Greenwashing
Greenwashing is the process of conveying a false impression or providing misleading information about how a company's products are more environmentally sound. Greenwashing is a play on the term "whitewashing," which means using misleading information to gloss over bad behaviour.
- Full name or Short Description
- The false impression that an investment is environmentally friendly
- Source of definition
- Investopedia
- Source and further information
- https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/greenwashing.asp#:~:text=Greenwashing%20is%20the%20process%20of,company's%20products%20are%20environmentally%20friendly.
- Classification
- Approach
- Category
- Environmental, Governance
- Status
- Aspirational
- Date created
- 01/Mar/2021
- Date updated
- 08/Apr/2021