Which one of the following best describes the term “greenwashing” ?
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Answer: A. Greenwashing means a company falsely presents its products or activities as environmentally friendly to win customers, without real environmental benefit.
Watch for: The other options are also environmental problems, but greenwashing is specifically about false eco-claims.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Wrong because leaving out environmental costs from accounts is a different issue.
- C. Wrong because ignoring ecological impacts of projects is not called greenwashing.
- D. Wrong because mandatory environmental costing is the opposite of greenwashing.
Source to check: UNEP and UN 'Greenwashing' explainer (un.org/en/climatechange/science/climate-issues/greenwashing)
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