Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Schleimer’s own awakening came when she entered academia to teach innovation strategy and realized, even in the wake of the global financial crisis of 2007/2008, that textbooks on the subject were still promoting the “red ocean thinking” of cutthroat competition, compromised value and low cost. Schleimer opted to teach without textbooks.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The other two were made in 2002 and 2008 and have generated around $36 million for the conservation of tropical forests, according to the U.S. Some government agencies haven’t received sufficient budgets to fight environmental crime in protected areas, an official told Mongabay at the end of last year. Department of the Treasury.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 11, 2024

Corporate Knights co-founder and CEO Toby Heaps spoke with his old boss (Heaps was Nader’s presidential campaign manager in the 2008 U.S. How they operate in a very autocratic top-down manner, they sup- press free speech in their companies, and engage in the mistreatment of workers and consumers and greenwashing of environmental issues.

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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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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The government committed to net zero in the Climate Change Act 2008 and is under a legal obligation to deliver on the carbon reduction targets therein. This could bring with it accusations of greenwashing and/or changes to the operation of existing strategies, which could be costly and cause disruption to existing investments.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 17, 2023

In 2008, under enlightened management that saw the potential of emissions-free electricity, Ørsted began transforming itself into a renewable energy powerhouse. It replaced its grubby fossil-fuel plants with offshore wind farms that would eventually make it the top player in that industry.

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Impakter

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Health and well-being have been on the radar of actress Gwyneth Paltrow since 2008 when she founded Goop, an online wellness company that promotes healthy living through blog posts and a marketplace full of original Goop products with everything from fashion to bath and body.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 13, 2025

Niche to mainstream evolution Storebrand stated that the fund was the first commercial green bond fund, building on the first ever green bond issued by the World Bank in 2008. We would have achieved what we wanted from the beginning, to drive the transition within all of our investments.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

These are the reported findings of Smoke and Mirrors, a new investigation from the Changing Markets Foundation and UKWIN, which says it has exposed greenwashing from Carpet Recycling UK (CRUK). Almost 9 in 10 Brits have carpet in their home and 400,000 tonnes of carpet are discarded in the UK every year – an area the size of Birmingham.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Ultimately, we intend to cut through all the complexity, greenwashing and bureaucracy to develop our own systems to help our mostly SME customers reduce their emissions and bills, rather than simply measuring to the most accurate possible figures and endlessly planning!

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 5, 2024

This is particularly important for ESG securitisations, which must include enforceable standards to prevent greenwashing and ensure that proceeds are genuinely directed toward sustainability goals. However, we must remain mindful of the lessons learned from the 2008 GFC.

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3BL Media

JULY 23, 2024

And this is 2008 ish is what I'm talking about, and there were two rounds. If what you're trying to do really is greenwashing, I'm sorry, you've left no room open for dialogue and for us, our faith as a society in corporate action. We went back last year to check how much has been achieved.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2022

Anything less is a breach of its legal duties and amounts to greenwashing and climate delay. Rowan Smith, solicitor at Leigh Day, said: “Under the Climate Change Act 2008, the Secretary of State has a legal obligation to set out how the UK will actually meet carbon reduction targets. This is why we are taking this legal action today.”.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 21, 2022

Retail investors seem cautious about sustainable investing, and greenwashing is a huge concern. The good news is that we’re seeing further advancements in the areas of transparency and taxonomies that should rein in greenwashing. However, it is still a small slice of the $2-trillion market.

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Just Capital

MARCH 29, 2022

It helps to address concerns over greenwashing and the haphazard nature of ESG data. Annette has been a key player in financial services regulatory reform for much of her career, and worked in various posts at the SEC for a decade, serving as a Commissioner from 2005-2008. governance body for the voluntary carbon market.

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