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The Drivers of Greenwashing
Magali A. Delmas,Vanessa Burbano +1 more
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The authors examines the external (both institutional and market), organizational, and individual drivers of greenwashing and offers recommendations for managers, policymakers, and NGOs to decrease its prevalence, and suggests that greenwashing can have profound negative effects on consumer and investor confidence in green products.Abstract:
More and more firms are engaging in greenwashing, misleading consumers about their environmental performance or the environmental benefits of a product or service. The skyrocketing incidence of greenwashing can have profound negative effects on consumer and investor confidence in green products. Mitigating greenwashing is particularly challenging in a context of limited and uncertain regulation. This article examines the external (both institutional and market), organizational and individual drivers of greenwashing and offers recommendations for managers, policymakers, and NGOs to decrease its prevalence.read more
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Defining Green Finance: Existing Standards and Main Challenges
TL;DR: In this article, the main approaches today in use in the financial industry for determining which sectors are eligible for green funding are reviewed, in particular as concerns green bonds and green loans, and different external review options and the risk of greenwashing are treated.
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Mobilizing practitioners to support the Emergency Recovery Plan for freshwater biodiversity
William M. Twardek,Elizabeth A. Nyboer,David Tickner,Constance M. O’Connor,Nicolas W. R. Lapointe,Mark K. Taylor,Irene Gregory-Eaves,John P. Smol,Andrea J. Reid,Irena F. Creed,Vivian M. Nguyen,Amanda K. Winegardner,Jordanna N. Bergman,Jessica J. Taylor,Trina Rytwinski,André L. Martel,D. Andrew R. Drake,Stacey A. Robinson,Jerome Marty,Joseph R. Bennett,Steven J. Cooke +20 more
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Family Firms and Coupling among CSR Disclosures and Performance
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Sustainability practices of family and nonfamily firms: A worldwide study
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Website communications for campus sustainability: an analysis of Canadian universities
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