You’re probably well aware of greenwashing – when companies make misleading claims about their environmental credentials. But as the public wises up to it, the practice is growing increasingly sophisticated. Corporations from Ryanair to Shell have been called out in recent months for making false or unsubstantiated claims about theirContinue Reading
At this point, there’s no denying that plastic pollution is ubiquitous. It appears in the remote corners of the Earth, the food chain, and even human bodies. To protect human and environmental health, global plastic pollution must be addressed. With increasing public concern about climate change, companies might face higherContinue Reading
It has been five years since the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) published its recommendations. Since then, support for this global initiative – and for company climate and ESG reporting in general – has skyrocketed. Today more than 3,000 organisations in 92 countries with a combined market capitalisationContinue Reading
Greenpeace has been accused by human rights defenders of “greenwashing” the Egyptian government’s image and discouraging other activists from forcefully raising the country’s abysmal human right record ahead of Cop27, the UN climate summit that will be held in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh next week. Criticism ofContinue Reading
Among companies claiming the mantle of most responsible corporate citizen, the outdoor clothing chain Patagonia has always seemed a nose ahead. It hasn’t hurt that it’s tough imagining the ecocidal antichrist wearing a fleece vest and technical climbing pants as it pillages the earth. But Patagonia has also had theContinue Reading
Scrubbers hold a banner reading “Greenwash=propaganda during a protest outside the Science museum. Credit: Martin Pope/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The energy sector is the primary contributor to the increase in CO2 emissions, and global energy demand is only expected to rise further in the coming decades as populations andContinue Reading
There is no denying it. The last two years were difficult for all of us. But as we take a collective breath on the other side of the pandemic and ruminate on the positive takeaways from that time, many of us will settle on the same sentiment – sometimes it’sContinue Reading
Cermaq sees the light Generally, sustainability is thought of as an environmentally-friendly attribute, and these days, the term is almost an obligatory adjective applied to most policies, activities and manufactured products. It certainly is a major component of the “green-washing” vocabulary of the open-net-pen aquaculture industry and features prominently inContinue Reading
At least three far-right massacres in recent years have been allegedly perpetrated by people who identify as eco-fascists. The accused murderer of 10 Black people in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday, entwined antisemitic conspiracy theories with a form of natural conservation. In a 180-page racist diatribe the 18-year-oldContinue Reading
The burning of plastic releases a mixture of pollutants into the environment. In his more than 10 years of organizing, Graham Hamilton of the global movement #BreakFreeFromPlastic has never seen people spring into action as quickly as they did in Macon, Georgia, last November—and over Thanksgiving weekend, no less. WithContinue Reading
