Pratiques à risques ou erreurs de communication : toutes les nuances de greenwashing ne se valent pas !

In finance, environmental claims are made through marketing, where images of lush nature are used to illustrate investments in financial markets and major stock market indices. This can be considered greenwashing, because of the discrepancy between the promise and the offer. Sustainable finance has...

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Main Author: Husson-Traoré, Anne-Catherine
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Language:Français
Published: 2024
Online Access:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Summary:In finance, environmental claims are made through marketing, where images of lush nature are used to illustrate investments in financial markets and major stock market indices. This can be considered greenwashing, because of the discrepancy between the promise and the offer. Sustainable finance has many shades of greenwashing, some of which are mainly communication errors. This article makes the difference with other actions that consist of making strong commitments, such as financing carbon neutrality, but displaying portfolios with a high fossil fuel content, which seems incompatible.