There are perverse incentives to exaggerate sustainablity claims – made easier by the lack of uniformity in measuring and reporting such results.
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By making individuals responsible for reducing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, the oil industry is deflecting responsibility for making profound changes in their production practices.
Nature positive is the new rallying cry to reverse environmental decline. But it could easily become greenwash – if we’re not careful.
Ad Net Zero is a new initiative aimed at reducing the advertising industry’s carbon footprint. But agencies have yet to take the next and most difficult step.
As we confront pressing social and environmental challenges, business schools must play a big role in building momentum for sustainable investing and ignore partisan, anti-ESG sniping.
Australians are increasingly fighting climate change in court. With more than 127 cases in a new United Nations report, Australia comes second only to the United States for climate litigation.
One year away from the 2024 Olympic Games, the grim reality of climate change is impossible to deny. How do we make the mega-event sustainable and avoid the pitfalls of greenwashing?
Is it possible to measure sustainable development? Can we go beyond merely embracing virtuous principles and put the concept into use?
Energy firms are likely to lie about their corporate social responsibility to the environment. Their deception can be turned around for good if they are held accountable.
Canadian financial institutions — banks, pension funds and private equity firms — fund the fossil fuel industry and are therefore helping fuel the climate crisis. Why won’t Ottawa hold them to account?
Look for hidden trade-offs, political contributions and what businesses are not telling you.
Instead of focusing their limited time, energy and finances in effective interventions in their gardens, many individual gardeners are falling prey to greenwashing.
While the ACCC, ASIC and a new senate inquiry begin to flush out greenwashing, we take a closer look at dodgy climate claims. Complaints and court cases are stacking up. Here’s what you need to know.
Researchers looked at a decade of political spending by the oil and gas industry and others engaged in climate policy. If money talks, one side had a giant megaphone.
We’re rarely aware of a company’s full environmental footprint.
Companies seen as big polluters suffer little in terms of reputation and sales when they are found making misleading claims about protecting the environment.
Research shows the strength of team loyalty.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres says rules around corporate emissions reporting are “wide enough to drive a diesel truck through”.
Sponsorship from fossil-fuel companies is worth millions to Australian sport. But growing opposition from the public and athletes themselves may force sports to rethink these deals.
The transition to net zero will require huge investments, but how do we make sure investment goes to the right place?
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Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology and Commerce and Business Economics, University of Michigan
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Professor of Markets, Business, and Society, University of Bath
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Agente de transfert de connaissances pour le Centre de recherche sur la boréalie (CREB), Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
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Professeur titulaire Chaire en éco-conseil spécialiste des changements climatiques, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
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Associate Professor, Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University
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PhD Candidate, Energy, University of Galway; Atlantic Technological University
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Professor of Organisational Studies, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Advertising and Brand Creativity, Auckland University of Technology
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Professor of Management, Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle
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Professor - Industrial ecology and climate change mitigation, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
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Director of the Centre for Responsible Business, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor and Program Manager, Master of Fashion (Entrepreneurship), RMIT University
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Lecturer In Construction, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Anglia Ruskin University
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Emeritus Professor of Apiculture, University of Sussex