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Kat Wong

Climate program accused of greenwashing 'not improper'

Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young wants stronger laws to ban misleading environmental claims. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

A government climate action scheme accused of abetting corporate greenwashing has not done anything improper, a department representative says.

Climate Active is a government program aimed at driving businesses to make voluntary climate action by offering certification for entities that have reached a state of "carbon neutrality."

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