GreenBiz
MAY 11, 2021
Is 'net zero' much ado about nothing? Net zero is the near-universal goal of nations, states, provinces, cities, companies, universities and others. The five questions below represent just a sampling of issues surrounding what net zero means — and doesn’t. First, what is net zero? Joel Makower.
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.
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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.
3BL Media
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
When entities claim that their products or services are “sustainable”, “carbon neutral” or “net-zero waste,” are their claims really substantiated? The Challenge of Greenwashing: An International Regulatory Overview Download In some cases, these claims are not fully based on facts or substance.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
InfluenceMap calls out a gap between corporations’ climate pledges and lobbying.
Corporate Knights
JULY 4, 2022
Net-zero pledges have become commonplace among corporations, financial institutions and cities, but questions abound as to whether those companies and governments have real plans in place to achieve them. In many cases, corporations or local governments don’t yet know how they will achieve net-zero status by 2050.
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. C,” the report said.
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