Tag: greenwashing
Honesty and truthfulness – can the Corporate Governance Framework® help?
Authentic leaders embrace honesty and truthfulness as core principles of their leadership style. They strive to build trust, inspire their teams and foster an environment of openness and integrity. This approach appears to be cut-and-dried. However, in reality, being honest and truthful can be rather tricky.
Responsible investing – ESG and sustainable portfolios
ESG investing is a term that is often used interchangeably with sustainable investing and socially responsible investing. It began in the 1960s with investors excluding stocks or entire industries from their portfolios based on business activities such as tobacco production or involvement in the South African apartheid regime.
Greenwashing – how companies mislead consumers with false environmental claims
Companies and producers have in recent years come under increased pressure to run their operations in an environmentally responsible way - both from a legal and ethical standpoint. Whilst this is undoubtedly something to be lauded, it has sadly also given rise to a practice known as greenwashing.
Greenwashing – what is it and how can it be avoided?
Greenwashing is the practice of giving the wrong impression, providing false information, or fabricating a story about how a company and its products, or an investment solution, are environmentally friendly or beneficial in an environmental, social or governance (ESG) context.
