Global S&T Development Trend Analysis Platform of Resources and Environment
Top corporations use misleading climate pledges to greenwash image, new report | |
admin | |
2022-02-07 | |
发布年 | 2022 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 国际 |
领域 | 气候变化 |
正文(英文) | ![]() Image: Ivan Marc, Shutterstock Major global companies are avoiding meaningful climate action and are instead using false, misleading or ambiguous green claims, a new report shows.The first Climate Corporate Responsibility Monitor assesses the pledges made by 25 of the world’s largest corporations, many of them household names, against a set of transparent quantitative and qualitative indicators. Due out on 7 February 2022, the report is a joint initiative between NewClimate Institute and Carbon Market Watch. The report was authored by NewClimate Institute and a set of policy recommendations based on its findings was written by Carbon Market Watch. “As pressure on companies to act on climate change rises, their ambitious-sounding headline claims all too often lack real substance, which can mislead both consumers and the regulators that are core to guiding their strategic direction. Even companies that are doing relatively well exaggerate their ambitions,” said NewClimate’s Thomas Day, the lead author of the report. The ramifications of these outlandish claims are significant. “Greenwashing is not a victimless crime as consumers and decision-makers are fooled into thinking that companies are doing all they can to address their climate impact,” observes Carbon Market Watch’s Gilles Dufrasne, who authored the policy recommendations. “The world’s biggest companies have a huge responsibility to rise up to the challenge we’re facing. Today, they are failing to do so, and it is time that governments step in to regulate corporate claims and put an end to misleading advertisement.” Net zero is not zeroThe results were striking: the companies’ net-zero pledges in reality amount to future emissions reductions, often decades from now, of an average of just 40%. These companies get away with publicising their misleading green claims by a variety of greenwashing tricks, using loopholes, omitting data, choosing start dates when their emissions were higher and creating their own fallacious measures of climate action. Some of the worst examples include household names such as Nestle, Carrefour, Unilever and E.On. Here are some examples. Nestle Claim: Emission reduction of 50% by 2030 compared to 2018 Reality: Emissions reduction of 18% by 2030 compared to 2018. The reduction in the claim appears to be made with a business-as-usual emissions forecast rather than the actual 2018 baseline. The calculation also excludes some sources of emissions Google Carrefour IKEA Zero tolerance for greenwashingBased on the findings of the Climate Corporate Responsibility Monitor, Carbon Market Watch has produced a package of policy recommendations to promote green corporate leadership and combat greenwashing. These include:
A joint letter to EU policymakers pressing them to adopt these recommendations will also be sent out on 7 February. Note to editorsThe Climate Corporate Responsibility Monitor will be released on 7 February during a virtual briefing. You can register for the launch event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/untangling-green-business-from-greenwashing-in-corporate-climate-claims-tickets-257866183697 The report is downloadable at this link: https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/corporate-climate-responsibility-monitor
|
URL | 查看原文 |
来源平台 | Carbon Market Watch |
文献类型 | 新闻 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/345659 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | admin. Top corporations use misleading climate pledges to greenwash image, new report. 2022. |
条目包含的文件 | 条目无相关文件。 |
个性服务 |
推荐该条目 |
保存到收藏夹 |
查看访问统计 |
导出为Endnote文件 |
谷歌学术 |
谷歌学术中相似的文章 |
[admin]的文章 |
百度学术 |
百度学术中相似的文章 |
[admin]的文章 |
必应学术 |
必应学术中相似的文章 |
[admin]的文章 |
相关权益政策 |
暂无数据 |
收藏/分享 |
除非特别说明,本系统中所有内容都受版权保护,并保留所有权利。
修改评论