Greenwashed
Eliminating the spin
"the phenomena of socially and environmentally destructive corporations, attempting to preserve and expand their markets or power by posing as friends of the environment." (CorpWatch) This is larger than the confines of a mere GROUP, this is a Justice League sort of association. We go forth and dig deep, pointing out blatant hypocrisy and dastardliness. Too ...learn more
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Resources to Help Consumers Buy Green Products
By WeBuyItGreen: promoting green living and fair tradeIn addition to certification and FTC regulation, the consumer has several online resources that can help with identifying genuinely green business ...more
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"Natural" Cosmetics and "Organic" Bea...
Many manufacturers are misleading consumers when it comes to labels on the back of organic cosmetics. U.S. courts have not allowed the FDA to regulate industry use of terms like "natural." Cosmetic ma ...more
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Apple (-) A Corporate Illumination Document
Apple Computer Corporation -
This computer manufacturer, in response to the complaints of its customers has
announced that it will become more environmentally responsible. What’s the real
deal?
This ...more
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Dr. Bronner's (+) A Corporate Illumination Document
Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps -
Simply put, this page is dedicated to a
company that has walked the walk. May they receive the rewards from
their righteousness.
Marketing
Examples of Dr. Bronner's mark ...more
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added by rmattlage about 1 year ago |
Toyota (-) A Corporate Illumination Document
Toyota Motor Corporation - The soon to be largest car company in the world that poineered greenwashing through their Prius, the $25,000 chunk of lead acid that gets less MPG then the sporty 1984 Hond ...more
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added by brant about 1 year ago |
GE (-) A Corporate Illumination Document
General Electric - GEHas begun an assault on our minds and our ideals for the profit of only a few.This page is dedicated to documenting the double action that General Electric is taking. We hope to ...more
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Greenwashing
SourceWatch reference page on GreenwashingGreenwashing is the unjustified appropriation of environmental virtue by a company, an industry, a government, a politician or even a non-government organizat ...more
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added by csalter about 1 year ago |
Chevron (-) A Corporate Illumination Document
Chevron Corporation-Proclaiming that it wants to "tap human energy," Chevron, a descendent of Standard Oil, and one of the largest oil companies in the world has launched one of the slickest "greenwas ...more
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added by MichaelK about 1 year ago |
ExxonMobil [-] A Corporate Illumination Document
ExxonMobilHas begun an assault on our minds and our ideals for the profit of a few
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page is dedicated to documenting the spin. A study by the US Union of Concerned Scientists reports that ExxonM ...more
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added by Sustainab... about 1 year ago |
BP (-) A Corporate Illumination Document
British Petroleum - BPHas begun an assault on our minds and our ideals for the profit of only a few.This
page is dedicated to documenting the double action that British Petroleum is taking. We hope ...more
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added by tigreen about 1 year ago |
GM (-) A Corporate Illumination Document
General Motors Corporation -The largest car company in the world is attempting to Greenwash over decades of corporate irresponsibility.
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page is dedicated to documenting the double action that th ...more
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added by Nico about 1 year ago |
Ford (-) A Corporate Illumination Document
Ford Motor Company -Has begun an assault on our minds and our ideals for the profit of only a few.
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page is dedicated to documenting the double action that Ford Motor Company is taking. We hope ...more
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B of A [-] Corporate Illumination Document
Greenwash of the Week: Bank of America Offset Credit Card
posted by Robin in RAN General on November 16th, 2007
This week Bank of America subsidiary MBNA launched their new Eco-Logique MasterCard cre ...more
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added by zburrows about 1 year ago |
J&J (-) A Corporate Illumination Document
Johnson & Johnson- Uses questionable tactics (faulty credits) to claim it is reducing its ecological footprint, when in fact it has increased it over. This
page is dedicated to documenting the dou ...more
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added by MichaelK about 1 year ago |
Starbucks (-) A Corporate Illumination Document
Starbucks Corporation -Decieves its customers into thinking that it is "committed to minimizing our environmental impacts throughout our entire supply chain." The Facts tell a much different story. ...more
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Resources
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Digital Library of the Commons (DLC)
From the DLC Website, "The Digital Library of the Commons (DLC) is a gateway to the international literature on the commons. This site contains an author-submission portal; an archive of full-text art ...more
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The Divine Right of Capital: Dethroning the Corporate Ari...
“A bad system produces bad situations in which people act badly
without even necessarily knowing why . . . if enough people absorbed
this argument, we might find ourselves in a better polity . . . But ...more
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BP - Beyond Petroleum spends less then 5% to actually get...
This hasn’t been the best year for British Petroleum. After the
series of embarrassing pipeline breaks in Alaska, critics say the
British energy giant can no longer claim to be an environmentally
cons ...more
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Bamboo a big tool for greenwashing, says noted designer
From the article:"A lot of companies offer bamboo flooring and panel so they can sell a
green product, but many of them also use toxic adhesives and other
chemicals that take away the advantages of us ...more
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Excellent "Greenwash" Edition of The New Intern...
Anyone read the New Internationalist?
It's a magazine based here in the UK that covers global environmental
and social issues. Their December edition covers "Corporate
Responsibility" and greenwa ...more
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The EnviroMedia Greenwashing Index
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DuPont Greenwashing (no suprise there)
USW Slams DuPont Over Greenwashing
Nov 07 2007
The United Steelworkers says that instead of being a “sustainable” chemical company, DuPont engages in “greenwashing,” LOHAS reports.
A key aspect of th ...more
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Worst EU Greenwash Award 2007
The EU lobby awards are organised by Corporate Europe Observatory, Friends of the Earth Europe, LobbyControl and Spinwatch.The ‘Worst EU Lobbying’ Award is to be given to the lobbyist, company
or lobb ...more
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Taboo Talk in Green Business: Buy Less Stuff
Excerpt from Joel Makower's Strategies for the Green Economy.
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The Greenwash Brigade
What does "sustainability" mean?
Simply
put, it's about meeting the needs of the present without compromi ...more
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Six Sins of Greenwashing
A post on Andrew Revkin's Dot Earth blog about Joel Makower's Six Sins of Greenwashing. A good post with links to a lot of relevant information.
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Prius- Green or Greenwash? Pragmatists v. environmentalis...
This is an interesting post by silicon valley eco-venture capitalist Vinod Khosla on the green value of the prius and parallel hybrids vs. biofuels, and his opinions on their greenwashing. ...more
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EnviroMedia Greenwashing Index
Enviromedia Social Marketing, which has been reporting from Bali for Environmental Leader, is launching the EnviroMedia Greenwashing Index and is calling on consumers to send examples of both good and ...more
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The Greenwash Guide
How to spot, prevent and avoid greenwash for consumers, companies and agencies. Futerra’s new Greenwash Guide analyses the current state of greenwash and what’s being done about it. You can also find ...more
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The Greening of Illustration by Jody Boehnert
The Greening of Illustration
When Words Fail
published in Varoom Magazine, August 2007
by Jody Boehnert
Scientists have given us their verdict: the situation is urgent.
Climate change is hap ...more
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Eliminating Spin at Source by Redesigning Corporation
"Oh, and here's a good list of related solutions: 2007 Buzzwords on Philanthropy 2.0, and a video of Prof. Yunus speaking on "his
model of 'non-loss business,' as opposed to profit-maximizing or
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bowo commented about 1 year ago
Another Inconvenient Truth - 99.9% of claims are bogus!
"I don't know whether anyone else spotted a recent article in Fast Company by David Roberts (who also writes for Grist) about 'The reason why companies greenwash their products". They mention that mar" ...more
Camilla commented about 1 year ago
OLPC - Who's got one?
"Anyone finally get their hands on one of these machines to try and test out? The articles reviewing it have drawn mostly rave reviews, though the sales orders seems to be flagging. One interesting " ...more
Honore commented about 1 year ago
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Dedicated to rooting out hypocrisy and the contemptible.
Greenwashing - is a term that is used to describe the actions of a company,
government, or other organization which advertises positive
environmental practices while acting in the opposite way.
In the interest of eliminating overlap and
improving the usefulness of Greenwashed as a group, a large portion of this
group is linked to www.SourceWatch.org , a powerful wiki-based encyclopedia of the
people, organizations and issues shaping the public agenda. primary purpose of
SourceWatch is documenting the PR and propaganda activities of corporations, public relations firms and public relations professionals
engaged in managing and manipulating public perception, opinion and policy. They
invite and encourage your participation as a citizen journalist contributing articles and
edits to SourceWatch. Google the term 'greenwash' and one of the top returns will be the SourceWatch article on the subject which you can edit.
The 6 sins of Greenwashing - the full report
- Browse through the Corporate Illumination Documents (CIDs) and other Wikipages in the column on the left.
- Browse the media, learn by watching.
- Add media and information (this is all of our group!).
- Dig deep, there's dirt to be found everywhere.
- Share your knowledge.
- Find out where your so called organic non-corporate food comes from (here) you might be surprised. This one has even more info, nothing is as you thought it was, or how it appears.
- Check out this cool graphic on the consolidation of the Organic food industry. Your local, sustainable, eco-friendly food just might be coming from Kraft, Coca-Cola, General Mills, ADM or ConAgra.
- you can also play Chevron's Energyville, a fantastic game that you can only win by drilling for oil. It's totally over the top terrible.
- Watch the story of stuff, a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns
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Latest Hypocrisy
What's in your iPhone? (green your apple)
Enterprise
All I can say is sick-
Is your soap soap?
What's in your iPhone? (green your apple)
Enterprise
All I can say is sick-
Is your soap soap?