Corporate greenwashing: The lawyers are coming
ECGI • March 9, 2023
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Greenwashing may be one of the greatest emerging legal risks across corporate sectors worldwide. Once a topic of relatively niche concern, the spectre of greenwashing liability continues to grow as more brands seek to portray themselves as climate-friendly and lawyers (and the broader public) get wise to the fact that not all that appears green is what it seems.
As with many things in life, prevention is the best cure, and while the future of greenwashing litigation is still unwritten, some hot issues are emerging. Here, I’ll explore some of them and offer some suggestions to avoid greenwashing.
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