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Bottom of the Barrel: Newsweek’s Least Green Companies

Which of the S&P 500 companies are the least environmentally friendly? Newsweek unveiled its Green Rankings last week and while there has been a lot of discussion about the top 5, there’s another story to be told in the bottom 5.
Unsurprisingly, nearly all of the bottom-ranking companies on the Newsweek list are in the energy [...]

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Green Businesses Get Anti-Greenwashing Packaging Guidelines

For every company that’s intentionally trying to manipulate consumers with vague or misleading green claims, there are many more businesses who are trying to do the right thing, but are sort of confused about what they should say. Enter the new guidelines to packaging sustainability claims developed by Greener Package, which should clarify some important [...]

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Monsanto’s Greenwashing More Outrageous than Ever

It’s a dubious honor, but one that Monsanto doesn’t seem too eager to refuse. The world’s most hated corporation has been aggressively greenwashing its reputation for years and has recently stepped up its efforts to claim that its earth- and people-unfriendly practices are “sustainable”.
In fact, Monsanto’s website is packed full of sickeningly misleading claims about [...]

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Localwashing in Pictures at Grist

We’re always on the alert for ‘greenwashing’, but what about ‘localwashing’? It turns out, big corporations are just as eager to make money off your dedication to buying local as they are off what they see as “the green trend”. From Walmart to Citgo, huge companies are trying to lure our dollars out of our [...]

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Mother Jones Unveils the Greenwashed Truth about Fiji Water

On their website, Fiji Water brags, “Our rainfall is purified by equatorial winds after traveling thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean. Winds that carry acid rain and pollutants to other parts of the planet just don’t come our way.”
What they don’t mention are the environmental impacts Fiji Water creates by shipping their pricey product [...]

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How to Properly Greenwash Your Packaging

This hilarious cartoon by Lunchbreath provides an easy-to-follow guide for companies to come up with a quick way to call themselves ‘green’ and hope for the cash to start rolling in.
Plus, the consumer gets to put this packaging in their recycling bin so everyone who passes by their home sees it and thinks, wow, that [...]

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