Tuesday
Dec152009
Top 10 Greenwash Alerts
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 1:57PM
Fluffy language - Words or terms with no clear meaning, eg “eco-friendly”.- Green products v dirty company - Such as efficient light bulbs made in a polluting factory.
- Suggestive pictures - Images that indicate a (unjustified) green impact, eg flowers blooming from an exhaust pipe.
- Irrelevant claims - Emphasising one tiny green attribute when everything else is ungreen.
- Best in class? - Declaring you are slightly greener than the rest, even if the rest are pretty terrible.
- Just not credible - “Eco-friendly” cigarettes, anyone? “Greening” a potentially dangerous item doesn’t make it safe.
- Gobbledygook - Jargon and information that only a scientist could check or understand.
- Imaginary friends - A “label” that looks like third-party endorsement… except it’s made up.
- No proof - It could be right, but where’s the evidence?
- Outright lying- Totally fabricated claims or data.












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