The new EU law that’s looking to stamp out greenwashing
GreenBiz
APRIL 4, 2023
Another month, another progressive policy announcement from the European Union, this time aimed at stamping out greenwashing by companies operating within its borders.
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GreenBiz
APRIL 4, 2023
Another month, another progressive policy announcement from the European Union, this time aimed at stamping out greenwashing by companies operating within its borders.
Renew Economy
MARCH 30, 2023
Senate agrees to landmark inquiry into the impacts of greenwashing on both consumers and the environment, and how best to stop it. The post Greens establish Senate inquiry into greenwashing appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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GreenBiz
JANUARY 17, 2023
If we don’t know what greenwashing is, how can we avoid it or fight it?
Corporate Knights
MAY 17, 2023
Back in 1986, an ecologist on a research trip to Fiji reportedly coined the term “greenwashing” in an essay critiquing a beachfront resort’s towel reuse policy. Four decades later, greenwashed marketing claims, did not, it turns out, come out in the wash. The agency only issues greenwashing fines only every few years.
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Supply chain transparency is crucial to building consumer trust in the face of greenwashing.
3BL Media
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
This is a key conclusion in the latest edition of The GRI Perspective: Auditing to save the planet: the battle against greenwashing. Eelco van der Enden, CEO of GRI, said: “To put it simply , greenwashing is akin to fraud: it misleads stakeholders, markets and consumers – and must be stopped.
Corporate Knights
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Rather than dismiss “clean gas” propaganda as the last gasp of a desperate industry, the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) is fighting the industry’s climate claims with an ambitious bid to establish “greenwashing” as unacceptable – and maybe, eventually, illegal. Why are doctors leading this charge in Canada?
Corporate Knights
JULY 20, 2023
Increasingly savvy customers want to know about the green options that exist, and a vast majority also want to know what makes them “green.” This shifting trend, combined with the global anti-greenwashing regulatory crackdown spurred by the U.K., In many ways, they turn into greenwashing watchdogs. the EU, the U.S.
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Woodside Energy was among those assessed to be at significant risk of "net zero greenwash" because of their efforts to influence governments against phasing out fossil fuels. The post “Net zero greenwash:” Energy giants called out over plans to burn more fossil fuels appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Renew Economy
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
A new report calls them out for greenwashing. The post Not-Zero: Report finds rampant greenwashing among richest global corporations appeared first on RenewEconomy. Some of the world’s richest companies are hiding behind spurious ‘net zero’ and ‘carbon neutrality’ claims.
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 31, 2023
The post Quinbrook hopes new software will prevent energy greenwashing claims appeared first on RenewEconomy. Being able to prove green claims is becoming increasingly important as regulators and customers begin to demand evidence.
Renew Economy
FEBRUARY 19, 2023
The post Labor’s Safeguard policy is a mirror image of fossil industry greenwashing appeared first on RenewEconomy. Every trick that features in the climate plans of the planet's worst emitters features in the Safeguard Mechanism.
Corporate Knights
OCTOBER 5, 2023
A wave of anti-“greenwashing” litigation is seeking to hold major players in the aviation industry to account for sensational claims of being sustainable, low-carbon or contributing to net zero. Why greenwashing? The rise in greenwashing litigation can in part be attributed to the relative ease with which cases can be brought.
Corporate Knights
MAY 19, 2022
The silence and half-truths – commonly referred to as green blushing and greenwashing – are slowing climate progress. The silence and half-truths – commonly referred to as green blushing and greenwashing – are slowing climate progress. Communication, on its own, can’t save the world.
GreenBiz
JULY 15, 2021
Are you greenwashing, wishing or walking? Some boards approve, some feel comfortable doing so and are hoping for the best; others are afraid to be called out on greenwashing but approve them anyway, because "everyone else" are setting goals. Helle Bank Jorgensen. Thu, 07/15/2021 - 00:01. Because it does. Pull Quote.
3BL Media
DECEMBER 27, 2022
DESCRIPTION: Recently, the European Parliament voted in the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, aimed at ending inaccuracies and falsehoods in greenwashing. One major hope is that this will address a hot-button issue companies around the world are increasingly having to contend with: greenwashing. SOURCE: Workiva.
Renew Economy
JULY 12, 2023
The post Fossil fuel giants “gaslighting” on emissions, Climate Council calls for greenwash ban appeared first on RenewEconomy. Climate Council calls for federal government intervention as Australia's biggest polluters set net zero targets while expanding further into fossil fuels.
Renew Economy
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Future Industries takes out full-page newspaper ads calling out federal government's hydrogen greenwashing. The post “That’s not clean:” Forrest fires both barrels at Taylor’s hydrogen greenwash appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 19, 2023
The post We must not let big emitters greenwash their emissions with renewables free kick appeared first on RenewEconomy. We can't afford to give free kicks to heavy emitters, especially when Australia needs all the help it can get to reach 82% renewables by 2030.
3BL Media
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Matthew Rusk, Head of GRI North America, served as a panelist in a session titled " Defending Your ESG Credibility - Protecting Your Business From Greenwashing Claims." GRI’s focus on standardized reporting, improved efficiency and precision in data collection, as well as disclosure auditability helps prevent corporate greenwashing.
ESG Today
APRIL 24, 2024
Sacha Sadan, FCA’s Director of Environmental, Social and Governance, said: “Confirming the new anti-greenwashing guidance and our proposals to extend the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and investment labels regime are important milestones that maintain the UK’s place at the forefront of sustainable investment.
Renew Economy
AUGUST 25, 2022
Origin Energy's first Climate Action Transition Plan has some definite positives, but is coming under fire for greenwashing gas out of its 2030 targets. The post Origin looks to renewables and storage for climate plan, but greenwashes gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Chris Hall
MARCH 20, 2024
Reclaim Finance calls for increased anti-greenwashing regulation for fund managers, and collaboration with index providers. The report analysed 430 passive funds labelled as “sustainable” by Amundi, BlackRock, DWS, Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), and UBS Asset Management.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Unilever, BASF, Procter & Gamble, Walmart and Colgate-Palmolive aren't assessing this 'climate alignment', according to Planet Tracker.
ESG Today
MARCH 28, 2024
The cases follow a warning by ASIC Chair Joseph Longo to providers of investment funds and financial products that the regulator was watching out for misleading sustainability claims, and that it was providing guidance for fund managers and issuers to keep clear of greenwashing.
Renew Economy
MARCH 2, 2023
News of the ACCC’s greenwashing blitz and action by ASIC will be giving some in energy circles pause for quiet thought, if not chills. The post Greenwashing is under fire. Can the energy sector stay out of its crosshairs? appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 16, 2022
The post Carbon credits serve to greenwash business-as-usual, says TAI, won’t cut emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy. Carbon credits distract policymakers from concrete actions that actually bring down emissions, TAI submission argues.
Renew Economy
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Tim Buckley from IEEFA on the outlook for the green transition in 2022, the prospects of green hydrogen, and the problem of greenwash. The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Green transition and greenwash appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
The post Environmental groups say Glencore greenwashing as it expands Australian coal mining appeared first on RenewEconomy. Environmental law group alleges Glencore is misleading investors over its environmental targets given its growing footprint in coal mining.
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
The post “Poisoning our planet:” Greenwashing, deception and loss and fairness at COP27 appeared first on RenewEconomy. UN Secretary General warns fossil fuel companies that using bogus ‘net-zero’ pledges to cover up massive fossil fuel expansion is “rank deception”.
Corporate Knights
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
A coalition of environmental groups is calling on the federal government to regulate climate commitments made by banks and other financial institutions to avoid greenwashing and accelerate change. . The post Advocates urge regulation of banks’ climate commitments to avoid greenwashing appeared first on Corporate Knights.
Corporate Knights
OCTOBER 28, 2022
There’s a dictionary-official definition for RBC’s climate targets: it’s called greenwashing,” said Richard Brooks, climate finance program director at Stand.earth. The post Advocates blast RBC's new climate targets as 'greenwashing' appeared first on Corporate Knights. This article is republished from The Energy Mix.
Corporate Knights
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
While linking corporate debt to sustainability targets sounds like a great way of incentivizing companies to make environmental, social and governance (ESG) improvements, a lack of standardized rules has quickly opened the door to greenwashing, with some companies using the funds to continue business as usual with little ESG impact. .
ESG Today
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
Europe’s three primary financial regulatory agencies, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) announced today a Call for Evidence on greenwashing, aimed at gathering information on greenwashing risks and practices across the banking, insurance and financial markets sectors.
Green Project Management
AUGUST 22, 2023
At […] The post The Carbon Offset Mirage: Smoke, Mirrors, and Greenwashing? Here goes… Climate change or as I prefer to call it climate chaos, is tightening its grip on our planet. Naturally, the appeal of carbon offsetting has skyrocketed. Let me explain. appeared first on Driving Sustainable Change.
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
A new study claims hollow green pledges and 'aspirational phrases' are jeopardizing efforts both to halt and reverse biodiversity loss and restore nature.
B the Change
FEBRUARY 4, 2023
That means avoiding “greenwashing,” or false communications about environmental action. Greenwashing is a big problem. You’ve probably heard of greenwashing. We define greenwashing and explain why it hurts your company. What Is Greenwashing? Greenwashing can be either intentional or unintentional.
Renew Economy
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
The post Why Strike Energy’s fast-tracked urea plant is latest example of hydrogen greenwashing appeared first on RenewEconomy. Multi-billion urea project hailed as example of "clean hydrogen" will be almost entirely dependent on fossil gas as its primary feedstock.
Corporate Knights
JUNE 13, 2023
In response to accusations of greenwashing and growing regulatory scrutiny, a group of high-powered financial networks is working to standardize the often-opaque jargon of the responsible investing industry. Mary Robinson, the Canadian Responsible Investment Association Accusations of greenwashing grew along with this expansion.
GreenBiz
JANUARY 4, 2023
Want to be true in advertising, earn trust and avoid lawsuits? Steer clear of this lingo (and use other terms with care).
ESG Today
MAY 2, 2023
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) Australia’s corporate, markets, and financial services regulator, announced today that it issued an infringement notice to superannuation fund promoter, Future Super, over alleged greenwashing by the company in a social media post.
Impakter
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Austria Sues the EU Over Greenwashing. Environmentalists were quick to call the move an attempt at “greenwashing”, submitting legal challenges in September to contest the decision. The post Austria Sues the EU Over Greenwashing appeared first on Impakter. Elizabeth Partsch.
Chris Hall
JANUARY 31, 2023
A lack of engagement with key stakeholders and timing of greenwashing investigation among criticisms levelled at European Supervisory Authorities. Enforcement needed to tackle greenwashing Fixler said on LinkedIn that these actions “did more to tackle greenwashing than the entirety of SFDR [EU Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulation].”
3BL Media
APRIL 11, 2022
Tweet me: How to Avoid Greenwashing When Choosing ESG Investments by Lori Keith, Director of Research at Parnassus Investments -- [link] || #ESG #esginvesting #advisors #innovation @Parnassus_Funds. Read more aobut the 5 important steps here - [link]. ==.
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