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The document discusses the prevalence of greenwashing, or deceptive eco-advertising, in the home appliance industry. It defines greenwashing and traces its origins back to the environmental movement of the 1970s. It then outlines Greenpeace's criteria for identifying greenwashing and discusses the "Seven Sins of Greenwashing," which are common misleading advertising tactics like making vague claims or focusing on a narrow attribute to portray a product as more environmentally friendly than it is. Several examples are given of companies using these tactics to greenwash home appliances like refrigerators and air conditioners. The document argues that retailers need to adopt more honest policies about the true environmental impact of the products they sell.
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'greenwash'
Ed Gillespie of Futerra
defines 'greenwash'and
shows how the apparent
'greening' of the market
could have adverse effects
on the environment
In recent years the marketplace for consumer
goods and services has become ostensibly
'greener', as manubcturers and providers target
consumers by promoting their environmental
credentials. Ed Gillespie argues that this market
change has been accompanied by the use of
'greenwash' - advertising or marketing that is
misleading to consumers with regards to the eco-
logical impact of the products they buy - and con-
dudes that in the long term this may have a
negative impact on public engagement with
wider environmental issues.
The world has gone green, at least superficially. Itseems we cannot turn a comer without beinglambasted by the 'eco' credentials of yet another
product or service scrabbling to portray itself as another
small step to saving the planet, 'Green consumerism is
the answer!' is a message we are being sold repeatedly.
But is the truth so simple? In many cases, the 'greening'
of the marketplace is worryingly little more than a
hastily applied thin veneer of dubious substance. We
have all seen and most of us have bought environmental
products, fairly traded, co-operativeiy produced organic
coffee or environmentally benign washing detergents,
but since when did airlines and oil companies trumpet
their supposed eco-credentials and get away with it?
Welcome to the age of 'greenwash.''
But what actually is greenwash and how can we
define it? The Oxford English Dictionary tells us that
greenwash is 'disinformation disseminated by an organ-
isation, etc, so as to present an environmentally respon-
sible public image; a public image of environmental
responsibility promulgated by or for an organisation, etc,
but perceived as being unfounded or intentionally mis-
leading.'^ But perhaps a more informal interpretation
might be 'advertising or marketing that misleads the
public by stressing the supposed environmental creden-
tials of a person, company or product when these are
unsubstantiated orirrelevant.'
Greenwash is nothing new. Veteran environmentalist
David Bellamy first used the term over 2 0 years ago and
it was in the early 1 9 9 0 s that use of the word 'green-
wash' took off. It was relatively unsophisticated back
then, using crude juxtapositions of 'eco' imagery such as
frolicking dolphins or lush, Utopian jungle-scapes to
imply a product's environmental 'friendliness' (itself a
now taboo description of sustainability due to its wilful-
ly vague meaninglessness). Looking back these efforts
appear extremely dated, though it is also worth noting
that one of the first reports on greenwash. by
Greenpeace USA back in 1 9 9 2 , highlighted a petro-
chemical company (who shall remain, for the sake of
legal reasons, anonymous), whose advertising implied
that using the waste of one industrial refinement process
as fuel for another was an 'important recycling initia.
About greenwashing
Greenwashing refers to marketing that misleadingly portrays a company's products or policies as environmentally friendly. It involves making exaggerated or vague environmental claims to promote sales or hide negative impacts. Spotting greenwashing takes scrutinizing a company's overall practices, not just ad claims. The Greenwashing Index rates ads based on how misleading their words, visuals, or omitted details are regarding a product's true greenness. Its goal is educating consumers and encouraging honest sustainability from businesses.
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Learning Objectives
After reading this chapter, you should be able to:
1. Explain the concept and different types of greenwashing.
2. Discuss how greenwashing creates barriers to CSR and sustainability.
3. Summarize the ways that companies, industries, and stakeholders can prevent greenwashing.
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Section 8.1Greenwashing: An Overview
Pretest Questions
1. Greenwashing refers to sustainability and CSR efforts in the household consumer
products category. T/F
2. The Green Guide helps consumers identify the best places to buy environmentally
friendly products. T/F
3. Eco-labeling is a voluntary environmental performance certification. T/F
Answers can be found at the end of the chapter.
Introduction
Chapter 7 discussed how governments enact laws to help eliminate bias and discrimination—
CSR, sustainability, and organizations thrive when employees can safely exercise their talent
and creativity. One way to improve CSR and sustainability is to comply with all laws; another
way is to enact policies that go beyond compliance. As more firms see the value of CSR (espe-
cially beyond mere compliance), and as more stakeholders reward firms with strong CSR pro-
files, many firm leaders work to get consumers to pay attention to their organization’s CSR
efforts. Stakeholders typically rely on advertisements and company claims to decide whether
a firm or product embodies CSR and sustainability principles. This chapter addresses green-
washing, or cases in which firms overreach, overstate, or even outright mislead stakeholders
about their sustainability and CSR efforts. Greenwashing represents a major threat to the suc-
cess of CSR and sustainability, as fraudulent and misleading CSR claims often receive negative
publicity. Currently, there is no legislation or single enforcement body to protect stakeholders
from greenwashing; the only protection is awareness and stakeholder activism. This chapter
introduces multiple types of greenwashing, in part so that future leaders can identify these
inside and outside of firms. The chapter also discusses how associations, eco-labeling, and
stakeholder activism help protect everyone from greenwashing’s negative effects.
8.1 Greenwashing: An Overview
The term greenwashing is a play on whitewashing, which refers to using bright white paint to
gloss over or cover something up—usually something bad such as a vice, crime, or scandal.
Whitewashing can also refer to when a person or entity is exonerated after a superficial inves-
tigation or by using biased data. The relationship between whitewashing and greenwash-
ing significantly overlaps and is largely a play on words; the only difference is the fact that
green refers to claims regarding the environment. Thus, greenwashing refers to covering
up environmentally problematic practices or mak.
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