Greenwashing

Quick meaning: Greenwashing is a noun meaning present participle and gerund of greenwash.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of greenwash.

More Meanings

1. The practice by people, organizations and states of presenting themselves as environmentally-friendly and progressive in order to disguise or divert attention away from their actual environmentally damaging behavior.

Example Sentences

It's not greenwashing - it makes sense for a whole load of reasons. It demonstrates that we are not just accepting that we have to use diesel for years to come.

In fact, no legal definition for “nontoxic” or “ceramic” exists, and the marketing has drawn greenwashing accusations exacerbated by the companies concealing their pans’ ingredients.

Fossil fuel lobbyists are trying to water down planned EU rules to stop “investment greenwashing’ by setting science-based criteria for any investment which lays claim to being environmentally sustainable.

Word Forms

• greenwashings

Synonyms for greenwashing

Depending on context, synonyms include greenwash.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include redwashing, pinkwashing, purplewashing, greenism, wokewashing, ecocomposition.

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