Green Claims Checker for product texts
Description
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About the Extension
Find environmental claims in your product texts
Terms such as “umweltfreundlich” (eco-friendly), “nachhaltig” (sustainable) or “klimaneutral” (climate neutral) appear in many product texts. The annex to Section 3 (3) of the German Unfair Competition Act (UWG) lists, among others, these commercial practices that are always unfair towards consumers:
- No. 4a: a general environmental claim if you cannot prove a recognised excellent environmental performance behind it.
- No. 4c: a claim that a product has a neutral, reduced or positive impact on the environment because greenhouse gas emissions are offset.
Source: Annex to the UWG on gesetze-im-internet.de (German)
This extension searches your German product texts for such terms and shows you every hit. So you know which passages you should review.
How it works
- Start the scan in the administration under Catalogues. It checks product name, description, meta title, meta description and SEO keywords in all languages of your shop with a German locale.
- Review the hits. For every hit you see product, field, language, the text passage and a note on why the term may matter.
- Replace a hit with your own text. You see the result first and only then confirm.
- Undo a replacement in the history if needed.
Adjust the terms
The bundled German lexicon contains 21 terms. You can add your own terms and put terms you use on purpose and with proof on an ignore list. Terms with many false hits, such as “grün” or “natürlich”, are deliberately not in the lexicon. You can add them as your own terms.
Replace safely
- Only the position you confirmed is replaced. Existing HTML is kept.
- If somebody changed the text after the preview, nothing is written.
- Every replacement is stored in the history with the old and the new text and can be undone for 6 months.
- The extension calls no external services. Your product texts stay in your shop.
Important notice
This extension is an advisory check and does not replace legal advice. A hit means that a term may be a general environmental claim. Whether a claim is unfair depends on the individual case. The list of terms is not exhaustive. If in doubt, have critical claims reviewed by a lawyer.
Limits
- Only German product texts are checked. This also applies to your own terms.
- If your shop has no language with a German locale, the overview shows a warning instead of an empty list.
- Categories, shopping experiences and manufacturer texts are not checked.
- The extension finds terms, not meaning. Every hit needs your review.
Where can I find support for my questions about this Shopware plugin?
At https://www.biloba-it.de/en/doku/umweltaussagen-check-fuer-produkttexte/ you will find answers to frequently asked questions.
Do you need further customization?
You want to customise your shop more? Then get in touch with us! As a Shopware partner agency, we not only develop individual plugins, but also support customers from the shop idea, through planning to programming and shop hosting. For more details, please visit our partner page.
Details
- Available: English, German, Dutch, Italian, French, Armenian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Latvian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Swiss German, Turkish, Vietnamese
- Latest update: 3 November 2026
- Publication date: 13 November 2026
- Version: 7.0.0
- Category: Legal security
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About the Extension Partner
Biloba IT
Partner Status
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Shopware
Premium Extension Partner
Details
- Ø-Rating: 5
- Partner since: 2017
- Extensions: 79
Support
- Based in: Germany
- Speaks: German, English
- Response time: Very quickly