ESG Today

JUNE 21, 2023

The colloquial term for this phenomenon, particularly as it relates to sustainability, is greenwashing, and it’s far from novel. Here’s a quick rundown: Greenwashing is a practice used by businesses to represent themselves as more sustainable than they truly are. Greenhushing refers to a company’s refusal to publicize ESG information.

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Sense and Sustainability

MARCH 3, 2021

Editor’s note : This is the second of two articles published concerning greenwashing, both historically and at present. What are the Alternatives to Greenwashing? Along with producing coffee, the Roar Gill team is committed not only to carbon neutrality, but to continuous improvement. How to Avoid Greenwashing?

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Eco Coach

APRIL 21, 2020

For those businesses, one of the steps to consider is calculating their carbon footprint. Once the footprint is determined, they can take actions to reduce their emissions, and between reductions and carbon offsets, become carbon neutral. Any remaining emissions can be addressed by purchasing carbon offsets.

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Sphera

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Amid record-breaking inflation, only one in five consumers would definitely pay extra for green products and only 13% see sustainability as deciding factor in product choice. Price and information are cited as biggest barriers to sustainable behavior change among consumers.

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 4, 2022

“Net-zero” or “climate-neutral” as a concept is so hard to pin down, let alone achieve any version of, that it’s flimflammery by definition. So media, branding, and press, if not based on greenwashing, matters environmentally as much as it does financially. In fact, it’s just the opposite.

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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. . There is no industry standard or definition . In the same way that a company’s carbon credit may offset its U.S.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Before the end of the year, it will publish a price for carbon emissions, which Cohen hopes will put an end to one of the many hot and increasingly political debates surrounding the net zero transition. Impact investment is the next step along, because by definition it involves measuring rigorously the impact that you create.

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