Carbon Neutral Greenwashing Pitfalls
04/03/2024
What does “carbon neutral” mean? It is generally accepted that “carbon neutral” refers to the neutrality of carbon rather than to the neutrality of all
What does “carbon neutral” mean? It is generally accepted that “carbon neutral” refers to the neutrality of carbon rather than to the neutrality of all
Advertising the environmental features of a company’s consumer or financial product or service can create a greenwashing risk, where the advertising amounts to misleading or
The Group Sustainability Officer of a near EUR $1 trillion investment Fund, whistleblows to the financial regulators that the Fund is greenwashing its investments. The Fund
Greenhushing, greenrinsing, greenlabelling, greenshifting, greenlighting and greencrowding. These are some of the sub-categories of the broader greenwashing concept. New sub-categories will develop. Could the examples below be new
The examples of greenwashing in the US that attract regulatory intervention from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) continue to evolve. These US cases provide
What does ASIC consider to be “greenwashing” of financial products and services? ASIC has given guidance on that question with the release of INFO 271.
In 2017, there were 884 climate change cases across 24 countries. Of that total, 654 were commenced in the USA. By 2020, the total had
In 2016, green revenues accounted for approximately 4% or USD1.6 trillion of total turnover globally among listed companies[1]. This was up from USD1 trillion in