Environment + Energy Leader

MARCH 9, 2023

According to CSE Research, more companies are trying to be in line with Climate standards and frameworks, aiming to secure better ratings related to climate change risk assessment. The post Net-Zero Climate Commitments. Ambitious Goals or Greenwashing? appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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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.

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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.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Earlier this year Coldplay announced that its air travel would be powered by green jet fuel but was then accused of greenwashing for partnering with Neste, whose controversial “sustainable aviation fuel” might not be entirely green. The post The music industry changes its tune on climate change appeared first on Corporate Knights.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

FCA-hosted TechSprint aims to harness technology innovation to outpace adverse impacts of greenwashing in financial services. At yesterday’s culmination of the Global Financial Innovation Network’s (GFIN) first Greenwashing TechSprint , awards were presented based on different criteria.

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Impakter

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Impakter Greenwashers Beware: Your Sustainability Exaggerations Are About to Get Expensive Greenwashing has become a pillar of marketing campaigns in most (not so) eco-friendly industries, with many companies now often making misleading environmental claims about the sustainability of their products. Laetitia Exertier

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 26, 2022

For the new report, 2022 Climate Check, Deloitte, in collaboration with Oxford Economics, surveyed 700 executives across 14 countries and all major industry sectors, at companies with revenues ranging from $250 million to over $10 billion. Click here to access the Deloitte 2022 Climate Check report.

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Impakter

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Greta Thunberg Won’t Attend COP27, Accusing it of ‘Greenwashing’. The COPs are mainly used as an opportunity for leaders and people in power to get attention, using many kinds of greenwashing,” Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said yesterday as she announced that she will not be attending COP27. Grace Smith.

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Sustainability Update

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Report on every environmental initiative and face allegations of greenwashing? Greenmuting vs Greenwashing First, we must understand the extremes on both sides. Greenmuting vs Greenwashing First, we must understand the extremes on both sides. Yet, it is difficult to let go of the fear of being called a dreaded greenwasher.

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B the Change

OCTOBER 25, 2022

A look at how to spot greenwashing and learn from companies that are telling transparent stories about their environmental footprint. We talk about how to spot greenwashing and learn from companies that are telling transparent stories about their environmental footprint. How can these same players combat greenwashing?

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has written to Alok Sharma MP, President for COP26, citing recent evidence gathered as part of the Committee’s ongoing inquiry into nature-based solutions for climate change.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 3, 2022

The Financial Services Council (FSC), Australia’s financial services industry’s standards and policy setting body, announced the release of new climate-related guidelines for investment managers to set targets, report on risk, and avoid greenwashing.

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3BL Media

APRIL 19, 2022

Jordan Locke, a recruitment consultant in Acre's Global Sustainable Finance & Impact Investing Team, sat down with Business Insider alongside a group of industry experts to discuss the current ESG talent shortage, ‘greenwashing’ and the rapid pace of change. . Greenwashing kind of falls into that same skepticism.

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ESG Today

MARCH 6, 2024

The beef industry is one of the largest contributors to climate change, and JBS has falsely advertised its commitment to sustainability and endangered our planet. JBS USA’s greenwashing exploits the pocketbooks of everyday Americans and the promise of a healthy planet for future generations.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 28, 2024

The climate-change argument is central to the LNG debate in Canada. It is impossible to justify expanding LNG trade if the resulting production and consumption of natural gas would be inconsistent with efforts to mitigate the growing climate crisis. Essentially, Article 6 has become a green fig leaf to greenwash LNG exports.

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Impakter

MARCH 7, 2023

Impakter EU ‘Greening Corporate Fleets’ Initiative: Progressive or State-Sponsored Greenwashing? appeared first on Impakter. Stephen Hare

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The flood of cash into ESG and sustainable funds has also inundated the climate finance sector with greenwashing concerns. Read the full story at GreenBiz.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 16, 2022

Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed rules which aim to strengthen protections and address increasing confusion and greenwashing concerns around the rapid growth of ESG-oriented funds. In recent years, investor demand for climate and ESG investing has increased tremendously. investing public.

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B the Change

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

2 in 3 People Say They Are Ready to Halve Their Consumption to Help Save the Planet A recent survey found that two in three people now say they are willing to reduce their consumption by half to avoid environmental damage and climate change. GlobeScan is part of the community of Certified B Corporations.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 28, 2023

As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) highlighted last week, we are in the midst of a climate emergency. New climate rules introduced earlier this month by Canada’s financial regulator – the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) – are a long overdue effort to bridge that gap.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The current lack of regulation for these emerging markets has led to concerns that poor quality or low ambition schemes could create a ‘wild west’ that allows certain industries or businesses to greenwash, while also missing out on opportunities to maximise benefits for nature and people.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 17, 2022

In recent years, they have added visions for how climate change might be addressed, including scenarios that they claim are consistent with the international … Continue reading Influential oil company scenarios for combating climate change don’t actually meet the Paris Agreement goals, our new analysis shows.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 28, 2023

Matthew Shankland, Head of Sidley Austin’s London-based Disputes Resolution Practice, outlines how i nvestor s can mitigate against the increased risk of greenwashing-related issues in company advertising. Under English law, there is no specific cause of action for, or law governing, greenwashing.

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ESG Today

APRIL 11, 2024

Lawmakers in the European Parliament voted on Wednesday to adopt a new law aimed at establishing a certification system to quantify, monitor and verify carbon removals, and to counter greenwashing.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 8, 2023

Environmental group Fossil Free considers the airline's sustainability ad misleading as it portrays a role in tackling climate change and argues there is currently no environmentally-friendly way to fly.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 23, 2024

Today the PR industry propping up the sector is considered one of the biggest obstructions to climate change mitigation. As the medium goes digital and the message becomes more subtle and diffuse, pro-oil marketing is being baked into our social media feeds and infiltrating climate conferences.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Slow-to-change investors and greenwashers in the business community will lose their cover to continue propping up the fossil fuel economy. Some previously untargeted companies, brands, institutional investors and geographies will be thrust into the limelight as central problems in the battle against climate change.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 14, 2022

Alexander True, Business Partner at Sarasin, offers seven questions to help investors sort the green from the greenwashed. With this in mind, we have put together a shortlist of seven questions to help investors sort the green from the greenwashed. The post Seven Ways to Spot Greenwashing appeared first on ESG Investor.

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Chris Hall

MAY 26, 2022

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC) proposed two rule changes on Wednesday to prevent misleading claims by US funds on their ESG credentials and increase product disclosure requirements. . The post US SEC Funds Proposals Aim to Tackle Greenwashing appeared first on ESG Investor.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Lawmakers in the European Parliament voted 448-65 to set up a certification system for the quantification, monitoring and verification of carbon removals, aimed at increasing their use, while building trust with high quality carbon removals, and countering greenwashing.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The objective of the workshop was to share good practices on demand-side politics and business initiatives, fostering efforts to accelerate changes in consumer lifestyles and behaviors related to climate change and the environment.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 21, 2023

In a first-of-its-kind global assessment, researchers found that having a sustainability board or an official climate-change initiative has little effect or even worsens a company’s carbon emissions. Read the full story in Anthropocene Magazine.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 6, 2023

The recent tide of stories about greenwashing and divergent ESG ratings by financial actors have called into question the whole enterprise. The old paradigm sees things in terms of a zero-sum, competitive business landscape where ‘distractions’ like climate change must be ignored for the sake of profit. A tale of two paradigms.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The Canadian oil and gas industry is engaging in greenwashing by endorsing a 2050 net-zero target while actively lobbying against measures that would achieve that climate goal, international non-profit InfluenceMap says in a report. In statement, CAPP rejected the greenwashing charge. Image courtesy of InfluenceMap.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 4, 2022

They will also require massive amounts of capital from financial markets that still don’t adequately value the risks and opportunities associated with climate change. Broadly speaking, net-zero pledges amount to mere aspiration or greenwashing if they are not backed by science-based strategies.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

This is where the moral leaders [will] separate themselves from the greenwashers," Paul Polman, global sustainability leader and former Unilever CEO, said in a GreenBiz 21 keynote conversation about what leadership means today. Ultimately, corporate leadership has to change because "less worse" is not an option anymore, Polman said.

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ESG Today

MAY 6, 2024

According to the HKMA, the feedback received indicated that stakeholders welcomed the classification system, which could help deliver a clearer definition of green products, enhance interoperability, and reduce the risk of greenwashing. Click here to access the Hong Kong Taxonomy.

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