Greenwashing: A risk far beyond reputation

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Recent climate action underlines how all corporates urgently need to recognise the threat of greenwashing as embedded material risk, argues Salterbaxter's Kathleen Enright

The latest greenwashing scandal surrounding Shell is a stark wakeup call to all businesses. Shell's directors themselves are being sued by environmental lawyers ClientEarth for failing to accelerate energy...

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