# Gilbert EmpCo

> Gilbert EmpCo is an EU green-claims compliance scanner. It checks websites, product labels, and documents against EU Directive 2024/825 (the Empowering Consumers Directive, "EmpCo"), which is enforced since 27 September 2026 and bans vague or unsubstantiated environmental claims in B2C marketing.

Gilbert EmpCo is built by Gilbert Regulatory Technologies B.V., a Dutch RegTech company. It returns a per-claim traffic-light verdict (red/amber/green), references the relevant article of the directive, and proposes compliant rewrites. Plans start at €12.50/month (Lite) up to Enterprise.

## Docs

- [EmpCo Directive overview](https://empco.gilbert-regtech.eu/empco): What EU Directive 2024/825 prohibits, who it applies to, enforcement dates, and how Gilbert EmpCo maps to each article. Includes FAQ.
- [Knowledge base](https://empco.gilbert-regtech.eu/empco-knowledgebase): Long-form reference on greenwashing, generic claims, offsetting, future promises, and self-created sustainability seals.
- [Fine calculator](https://empco.gilbert-regtech.eu/fine-calculator): Interactive estimate of EmpCo fines of at least 4% of annual turnover for widespread cross-border infringements (or at least €2 million where turnover data is unavailable), warning-letter costs (€1,500–€5,000 each) and emergency-audit costs (€8,000–€25,000) versus continuous monitoring (from €600/year).
- [Abmahn-Radar (EN)](https://empco.gilbert-regtech.eu/abmahn-radar): Public enforcement watch — documented consumer-protection warnings, cease-and-desist letters and court decisions on misleading green claims, with source links.
- [Features](https://empco.gilbert-regtech.eu/features): Website crawler, document and label scanning, article-by-article risk assessment, rewrite suggestions, multi-language scanning (EN/DE/FR), REST API, scheduled monitoring.
- [Why Gilbert](https://empco.gilbert-regtech.eu/why-gilbert): The 95/5 model — Gilbert handles 95% of compliance volume so legal counsel focuses on the 5% that needs human judgment.
- [Pricing](https://empco.gilbert-regtech.eu/pricing): Lite €12.50/mo (10 scans), Growth €50/mo (50 scans), Business €87.50/mo (100 scans), Scale €200/mo (250 scans), plus Enterprise. Top-up tokens from €0.80–€1.25 per scan. 50% credit rollover.
- [API documentation](https://empco.gilbert-regtech.eu/api): REST endpoints to list assets, trigger scans, fetch claims, and integrate compliance into existing workflows. Bearer-token auth.
- [About Gilbert RegTech](https://empco.gilbert-regtech.eu/about): The Dutch regulatory software company behind the EmpCo platform and a growing family of EU compliance products.

## Deutsche Inhalte (German)

- [Gilbert auf Deutsch](https://empco.gilbert-regtech.eu/de): German homepage, Pricing (/de/pricing), EmpCo-Übersicht (/de/empco).
- [EmpCo-Wissensbibliothek](https://empco.gilbert-regtech.eu/de/empco-wissen): German knowledge base — Was ist die EmpCo-Richtlinie, Termine und Fristen, Bußgelder und Durchsetzung, verbotene Aussagen („klimaneutral", „umweltfreundlich"), 14-Schritte-Checkliste.
- [Bußgeld-Rechner](https://empco.gilbert-regtech.eu/de/bussgeld-rechner): Interaktive Risikoschätzung — Bußgelder von mindestens 4 % des Jahresumsatzes bei weit verbreiteten grenzüberschreitenden Verstößen (oder mindestens 2 Mio. €, wenn keine Umsatzdaten vorliegen), Abmahnkosten (1.500–5.000 € je Abmahnung), Notfall-Audit (8.000–25.000 €) vs. kontinuierliche Überwachung (ab 600 €/Jahr).
- [Abmahn-Radar](https://empco.gilbert-regtech.eu/de/abmahn-radar): Öffentlich dokumentierte Abmahnungen und Verbraucherschutzmaßnahmen zu irreführenden grünen Aussagen, mit Quellenlinks und Branchenfilter.
- [Branchenseiten](https://empco.gilbert-regtech.eu/de/branchen/mode): EmpCo-Risiken je Branche — Mode (/de/branchen/mode), Düngemittel (/de/branchen/duengemittel), Heim & Garten (/de/branchen/heim-garten).

## Optional

- [Static LLM summary](https://empco.gilbert-regtech.eu/llm.html): JS-free quotable summary of pricing, features, regulatory scope, and FAQs.
- [Sitemap](https://empco.gilbert-regtech.eu/sitemap.xml)

## Key facts

- Regulation: EU Directive (EU) 2024/825, the Empowering Consumers Directive (EmpCo).
- Member States transposition deadline: 27 March 2026.
- Enforcement: live since 27 September 2026.
- Scope: B2C environmental claims across the EU; all companies marketing to EU consumers, regardless of headquarters.
- Penalties: fines of at least 4% of annual turnover for widespread cross-border infringements (or at least €2 million where turnover data is unavailable), plus collective consumer actions and injunctions.
- Prohibited without verifiable evidence: "eco-friendly", "green", "sustainable", "climate neutral", "carbon-neutral via offsets", "net-zero by [year]" without a concrete plan, self-created sustainability seals.