ESG Enforcement Tracker

Key facts:

The NGO Environmental Action Germany (Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH)) has succeeded in its greenwashing claim against energy company, Raiffeisen Energie before the Karlsruhe Regional Court.

Raiffeisen Energie was said to have provided insufficient information about which emissions were being offset and /or whether the emissions from the extraction and transport of crude oil were taken into account.

The Karlsruhe Regional Court upheld DUH’s claim against Raiffeisen Energie and ruled in November 2024 that the company can longer advertise its heating oil as climate neutral.