Banking Carbon Offsets Greenwashing 
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.
Corporate Knights
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Several other companies around the world are also offering to arrange for collecting plastic from where it winds up and doesn’t belong (landfills, waterways, roadsides), and then verify credits, including Plastic Bank and Plastic Credit Exchange. “As ACC’s Dewing counters that “people say this is greenwashing.
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GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
Thanks to the rise in plastics pledges, an emerging and undefined market for plastic offsets is just beginning to take shape. And, much like the market for carbon offsets, it’s messy. . The new term "plastic neutrality" is being used to convey that a company has offset its "plastic footprint.". Given that U.S.
Financial Times: Moral Money
JULY 18, 2022
Plus, carbon offsets and lobbying pose greenwashing risks
Corporate Knights
APRIL 18, 2024
And Tyson isn’t the only one banking on planet-friendly meat to keep consumers coming back to the butcher. He notes that “carbon-neutral meat” has become a key term that the industry has appropriated to provide the veneer of environmental responsibility: “It’s like painting a gas station green and claiming it’s environmentally friendly.”
Carlos Sanchez
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Carbon offset markets have always been complex and controversial instruments to fight climate change. Reading this article, you will better understand the carbon offsets market, carbon offsets controversy and the key initiatives to follow. Carbon Offsets Markets size. Introduction.
Corporate Knights
OCTOBER 24, 2022
Aiming to create a carbon-negative album release, they calculated the “cradle-to-grave” carbon impact of both a CD and vinyl LP from manufacturing to shipping, from its life in a fan’s stereo to its likely afterlife in a landfill 100 years from now. Touring is harder in Canada because it’s so geographically spread out.
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