How do you use Greenwashing in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Greenwashing meaning
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.
Using Greenwashing
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- In the example corpus, greenwashing often appears in combinations such as: greenwashing is, of greenwashing, greenwashing by.
Context around Greenwashing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Greenwashing
- In this selection, "greenwashing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 18.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, anti, equally, prevent, rule, involved and mass stand out and add context to how "greenwashing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include amount of greenwashing is ever and an anti greenwashing rule for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "greenwashing" sits close to words such as abra, accies and accommodative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with greenwashing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This is greenwashing but the green is…profit. (8 words)
Can the Swiss government force industry to come clean on greenwashing? (11 words)
When we’re talking about greenwashing, we’re talking about sustainability. (11 words)
Air France-KLM’s Dutch arm was one of the first major airlines to face a lawsuit over greenwashing, which refers to marketing that aims to falsely convince customers that a brand is environmentally friendly. (35 words)
Among corporate clients as well as designers, “a lot of folks are nervous about greenwashing” mass timber’s climate benefits, says Stephanie Carlisle, a senior researcher at the University of Washington’s Carbon Leadership Forum. (35 words)
Cynics may call it greenwashing, but the truth is that if every company made the same degree of effort, we’d have a chance of meeting climate targets. (28 words)
Can the Swiss government force industry to come clean on greenwashing? (11 words)
Are these rapidly sprouting initiatives heading in the right direction, or are we just promoting a new era of “greenwashing”? (20 words)
Example sentences (20)
Britain’s financial watchdog, for example, it planned to bring in an anti-greenwashing rule for all firms.
But no amount of greenwashing is ever going to make up for the vandalism of Macquarie at Thames Water.
Can the Swiss government force industry to come clean on greenwashing?
Cynics may call it greenwashing, but the truth is that if every company made the same degree of effort, we’d have a chance of meeting climate targets.
Equally, greenwashing is pilloried because it makes it harder for investors to assess the underlying risks to a firm’s future profitability.
European financial institutions accounted for most instances and much of the greenwashing involved claims about fossil fuels.
Greenwashing is a prominent criticism and a healthy argument in the ongoing dialogue about stakeholder accountability.
On the other hand, Davos is a Petri dish for innovations in greenwashing.
Passive sound monitoring of conservation areas can even help prevent greenwashing by companies and contribute to evidence-informed conservation funding, they wrote.
The marketing of new gas boilers as “hydrogen ready” could be greenwashing and breaking consumer protection law, the competition watchdog has warned.
This aims to clamp down on greenwashing by introducing three mutually exclusive classifications for sustainable funds.
This is greenwashing but the green is…profit.
When we’re talking about greenwashing, we’re talking about sustainability.
Air France-KLM’s Dutch arm was one of the first major airlines to face a lawsuit over greenwashing, which refers to marketing that aims to falsely convince customers that a brand is environmentally friendly.
Among corporate clients as well as designers, “a lot of folks are nervous about greenwashing” mass timber’s climate benefits, says Stephanie Carlisle, a senior researcher at the University of Washington’s Carbon Leadership Forum.
Are these rapidly sprouting initiatives heading in the right direction, or are we just promoting a new era of “greenwashing”?
Ecologist Thomas Crowther’s research inspired countless tree-planting campaigns, greenwashing, and attacks from scientists.
However, as environmental, social, and governance investing grew, so did the legal pitfalls of greenwashing.
However, carbon-neutral claims have come under fire recently in greenwashing litigation.
However, the hit to its reputation doesn’t always come, even when greenwashing is uncovered.
Common combinations with greenwashing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- greenwashing is 4×
- of greenwashing 3×
- greenwashing by 3×
- on greenwashing 2×
- greenwashing but 2×
- in greenwashing 2×
- greenwashing and 2×
- about greenwashing 2×