Companies need shared definitions if they understand what greenwashing actually is and how it can be tackled
The term "greenwashing" has come a long way since it was coined by environmentalist Jay Westerveld in the 1980s. Initially, greenwashing was relegated to a small number of corporate claims - that a...
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