Corporate Knights

JUNE 14, 2022

In some instances, they may amount to so-called ‘greenwashing’ with consumers effectively being deluded into thinking their ‘energy efficient’ home represents a better outcome for the environment.”. A 2017 study published in Building and Environment estimated there are now about 600 green rating systems globally.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 7, 2021

“We founded Sangha Systems in late 2017 while working in renewable energy law, development and public policy because we recognized that cryptocurrency mining presents a one-of-a-kind energy profile that could expedite the mainstreaming of renewable energy,” said Spencer Marr, President and Co-Founder of Sangha Systems. .”

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Shareholder claims over ‘greenwashing’ are likely to grow in the UK as companies face increasing pressure from regulators and investors to publish ESG disclosures in their market-facing information. Practical steps to manage risk of greenwashing claims. The Financial Services and Markets Act.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Two years later in 2017, the group introduced its official recommendations for corporate financial disclosures. Disclosure also prevents greenwashing. So, the TCFD was born. Investors cannot make apples-to-apples comparisons on sustainability information if companies do not report their data within a common framework.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The responsibility for this disaster lies with Big Plastic – including major household brands – which have lobbied against progressive legislation for decades, greenwashed their environmental credentials and blamed the public for littering, rather than assuming responsibility for their own actions.”. Case study: Coca-Cola.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 12, 2024

Regulators around the world are trying to tackle the problem of greenwashing with new rules and enforcement mechanisms. As greenwashers are expected to face increasing and more frequent fines in certain jurisdictions, a plastic-prevention start-up called CleanHub recently ranked the largest greenwashing fines given out to date.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Since 2017, Turgeon has provided legal advice to First Nations and has helped hundreds of individuals and organizations with environmental mobilizations. It’s fascinating to see the mining industry trying to capitalize on these disasters to justify even more greenwashed destructive projects,” he says.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Poland and France were the first governments to issue green bonds in 2016 and 2017 respectively. Labelled bonds can stand accused of ‘greenwashing’ if a robust sustainable framework is not in place. We expect more countries to follow. Rapid growth in GSSS issuance doesn’t come without challenges for investors.

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B the Change

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

But researchers found the opposite to be true: On average, B Corps grow 14% year on year, with Edie finding that “ leading B Corp FMCG brands [grew] on average 21% in 2017, compared to a national average of 3% across their respective sectors.”

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Chris Hall

JUNE 1, 2022

Regulators are increasingly focused on sustainable-investing ratings in a bid to deter greenwashing. Many early providers went on to be bought by established companies, with MSCI acquiring KLD in 2010 and Morningstar taking a 40% stake in Sustainalytics in 2017.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 5, 2024

In a bid to move forward with the CMU, a new European regulation on securitisation was introduced in 2017 focused on simple, transparent and standardised (STS) products, along with amendments to capital requirements. The new rules help investors, including retail investors, to better assess risks and make securitisation more accessible.

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Chris Hall

MAY 25, 2022

The goal should be to ensure that asset managers have all the data needed to fulfil regulatory requirements by aligning with the taxonomy and to ensure that investors are investing in sustainable funds validated by regulators and avoiding greenwashing,” she said. At the same time, prices have fallen, driven partly by intensifying competition.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Each of the four JETPs in development are experiencing different growing pains. “Understandably, being the first movers in the market, there is nervousness and caution amongst [JETP] stakeholders to get it right. “Investors face heightened concerns on the credibility of these transactions and potential greenwashing criticisms,” she says.

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Issuance of green bonds has more than tripled from 2017 to 2021. In addition, the green bond market remains fraught with challenges including poor quality of reporting and transparency, and, according to the head of the International Accounting Standards Board, “rampant greenwashing.”

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Just Capital

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Apple conducts annual pay equity analyses by gender and race and ethnicity and reports that it has achieved 1:1 pay equity for all of its workers since 2017. The tech company is first in its industry and has consistently held a top spot in our Rankings largely thanks to its industry-leading minimum wage of $22 per hour.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 5, 2023

The TCFD’s recommendations were published in June 2017 and have since gained widespread recognition and adoption by companies, investors, and governments globally.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Researchers said their results should be treated as initial rather than definitive because of the short period covered (2017-2019). Transition challenges. But issuance by sovereigns will grow from a low base, especially in Asia.

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Steven Mintz

JUNE 5, 2024

Moderator: Joan Lee, Fairfield University The Effect of Public Criticism on Corporate Greenwashing Leting Liu, University of Toronto – Rotman, Ontario, Canada (Presenter) Discussant: W. Dan was a Sustainability Accounting Standards Board member from 2017 to 2022.  ESG – Room 1 Behavioral Ethics – 1.5

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Chris Hall

MARCH 29, 2023

Since 2019, Exxon has captured around six million metric tonnes (Mt) of CO2 a year, but O’Connor notes this is down from seven million Mt between 2017-18. Oil and gas major ExxonMobil positions itself as an industry leader in CCUS, but it has failed to scale its sequestration capacity over the last few years.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 17, 2023

Wall of greenwash? The BBC subsequently reported in 2017 that in Senegal alone, more than 11 million trees had been planted. The Great Green Wall has not been without both its challenges and its critics. million trees and restored 14,284 hectares of land across Burkina Faso, Senegal and Ethiopia.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

A 2017 study from the University of California at Santa Barbara calculated that the world produced about nine billion tonnes of plastic between 1960 and 2015 – and 80% of it still exists, in landfills and oceans. Is the burgeoning 'plastic credits' market a new wave of greenwashing?

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Waste Greenwashing Climate Change Manufacturing 176

Corporate Knights

AUGUST 13, 2024

In addition to well-documented environmental and social concerns, JBS has faced governance issues in the past, with the executive of its parent exposed for their involvement in a widespread corruption scandal in Brazil in 2017. The executives also pleaded guilty to US foreign bribery charges in 2020 as part of a plea deal.

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Chris Hall

MAY 4, 2022

The taskforce will also consider guidance on avoiding greenwashing strategies, and the simplification of assessing, comparing and interpreting transition plans. . In 2021, the TCFD consulted on its metrics, targets and transition plans, with a view to updating its original 2017 framework and guidance.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 6, 2024

CAPE has been critical of the lengthy and opaque investigation processes of Ad Standards and the Competition Bureau, which have fielded various greenwashing complaints in recent years. Public filings show that it spent more than $5 million on advertising between 2017 and 2022.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 6, 2024

CAPE has been critical of the lengthy and opaque investigation processes of Ad Standards and the Competition Bureau, which have fielded various greenwashing complaints in recent years. Public filings show that it spent more than $5 million on advertising between 2017 and 2022.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 29, 2025

By Bahar Gidwani Founded in 2017 and based in Perth, Australia, Sustainable Platform is a SaaS database that provides access to crucial and transparent sustainability & SDG (UN Sustainable Development Goal) performance data for thousands of global companies. As previously seen on the CSRHub blog. But we had no good way to check.

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CSR Hub

JANUARY 29, 2025

Founded in 2017 and based in Perth, Australia, Sustainable Platform is a SaaS database that provides access to crucial and transparent sustainability & SDG (UN Sustainable Development Goal) performance data for thousands of global companies.

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