Tag: greenwashing
Most investors believe annual reports contain greenwashing
PwC survey reveals extent of investors’ concerns about the truth of corporate commitments on environmental issues.
5 questions to help boards walk the green talk
It may sometimes take courage, but asking questions is the most effective thing a board director can do to address climate-related risk.
ESG and your supply chain
Businesses looking overseas for innovative solutions to supply chain disruption need to be aware of the potential for ESG-related litigation.
Watchdog aims to clamp down on greenwashing
The Financial Conduct Authority reveals plans to target greenwashing with new rules on use of key terms.
Greenwashing: are directors ultimately liable?
Directors who pay lip service to climate-related risks may be exposed to breach of duty claims for failing to protect firms’ interests.
ESG is not a ‘distraction’
We must not let ESG become a scapegoat for the systemic failure of our society to address global warming and climate change.
Greenwashing threatens shareholders’ interests
‘Companies that believe their own greenwash are embedding liability and storing up risk’, warns chair of UK Environment Agency.
Companies ‘may inflate ESG performance’ to boost ratings
Researchers say firms may exaggerate their ESG performance over fears that investors will divest from their stock.
Boards need to stop ESG greenwashing and recognise reputational threats
There is no standard measure of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance—and the system is largely being used as greenwash.
EcoDa warns that sustainability standardisation ‘promotes box-ticking’
European directors’ association ecoDa says standardisation of data to aid comparability may not result in more sustainable companies.