Sustainable Development

5 ways to tackle greenwashing, according to UN experts

“We must have zero tolerance for net-zero greenwashing,” said UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres launching the report at the COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

“We must have zero tolerance for net-zero greenwashing,” said UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres launching the report at the COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Image: Unsplash/Dawid Zawilla

Douglas Broom
Senior Writer, Forum Agenda
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The UN panel’s chair Catherine McKenna says in the report that greenwashing was actually harming the fight against climate change. Image: REUTERS

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