The growing risks of greenwashing


A firm that makes beauty products announced that it was selling its green tea seed serum in “paper bottles” but these turned out to be plastic, with just the external wrapping made of paper.

Customers accused the brand of “greenwashing” – the process of businesses leading consumers or stakeholders into believing that their practices, products or services are more environmentally positive than they actually are.

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