the same medium, the claim is restricted.
- 03
UK CMA supply chain liability: The OEM partnering division supplies components to three device manufacturers. Two have referenced "sustainably designed components" in their own product marketing. Under the CMA's January 2026 supply chain guidance, the originating environmental claim creates upstream liability even when a downstream partner publishes it.
- Verified
SBTi Target Validation Letter (scope 1, 2 and 3 targets validated, 2022 base year)
- Verified
Product Carbon Footprint Report, Flagship Platform (ISO 14067 compliant, third-party reviewed)
- Verified
Gold Standard Carbon Credit Certificate (VER-2025-TH-biogas, retirement confirmed)
- In progress
Eco-design substantiation for product datasheet claims. Standby energy consumption data verified, material weight reduction data pending LCA completion.
- Not started
OEM partner claim audit. Three downstream partners reference sustainability language originating from component specifications. No governance trail exists for downstream usage.
registered corporate disclosure and linked SBTi validation
adapted claim for trade fair datasheet without governance review
flagged product-level carbon credit reference and requested claim restructuring
Offset-based product claim detected. Generic environmental claim flagged. OEM downstream usage untracked. Recommend separating corporate climate investment disclosure from product-level communication before publication.
Life sciences companies govern every word of their product safety and efficacy claims through established regulatory processes. Environmental claims deserve the same discipline. Verdanox maps each sustainability claim to the regulatory requirements in force in each market, tracks evidence against those requirements, and maintains a complete audit trail of every governance decision, from the sustainability report through to the product datasheet and OEM supply chain.
The regulations that matter for your team
ECGT Directive
Product climate-neutrality claims based on carbon offsetting are prohibited from 27 September 2026. Generic claims like "reduced environmental impact" require specific substantiation. Corporate sustainability reporting is generally outside scope, but the moment any part of that reporting is reused in voluntary marketing or product communications, it falls within the ECGT regime.
CMA Green Claims Code
The CMA's January 2026 guidance on supply chain liability expands corporate responsibility for environmental claims originating from upstream suppliers and component manufacturers. If your eco-design language appears in a downstream partner's consumer-facing marketing, you bear responsibility for the originating claim.
FTC Green Guides
The FTC Green Guides require clear distinction between product, packaging, and corporate environmental claims. Comparative claims about energy efficiency or material reduction need transparent baselines. The FTC has been reviewing and tightening the Green Guides, and state-level enforcement adds further exposure.
See governance for your sustainability claims.
Bring 2-3 claims from your sustainability report or product marketing. We map them in the platform with the applicable regulatory context and show where corporate commitments and product-level claims diverge.
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