This conference is aiming to give you an insight into Green Claims and sustainability labelling. You will be familiarised with EU initiatives concerning sustainability labelling, with the impact for existing national regulations and existing sustainability labels, with sustainability claims in practice and the latest jurisprudence.
The EU is close to reaching a deal on the Green Claims Directive, aimed at banning misleading environmental claims on products. The final trilogue between the European Parliament, the Council, and the Commission is scheduled for 10 June 2025. The directive would require terms like “climate neutral” or “green” to be scientifically verified, helping to prevent greenwashing and ensure honest environmental marketing. Preparations for the final talks are already underway.
At the Online Conference you will receive tips on how to avoid getting overwhelmed by the increasing requirements. Learn how to use Green Claims and sustainability labelling safely, including labelling without complaints, judgements you should know and statements you may use.
Groups that should take part:
Regulatory, marketing, scientific and legal professionals throughout the food supply chain who want to stay up-to-date on the latest developments impacting the food and food-contact industry in Europe.
Sectors that should take part:
Food and drink industry, food trade, packaging industry, food inspection offices, laboratories, professional associations
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Name
Company
Sarah Arayess
Law firm Say Legal, The Netherlands
Sarah Arayess is an Attorney and the Founder of the Say legal, based in The Netherlands. Say legal is a boutique law firm specializing in food law, consumer goods, and advertising law. Say legal has two pillars: Say legal studio, which supports companies from start-up to multinational, and Say legal academy which provides educational resources like in-house workshops, education, and articles. Sarah also lectures for the Benelux Professional Education for Trademark and Design Attorneys and the University of Applied Sciences Arnhem at Nijmegen. She previously lectured at Rutgers University.
morelessShafik Asal
ECO2 Initiative, France
Shafik Asal is a Co-Founder of ECO2 Initiative, an environmental consulting company created in 2006 and located in Paris. Shafik is responsible as a Managing Director but he focuses also on eco-design training and he is in charge of the sustainable food department. Besides that he is a Co-Founder of Etiquettable, the first collaborative app for sustainable food and the co-founder of the Eco-score project.
morelessBärbel Hintermeier
Law firm LEKKER Partners, Germany
Bärbel Hintermeier founding partner at LEKKER Partners – a lawfirm specialized in food law and sustainability. She advises in particular on labelling issues, assists in the development of advertising strategies and in crisis situations such as official complaints and product recalls. Another focus of her work is advising on the development and improvement of compliance systems with regard to food safety and sustainability aspects. Previously, she worked in Berlin and Cape Town before joining meyer.rechtsanwälte as a lawyer in Munich for several years. Later on she worked as legal counsel at German Association of the Grain, Milling and Starch Industry (VGMS), where she was responsible for food law, quality and safety as well as sustainability matters. She holds a Master’s degree in international intellectual property law from the TU Dresden and a certificate in sustainability management from FH Hamburg. In addition to publishing in specialist journals, she regularly gives lectures and teaches at the DHBW Heilbronn.
morelessVeerle Poppe
Colruyt Group, Belgium
Gaëlle Saint-Jalmes
Law firm Qolumn, France
Gaëlle Saint-Jalmes is a Partner and Co-founder of the law firm Qolumn in Paris and has been practising for more than fifteen years in the field of product law, for French and international clients. As a lawyer and then in-house counsel, Gaëlle Saint-Jalmes has developed specific expertise in food law and regulation (nutritional and health claims, labelling, food supplements, crisis management, etc.) as well as in other consumer goods regulation such as cosmetics, in product safety and sustainable development issues applied to consumer products.
morelessDennis Uieß
ClimatePartner, Germany
Dennis Uieß is an Economist and has been the Head of Research and Development at ClimatePartner in Berlin since 2020. He joined ClimatePartner in 2008 and is responsible for the ClimatePartner’s labelling scheme “ClimatePartner certified”. Together with his team he monitors regulatory developments as well as new standards and norms in the field of carbon accounting and carbon neutrality.
morelessCesare Varallo
Law firm LegisLAB, Italy
Cesare Varallo is a Food Lawyer in Italy and a Global Advisor on food safefy, food labelling and food regulatory issues. In 2013 he founded the blog foodlawlatest.com and since 2022 he is a Partner at LegisLAB. He works at the intersection between science, law, business and social sciences. He teaches food law-related matters in several universities in Italy and abroad.
morelessFranka Werhahn
Law firm LEKKER Partners, Germany
Franca Werhahn founding partner at LEKKER Partners – a lawfirm specialized in food law and sustainability. She supports national and international companies especially in matters of food labelling, the development of advertising strategies, and in crisis scenarios such as regulatory complaints or product recalls. Another key aspect of her work is advising on the design and optimization of compliance systems, particularly with regard to food safety and sustainability requirements. She worked in Cape Town and in a law firm for pharmaceutical law and medical law before she started working for several years as a lawyer at meyer.rechtsanwälte in Munich. Since 2023, she has also been supporting the Association of the German Grain, Milling and Starch Industry (VGMS), where she was responsible for food law and sustainability. In addition to publishing in specialist journals, she regularly gives lectures.
morelessParticipation Fee: € 895.00 plus VAT.
The registration fee includes the following benefits:
Representatives of an authority or a public university are therefore eligible for a reduced fee of € 595.00 plus VAT per person (please provide evidence). The reduced fee cannot be combined with other rebates.
Group Reductions
For joint bookings received from one company we grant a 15% discount from the third participant onwards.
Terms of Cancellation / Book without Risk
You can cancel your participation in our online events free of charge and without giving reasons in writing up to 1 week before the start of the event. In the case of later cancellations and non-login to the online event, no participation fees can be refunded.
In this case, however, you will receive access to the documentation after the event.
You can name a substitute participant free of charge at any time.
Sabine Mummenbrauer
Programme and conceptual design
+49 231 75896-82
smummenbrauer@akademie-fresenius.de
Sabine Mummenbrauer
Programme and conceptual design
+49 231 75896-82
smummenbrauer@akademie-fresenius.de
Sabine Mummenbrauer
Programme and conceptual design
+49 231 75896-82
smummenbrauer@akademie-fresenius.de
Jennifer Zerth
Organisation and participant management
+49 231 75896-79
jzerth@akademie-fresenius.de
Jennifer Zerth
Organisation and participant management
+49 231 75896-79
jzerth@akademie-fresenius.de
Present your Company at the Event.
You can personally present your products and services directly to your specified target group. We are happy to provide you with further information on our range of available options – from displaying company information at the reception counter to presenting your company with an exhibition stand.
We would be pleased to assist you personally:
Monika Stratmann
Phone: +49 231 75896-48
info@akademie-fresenius.de
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Please contact us:
Katharina Geraridis
Phone: +49 231 75896-67
presse@akademie-fresenius.de
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