Eco-Shopping & Greenwashing Fact-Checker

How the Eco-Shopping & Greenwashing Fact-Checker Works

Test exact environmental claims on packaging or product listings against a 6-dimension Scope Alignment Matrix covering legal holder entity, covered scope (brand membership vs facility vs ingredient vs packaging vs finished SKU), market jurisdiction, certificate validity dates, and misleading wording patterns.

Key Inputs & Verification Data

• Exact environmental claim wording pasted from product packaging or listing
• Optional EXIF-stripped packaging photo for manual text confirmation
• Product SKU, market jurisdiction, observation date & certificate ID

Evidence-First Outcomes, Lookalike Logo Guard & Defamation Neutrality

Outputs assign one of six calm deterministic labels (Verified Within Stated Scope, Partially Supported, Not Independently Verified, Insufficient Evidence, Potentially Misleading Wording, Contradicted By Evidence) with zero fraud/intent accusations or arbitrary scores. Inaccessible certification portals yield insufficient evidence rather than contradiction, and visual logo similarity alone never authenticates a seal.

All assessments execute deterministically with SSRF-protected URL checks and zero unauthenticated external scraping. Never treats visual logo similarity as verified proof.

Frequently Asked Questions

If a company has a B Corp or ISO 14001 certificate, is every product sustainably certified?

No. Corporate memberships and site management systems do not verify finished-SKU material composition or product-level lifecycle performance.

What if an FSC certificate covers only the cardboard outer box?

The scope matrix flags packaging-only substantiation separately from the enclosed product so packaging badges are not overstated as whole-product certification.