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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Corporate Knights

MARCH 21, 2022

Hundreds of corporations are proclaiming their climate commitments with four little words: net-zero by 2050. A new Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor report examined 25 global giants – from Amazon to Volkswagen – that have publicly made net-zero or carbon-neutral commitments.

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ESG Today

JUNE 9, 2025

Canada’s Competition Bureau announced the release of its final guidelines on environmental claims, aimed at helping companies to comply with new anti-greenwashing laws when making claims about the environmental benefits or attributes of products or businesses.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Sponsored: Just how much carbon offsetting is simply greenwashing? As a sustainability director, I have become versed in what it means for a company to manage its environmental impact.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Mark Carney’s US$130-trillion Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) has lost two pension funds and a consulting company in recent weeks, and some large U.S. Greenwashing is truly a clear and present danger.”. The post Cracks showing in Mark Carney’s net-zero financial alliance appeared first on Corporate Knights.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2021

Are you greenwashing, wishing or walking? Companies and countries all over the world are committing to net-zero goals and pledges to the SDGs; diversity, equity and inclusion goals; human rights — the list goes on. We need to put a lot of zeros on the "More than 1,000 businesses" in order to get to a net-zero carbon economy.

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Corporate Knights

MAY 19, 2022

The silence and half-truths – commonly referred to as green blushing and greenwashing – are slowing climate progress. So rather than hiding behind the numbers in a chart or making vague claims, one way to win stakeholder trust is to tell ESG stories in a way that honestly outlines and dismantles an organization’s path to net-zero.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Some of the world’s richest companies are hiding behind spurious ‘net zero’ and ‘carbon neutrality’ claims. A new report calls them out for greenwashing. The post Not-Zero: Report finds rampant greenwashing among richest global corporations appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Is your energy strategy greenwashing?

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ESG Today

MAY 8, 2025

Indias Ministry of Finance announced the release of a draft framework for its Climate Finance Taxonomy, its classification system for identifying sustainable economic activities aligned with its climate goals, aimed at enabling the facilitation of major capital flows required to support the net zero transition, while preventing greenwashing.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

High-level group releases report at COP27 saying policies should be ‘about cutting emissions, not corners.’

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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?

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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. .

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 4, 2025

Michael Sambasivam and Adam Scott Transition funds are an important investment class, as they can help supply some of the trillions needed to achieve net-zero by 2050 or sooner, while offering savvy investors a venue through which to access transition opportunities. Building one will be harder than it sounds.

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Renew Economy

JULY 12, 2023

Climate Council calls for federal government intervention as Australia's biggest polluters set net zero targets while expanding further into fossil fuels. The post Fossil fuel giants “gaslighting” on emissions, Climate Council calls for greenwash ban appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

UN Secretary General warns fossil fuel companies that using bogus ‘net-zero’ pledges to cover up massive fossil fuel expansion is “rank deception”. The post “Poisoning our planet:” Greenwashing, deception and loss and fairness at COP27 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

An ambitious program could help companies achieve their net-zero goals in a way that also might mitigate greenwashing claims.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Additionally, less than half of finance leaders reported that they believe that their organizations are very likely to hit their major sustainability priorities and targets, such as net zero.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Over the last decade and a half, a standard form has emerged in which governments and corporations have made their promise to do so: the net-zero target. As a strategy, the net-zero target has been criticized by climate advocates; at its worst, it can be a vague, unenforceable greenwashing program. In the U.S.,

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Corporate Knights

JULY 23, 2024

Where once there were claims about the companies working together to reduce their absolute emissions by 22 million tons (Mt) annually by 2030, and to net-zero by 2050, there is now a statement that Pathways is “focused on advancing environmental innovation and pursuing emissions efficiencies from our oil sands operations”.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 28, 2024

That pre-emptive action is proof of that which activists in Canada say has long been in plain sight: greenwashing is rampant in the fourth-largest petroleum-producing country in the world – but will new legislative ammo effectively tackle it? That includes the kind of proof that companies will have to give to the public about their claims.

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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? It’s not hard to see why the aviation industry has provoked the ire of climate activists.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Nasdaq Review the results from a survey that primarily polled corporate carbon credit buyers, who share insight into how the market for durable carbon removal credits has changed over the past year and the role carbon credits play in net zero strategies. How has the VCM changed in the last 12 months?

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Impakter

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

UN Experts Demand Crackdown on Greenwashing of Net Zero Pledges. This story on the UN group’s greenwashing report was originally published by the Guardian, and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate crisis. The Guardian.

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ESG Today

JUNE 28, 2024

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) announced that it has commenced work on the development of a new international standard on net zero, aimed at providing clarity and credibility to organizations’ net zero targets and strategies, and to guard against greenwashing.

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Environment + Energy Leader

MARCH 9, 2023

The post Net-Zero Climate Commitments. Ambitious Goals or Greenwashing? 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. appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 14, 2022

But Ecojustice lawyer Matt Hulse said Canada’s current regulatory system still requires citizens to play “whack-a-mole” against the behaviour of individual banks, rather than taking a systemic approach to greenwashing and fossil fuel finance. This is disingenuous greenwashing at best, and unlawful at worst.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Earlier this month, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers publicly criticized the federal government’s new greenwashing rules, saying they “effectively silence” climate discussion, impeding companies from speaking to Canadians about their projects’ green credentials. Iris Fairley-Beam is an independent legal researcher.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Airlines have faced "flygskam" — or flight shame — which has seen some travelers shun air travel, heightening pressure for the sector to demonstrate that it can develop a flight path to net-zero emissions.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Back then, some members of the SIO, the precursor to today’s Responsible Investment Association (RIA), felt the lack of a sustainability label placed the industry at risk of greenwashing. The fear 20 years ago that a green investment label could itself enable greenwashing is now playing out two decades later in Europe.

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Environment + Energy Leader

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Other topics include fighting greenwashing and supporting climate regulations. The post UN Net-Zero Guidance Calls for End of Fossil Fuels Financial Support appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

A UN-backed group of sustainability, business, finance and government leaders unveiled a series of recommendations aimed at developing clearer standards for net zero pledges made by businesses and other non-state entities, and avoid the use of the commitments for greenwashing.

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ESG Today

JUNE 15, 2025

EPA tries to scrap power plant GHG emissions standards; Munich Re exits several net zero coalitions, but keeps climate goals; survey finds investors turning outside U.S. See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements Amazon Signs 1.9

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 12, 2024

In 2022, the Canadian Competition Bureau launched an investigation into whether the Royal Bank of Canada’s advertisements amounted to greenwashing. At worst, it is greenwashing of carbon-intensive businesses, misleading investors and the public.” The complaint called on regulators to establish clearer standards for sustainable finance.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Theme: Navigating the energy transition Register today Thursday 14 November 2024 11:30am – 1:00pm (GMT+4) | Greenwashing: Are your green claims robust enough to withstand scrutiny and avoid greenwashing accusations? With sustainability and transparency at the forefront of the business landscape, the issue of greenwashing has emerged.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Jeremy Lardeau, vice president Higg Index at the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), joined the “Net Zero and Well-Being in Life” virtual workshop jointly organized by the G20 Presidency of India and the G7 Presidency of Japan, and hosted by Boston Consulting Group.

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