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Some Proposed Changes

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Hello, I am employed by Boston University's Fineman & Pappas Law Libraries. After reviewing this Wikipedia page, I believe that information from one of our faculty's scholarship might provide a valuable addition to this page. I would appreciate it if this requested edit could be reviewed.

Add missing citation to this sentence in the article (second paragraph of the article): "Many corporate structures use greenwashing as a way to repair public perception of their brand."[1]

Cf2022 (talk) 18:45, 24 January 2021 (UTC)Cf2022[reply]

 Done RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 02:00, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Condon, Madison. "Climate Change's New Ally: Big Finance". Boston Review.

Wiki Education assignment: Environmental Crises in Southeast Asia

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Western focus: should this article have a broader scope?

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This article focuses largely on western developed, democratic nations (with the exception of a section on Thailand). This presents the suggestion that greenwashing either does not occur elsewhere in the world, or that it is wholly a western problem/phenomenon. PetSematary182 (talk) 04:11, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Democracywashing

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is omnipresent and more dangerous - but missing in Wikipedia :( Got save the Queen / King  ;) 85.216.197.77 (talk) 07:45, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: WRIT 340 for Engineers - Fall 2022 - 66816

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Wiki Education assignment: HIEA 140 REMOTE China since 1978

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Wiki Education assignment: Environmental Politics

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Wiki Education assignment: HNRS 2000Critical Analysis and Social Responsibility

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Conflict of Interest -

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The reference can be, for example: Spaniol, M. J., Danilova-Jensen, E., Nielsen, M., Rosdahl, C. G., & Schmidt, C. J. (2024). Defining Greenwashing : A Concept Analysis. Sustainability, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16209055
The analysis finds six requirements necessary for identifying greenwashing: a claim on environmental performance by a private sector organization marketing a product or a service, which cannot be substantiated, made with deceptive intent, and done to establish a competitive advantage. Fulfilling these criteria warrants an accusation of greenwashing.
Greenwashing is a common accusation, but it is often misapplied because it is confused with similar-but-different concepts. To diagnose if a claim warrants an accusation of greenwashing, follow the flowchart.
  • Why it should be changed:

The lack of a shared, operant definition for greenwashing has led to fragmented scholarly research, unclear guidelines for practice, inconsistent enforcement, and reactive policy frameworks, resulting in ineffective efforts to combat its growth. With the aim to prevent the further spread of greenwashing, the flowchart can distinguish similar but often conflated concepts from greenwashing. This can then help to organize accurate conversations, support investigations, categorize research, provide guidelines for practitioners, and support regulators’ case analysis.

MatthewSpaniol (talk) 12:46, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's a picture of text that is espousing a particular POV - one that is not universally held among reliable sources on this subject. Per WP:UNDUE we must leave it out. - MrOllie (talk) 14:10, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]