Cases / Chemical pollution · Italy · 2020
Italy fined Eni 5 million euros over ads calling Diesel+ green
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 1 none on record · 1 insufficient · 1 not measured · 1 disputed · 1 unclear See the gaps
Italy's Competition and Market Authority fined Eni 5 million euros in January 2020 over advertising its Diesel+ fuel as green. Transport & Environment linked the case to palm-oil biofuel, and the sources reviewed do not state the outcome of the fine.
What?
Italy fined Eni over 'green diesel' advertising for Diesel+ Italian Competition and Market Authority (AGCM)
Where?
When?
Fine announced 15 January 2020 Italian Competition and Market Authority (AGCM)
Who?
Gained
- Eni — marketed Diesel+ as green diesel Italian Competition and Market Authority (AGCM)
Lost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Advertising of a fuel with a 15% HVO biofuel component as green Transport & Environment
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
Italy's Competition and Market Authority (AGCM) fined Eni 5 million euros on 15 January 2020 over advertising Diesel+ as green diesel.
The Diesel+ fuel contained 15% HVO, a biofuel made from hydrotreated vegetable oil, Transport & Environment reported.
Transport & Environment described the case as greenwashing involving palm oil diesel.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: the Consiglio di Stato annulled the fine.
- Disputed Reported but not verified: the HVO was largely palm-oil based, a claim Eni disputed.
- Unclear Whether any of the fine was paid, and its tax or insurance treatment: not stated in the sources reviewed.
- None on record Any effect on nature of the advertised fuel: not stated in the sources reviewed.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations✓ Communities and civil society— Researchers
Press and investigations
- AGCM press release PS11400 on Eni advertisingItalian Competition and Market Authority (AGCM) · 2020-01-15
Communities and civil society
- Oil major slapped with 5m fine for greenwashing palm oil dieselTransport & Environment ·
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