#greenwashing — Public Fediverse posts

#ProcterGamble owner of 🫧🧼 personal care brands: #Olay #OralB #Ambipur claim to use “sustainable” #palmoil. Yet still cause #palmoil #deforestation. Resist #Greenwashing with your wallet! #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🚱⛔️🌴🪔🔥 @palmoildetectives https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/06/03/procter-gamble/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Abby Martin Infiltrated the US Military. It's Worse Than You Think

https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/abby-martin-infiltrated-the-us-military-its-worse-than-you-think/

#usterror #greenwashing #usmilitary #uspol #climatechange #ClimateCrisis #climateemergency #usimperialism

#News: 🇮🇩 #Indonesian gov and #companies mislabelled crude #palmoil #CPO as waste #POME to dodge taxes. They supply #EU giants like #Neste. Dirty palm oil #fraud fuels #deforestation and #greenwashing Close #EUDR loopholes #BoycottPalmOil @palmoildetectives https://eia-international.org/blog/green-fuel-compromised-by-dirty-trade-a-look-at-indonesias-palm-oil-export-scandal/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

@benhuser
E-Fuels mehr Gewissensberuhigung als Lösung?
Synthetische Treibstoffe würden es ermöglichen, die bestehende Infrastruktur beizubehalten, sie lösen das Energieproblem aber nicht. Bei Fahrzeugen gilt inzwischen direkter Elektroantrieb als deutlich effizienter und kostengünstiger. Da Batterien zu schwer sind, könnten E-Fuels für Langstreckenflüge eine Rolle spielen. Es ist aber wenig realistisch, das derzeitige Flugvolumen damit beizubehalten.
#Greenwashing #Flugverkehr

‘Queimar tudo’: especialista aponta riscos socioambientais em projeto de Tarcísio para o lixo

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.brasildefato.com.br/podcast/brasil-de-fato-entrevista/2026/08/27/queimar-tudo-especialista-aponta-riscos-socioambientais-em-projeto-de-tarcisio-para-o-lixo/

Das Landgericht Amberg untersagt Netto die Werbung für Joghurt mit „gutem Futter aus umweltschonendem Anbau“.

Nach Auffassung des Gerichts suggeriert die Aussage höhere ökologische Standards, die beim Futteranbau nicht erfüllt werden. Der Verzicht auf #Gentechnik reicht dafür nicht aus. Die Deutsche Umwelthilfe wertet das Urteil als Signal gegen irreführende Umwelt-Werbung.

https://www.duh.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/pressemitteilung/greenwashing-urteil-gegen-netto-deutsche-umwelthilfe-stoppt-irrefuehrende-werbung/

#Greenwashing #Verbraucherschutz #Umweltschutz #Netto #environment #DUH

🛌 Wissen fürs Kopfkissen: 📖

Wie gelingt es mächtigen Akteuren, den #Klimaschutz systematisch zu verzögern?

Mit rhetorischen Tricks, falschen Hoffnungen und strategischem Pessimismus werden #Klimaschutzmaßnahmen blockiert und Verantwortung verschoben. Die bekannten Argumente sind vielfältig, aber wiederkehrend und dadurch erkennbar.

Macht Euch schlau:

https://www.oekologisch-unterwegs.de/klimawandel/1149-verzoegern-statt-leugnen-die-neue-taktik-der-fossilen-lobby.html

#Klimaschutzverzögerung #Klimapolitik #Desinformation #FossileLobby #Greenwashing

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/110843436888017352

Shameless self-promotion... Follow @DoomsdaysCW for news about defending #MotherEarth, #Resistance, and also #BuildingCommunity , #Resiliency and #PracticalSolarPunk on #SolarPunkSunday !

#DefendMotherEarth #Earth4All #Activism #IsItLikeToday #Coverups #Greenwashing #Oligarchy #Capitalism #HumanRights

#SamAltman and others at #OpenAI are trying wicked hard to convince folks that they're all about saving #Nature... Buying #JackieAndShadow's home and now this... Um, sorry Sam and friends. It doesn't make up for the #NoisePollution, #WaterPollution, pollution from #EnergyConsumption , etc. for the #AIHouseOfCards... But folks are seeing right through that!

#OpenAI flew influencers to a #NatureResort to fix its image. The internet called it #greenwashing.

OpenAI flew a group of influencers to a $2,000-a-night wellness resort to warm up the public mood around #AI. Days before a reported $500bn #Datacentre deal, the internet called it greenwashing, and the creators got the backlash.

August 4, 2026

"The event, branded 'Summer Camp,' ran at Wildflower Farms, a resort in New York’s #HudsonValley where rooms can top $2,000 a night, Business Insider reported. Creators posted farm-to-table dinners under bistro lights, a beekeeping session, and classes on OpenAI’s tools. They went home with branded canvas bags and jars of honey.

"The videos were soft-focus and lighthearted. The comments were not. Across TikTok, Reddit, X and Instagram, people called the trip 'dystopian' and accused OpenAI of greenwashing. One commenter told TechCrunch the issue was timing: '#TheWorldIsOnFire. It’s not a great time to brag about your $5,000-a-night suite.' "

Read more:
https://thenextweb.com/news/openai-summer-camp-influencer-retreat-greenwashing-backlash

#NoDatacenters #TheWorldIsBurning #USPol #AISucks #BigPower #BigData #ResistDataCenters #PowerCorruptionAndLies #AIDatacenters

Quando a Terra impõe seus limites

https://outraspalavras.net/terraeantropoceno/quando-a-terra-impoe-seus-limites/

#NoPlanetB🌍
🧑‍🦰👵🧕🧔‍♀️👱🙎‍♀️🤰🤱👼 #Overpopulation ⁉️
Can we talk about it❓️ 🚨🙈⏰️🙉📣 🙊
#OverConsumption🛍🛒🐮🌾⚠️
#overshootday 🌏
#ClimateActionNOW ‼️ #Greenwashing 🤢
#extinctionisforever 🦖🦕🦤....🐝🌾🧑‍🍼?
#SaveOurWeatherPatterns ☀️🌡❄️⚡🌬️🌀🌪️🌊
#KeepItInTheGround 🛢️⛽💰
#BiodiversityCrisis 🐋🪸🦈🐧 🌾🌳🐝🐞🦔
#DavidAttenborough💔#LifeOnEarth🌎

El “falso” ecologismo capturado por las redes del poder

https://tardigram.com/m/MedioAmbiente/t/39140

Mario del Rosal y Javier Murillo: “El rearme europeo es un keynesianismo militar financiado con recortes sociales”

https://tardigram.com/m/Actualidad/t/36733

#Público publicando como noticias publireportajes de #Moeve (#CEPSA).

Al menos ponen la marca de "Ofrecido por Moeve". La estrategia de #Greenwashing ya es conocida. Exxon y compañia ya lo hicieron. Invertir mas en publicidad que en la propia investigacion que acaba no llegando a ningun sitio.

Ademas el dinero es publico, del Next Generation. Todo muy publi. Publico, Publicidad, Publireportaje, Arcas Publicas.

https://www.publico.es/ciencias/moleculas-verdes-apuesta-europa-reducir-dependencia-energetica.html

#DK172 - #Greenwashing in der #Fleisch- und #Milchindustrie? - #DasKlima - #Podcast:

In Folge 172 gibt es was zu essen. Wir schauen uns eine #Studie an, die Greenwashing in der globalen Fleisch- und Milchindustrie untersucht hat. Denn das ist etwas, was erstaunlich häufig ist. Wie häufig es stattfindet und was das bedeutet, erfahrt ihr in der neuen Folge.

https://dasklima.podigee.io/172-dk172-greenwashing-in-der-fleisch-und-milchindustrie

@tazgetroete #Monsanto ist schon lange Teil des Chemieriesen #Bayer, für den der frühere parlamentarische Staatssekretär der @GrueneBundestag (2001-2005) für #Ernährung, #Landwirtschaft und #Verbraucherschutz, #MatthiasBerninger, als nachhaltiger Cheflobbyist, gewissermassen #Greenwashing betreibt und dies offenbar recht erfolgreich. Dank solcher #Lobbyarbeit werden einstige grüne Errungenschaften z.B. im Haftungsrecht wieder abgeräumt.
Ich habe #Berninger bei Sitzungen erlebt...
@tazgetroete

The Great Nature Heist
A viral video of a World Economic Forum executive explaining that nature should be "brought onto the balance sheet" has sparked outrage. But what's actually happening behind the scenes is far more consequential than a talking point.

https://thomaster.substack.com/p/the-great-nature-heist-how-wall-street

#WEF #NaturalCapital #Economics #BioDiversity #BlackRock #NatureConservancy #KlausSchwab #Greenwashing #News

O que os direitos digitais têm a ver com a crise climática?

https://outraspalavras.net/tecnologiaemdisputa/o-que-os-direitos-digitais-tem-a-ver-com-a-crise-climatica/

@hu_ai
"less AI" is still AI.
"less meat" is still meat.

if your AI slop generator is "more effective," that still does not mean less AI. see #JevonsParadox:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox

stop trying to sell us your " #vegan " AI by pretending it's "less AI."

#noAI #greenwashing #veganwashing

Neoclouds market themselves in terms of sustainability, sovereignty, energy innovation and efficiency.

The reality is rather different.

https://www.computing.co.uk/research/2026/sustainability-mirage-heart-of-neocloud?utm_source=mastodon_org&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=May_Neoclouds

#green #technews #datacenter #renewables #neocloud #cloud #greenwashing

📌Ayuntamiento de Madrid confirma la extensión de 1 hectárea para el megacantón al aprobar un parque en Montecarmelo como tapadera
https://carabanchel.net/ayuntamiento-de-madrid-confirma-la-extension-de-1-hectarea-para-el-megacanton-al-aprobar-un-parque-en-montecarmelo-como-tapadera/
#Carabanchel #Madrid #AlmeidaDimisión #greenwashing #informe #megacantón #Montecarmelo #selur #Urbaser

Biofuel Boom in Brazil: Green Growth or Greenwash?

Brazil’s booming biofuel industry is hailed as a solution to climate change, yet its rapid expansion comes at a cost. The push for bioethanol and biodiesel production is driving deforestation, threatening food security, and displacing communities. As Brazil positions itself as a leader in bioenergy, concerns grow over the environmental and social impacts of this industry, spotlighting the need for genuine solutions. 🌿 #Biofuel #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateActionNow #Boycott4Wildlife

The #biofuel boom in #Brazil made from #palmoil and #soy is touted as a #climate saviour. Yet in reality, biofuel #deforestation is causing #food insecurity, #indigenous land-grabbing and #ecocide #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🛢️🔥⛔ @palmoildetect.bsky.social

Written by Monica Piccinini for The Canary, republished with author permission. Read original.

Brazil’s push to expand biofuels is central to its strategy to “drive the decarbonisation agenda” and build a robust “bioeconomy,” setting the stage for this to become a major focus at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference (COP 30) in Brazil in November 2025.

Brazil’s biofuel ‘revolution’

During a ceremony at the Brasilia Air Base in October, president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva declared:

Brazil will lead the world’s energy revolution

This statement came as he signed the Fuel of the Future Law, a set of initiatives aimed at advancing the country’s bioenergy sector. Lula added:

Brazil will get a head start because you, the entrepreneurs, who have the capacity to produce, to research. Enacting this law demonstrates that none of us have the right to continue disbelieving that this country can be a large economy,” added Lula.

Lula announced a rise in ethanol blending with gasoline from 22% to 27%, with a target of 35% by 2030. Biodiesel blending, currently at 14%, will increase by one percentage point annually, aiming to reach 20% by March 2030.

Biofuel mandates have generated a relentless demand for crops, including sugarcane, corn, soybean, and palm oil.

Ethanol and biodiesel production in Brazil reached nearly 43bn litres in 2023, according to the 2024 Brazilian Statistical Yearbook on Oil, Natural Gas, and Biofuels, published by Brazil’s National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels (ANP).

Biofuels for energy independence

In Brazil, biofuels make up 25% of transportation fuels – a remarkably high share compared to other nations – and this proportion is still increasing. Bioethanol leads the biofuel sector, representing an average of 49% in terms of energy of the total gasoline and ethanol consumption.

Jorge Ernesto Rodriguez Morales, lecturer and researcher in environmental policy and climate change governance at the Department of Economic History and International Relations at Stockholm University, spoke to the Canary. He mentioned:

Historically, Brazilian energy policy has achieved significant success, largely due to the development of the oil industry alongside biofuels and other energy sources. This diversification has enabled Brazil to rely less on energy imports from the global market, fostering a degree of energy independence and security critical for economic stability.

He added that:

By reducing dependence on external energy sources, Brazil’s economy is less vulnerable to external shocks, such as fluctuations in oil and gas prices. Sugarcane ethanol, in particular, has been pivotal in these developments, positioning bioenergy – a renewable energy form derived from recently living organic materials known as biomass – at the forefront of national strategies to combat climate change.

Green sheen

Although bioenergy has been promoted as a climate strategy, there is ongoing debate within the scientific community regarding the actual sustainability of biofuel production.

Some scientists argue that the production of biofuels is an energy-negative process that may lead to various socio-environmental consequences. These include rising food prices that threaten food security and the conversion of forestlands for biofuel cultivation. Some state that presenting bioenergy as a climate strategy has served as a justification for the industry’s expansion in Brazil and globally.

Morales explained that:

Despite its success, the biofuels industry in Brazil developed within broader developmental and territorial security goals, often placing significant pressure on ecosystems and communities in an institutional environment that generally overlooked socio-environmental concerns. This unsustainable co-evolution of development pathways and bioenergy – marked by deforestation, land colonization, and agricultural expansion – has limited the adaptation space in agriculture. As a result, current climate policy is largely oriented toward path-dependent and potentially maladaptive strategies, such as relying on sugarcane ethanol for transportation.

A report by the Royal Society raises concerns about expanding biofuel production, highlighted issues such as the impact on food prices, the potential rise in greenhouse gas emissions due to direct and indirect land use changes (LUC) associated with biofuel feedstock production, and the risks of land, forest, water resource, and ecosystem degradation.

The Royal Society report recommends comprehensive auditing of biofuel supply chains as essential, along with enhancing transparency, data availability, and sharing. These elements are crucial for ensuring that the life cycle assessment (LCA) of biofuels is reliable and beneficial for policymaking.

Demand driving deforestation

The use of feedstocks like sugarcane, palm oil, corn, and soybean – predominant in Brazil – has sparked significant controversy, primarily due to competition with food production and concerns about converting agricultural land into fuel production. Rising demand for agricultural products poses a risk of increased deforestation and the use of land with high biodiversity value to satisfy this demand, along with related freshwater consumption.

The EU Deforestation-Free Regulation (EUDR) identifies soybean as one of the world’s leading drivers of deforestation. Trade interests appear to be the main barrier to removing soy biofuels from the Renewable Energy Directive, as Europe imports nearly 90% of its soy for biodiesel production from Brazil, Argentina, and the United States.

Dr David Pimentel, a professor of ecology and agricultural sciences at Cornell University, asserted that there is insufficient land, water, and energy available for biofuel production. He also highlighted environmental issues associated with converting crops into biofuels, such as water pollution from fertilisers and pesticides, air pollution, soil erosion, and contributions to global warming.

Pimentel conducted calculations that accounted for all the inputs needed to produce ethanol, including machinery, seeds, labour, water, electricity, fertilisers, insecticides, herbicides, fuel, drying, and transportation. He found that producing one litre of fuel-grade ethanol (5,130 kcal) requires an energy input of 6,600 kcal, indicating that biofuel production is an energy-negative process.

‘Serious socio-economic impacts’

A report published in the Biofuel journal states that measuring greenhouse gas emissions linked to ethanol fuel should account for emissions at every stage, including production, processing, distribution, and vehicle use. This comprehensive assessment is known as the core well-to-wheels LCA emissions, along with any additional emissions resulting from LUC.

Morales discussed some of the impacts of implementing a climate policy that relies on biomass fuels. He told the Canary:

Current climate policy positions biomass-based fuels as a replacement for fossil fuels in the transport sector, with sugarcane ethanol as a flagship solution for greenhouse gas reduction in international climate negotiations. However, scaling up bioenergy production can have serious socio-environmental impacts.

He added that:

Like food production, ethanol requires land, water, and nutrients, meaning that a large-scale expansion could intensify the negative side effects of agricultural growth. These include significant socio-environmental challenges related to sustainable development goals, such as deforestation (SDG 15), CO2 emissions from land-use change (SDG 13), nitrogen losses (SDGs 13, 14, 15), unsustainable water withdrawals (SDG 14), and food security risks (SDG 2), among others.

Brazil biofuel policies

During Brazil’s colonial period (1500-1822), sugarcane plantations established the basis for political power through land monopoly and slavery. Policies were implemented to promote the economic interests of the agribusiness sector.

In response to the energy and sugar crisis of the 70s, Brazil launched a national ethanol program called “Pró-Álcool” in 1975. This initiative included tax breaks, subsidies, and lower financing costs to benefit the sugarcane industry, including producers, planters, distillers, and the automotive sector.

The “Pró-Álcool” policy led to significant repercussions, such as the exploitation of workers (bóias-frias) and environmental degradation, which the Brazilian government neglected out of concern that environmental regulations might hinder economic growth and development.

From 1992 to 2004, while Brazil’s total greenhouse gas emissions rose by 80%, the government defended its support for ethanol on environmental grounds, positioning bioenergy as a “sustainable energy source.” This approach framed bioenergy as part of a climate strategy, leading to its promotion at international levels to combat climate change.

Overlooking indirect land use changes

However, the socio-environmental impacts of bioenergy production were largely overlooked, including direct and indirect LUC, water and biodiversity loss, deforestation, fertiliser pollution, and soil erosion.

In 2017, the “Renovabio” initiative was launched as a new government program aimed at promoting the growth of the bioenergy sector, with an emphasis on various types of biofuels, such as biodiesel, biomethane, bioethanol, and biokerosene.

A report published in the Biofuels journal indicates that Brazil’s RenovaBio programme does not account for direct or indirect LUC in its emissions calculator, potentially leading to an overestimation of decarbonisation levels and encouraging biofuel production with greater environmental impacts. To ensure the program is environmentally effective and delivers appropriate signals to decision-makers, it is crucial to incorporate LUC parameters into the calculator.

Morales mentioned that:

Brazil’s ethanol diplomacy aims to portray the nation as climate-conscious, using biofuel as leverage in climate negotiations. Many countries have followed Brazil’s ‘successful’ example by integrating bioenergy into their climate policies, even though its social and environmental costs are widely acknowledged.

Biofuel Expansion

Raízen, formed from the merger of Cosan and Shell, along with BP Bunge, Atvos, São Martinho, Tereos, Lincoln Junqueira, Cofco, Coruipe, Adecoagro, Katzen, Millenium, Brasil BioFuels (BBF), and Agropalma, represent some of the leading bioenergy companies in Brazil.

In October, Katzen International, a prominent bioethanol company, announced the successful completion and launch of the INPASA Agroindustrial S/A bioethanol plant expansion project in Sinop, Mato Grosso. This expansion boosted the plant’s production capacity to 2.1bn litres per year, establishing it as the largest grain-based dry mill bioethanol facility in the world.

Corn ethanol production in Brazil is projected to reach 7.7 billion litres in 2024/25, representing a 20% increase compared to previous years.

The biofuel industry is making significant investments in the state of Pará. Governor Helder Barbalho has announced plans for a biofuel refinery to be established in the municipality of Redenção, located in the southeastern part of the state. A collaboration between the Mafra Group and Companhia Mineira de Açúcar e Álcool (CMAA), which together comprise Grão Pará Bioenergia, will contribute over $350 million to this project.

Barbalho said that:

These are the agendas that will be challenging for us: the forest agenda, the energy production agenda. These are different agendas in which each one of them can present their solutions.

Alongside the refinery, a fattening service for cattle will be provided to partner ranchers, allowing them to use the refinery’s facilities for confining their animals. The primary feedstock for cattle confinement will be Dried Distillers Grain (DDG), a by-product of corn ethanol production.

Fueling conflicts

A report by NGO Imazon revealed that Pará accounted for 57% of the degraded forest areas in the Amazon. Forest degradation surged from 196 km² in September 2023 to 11,558 km² in the same month this year – nearly a 60-fold increase.

The state of Pará, which will host COP30, is marked by conflicts, including those related to the palm oil industry. Palm plantations in Pará cover an area that was once rainforest, approximately 226,834 hectares, nearly equivalent to the size of Luxembourg.

An investigation by the NGO Global Witness revealed that two major Brazilian palm oil companies, Agropalma and Brasil Biofuels (BBF), were implicated in conflicts with local communities in the state of Pará. BBF faced allegations of environmental crimes and violent efforts to suppress indigenous and traditional communities. Meanwhile, Agropalma was associated with community evictions and land grabbing.

A study by scientists Lucas Ferrante and Philip Fearnside revealed that biofuel companies, such as Millenium Bioenergia, are establishing a production chain for biofuels and food products derived from monocultures on Amazonian Indigenous lands and within other traditional communities.

Millenium announced plans to “partner” with Indigenous and traditional communities, proposing unpaid labour to produce corn, fish, chickens, pigs, and confined cattle. This approach not only infringes on human rights but also poses a risk of triggering new pandemics due to zoonotic leaps linked to environmental degradation.

Biofuels an exercise in greenwashing Brazil’s climate policy

Brazil must expand biofuel production to meet growing demand, which will increase logistical pressures nationwide. Critical to this expansion are infrastructure projects, such as the construction of highways like the Amazon’s BR-319, connecting Manaus to Porto Velho, and the Ferrogrão railway project, linking Sinop in Mato Grosso to the port of Miritituba, situated across the Tapajós River from Itaituba in Pará. These developments are likely to cause irreversible environmental degradation and adversely affect numerous indigenous and traditional communities in these areas.

Morales highlighted the Brazilian government’s position and priorities concerning the expansion of biofuel production:

In foreign environmental policy, the Brazilian government has historically been reluctant to prioritise environmental protection over economic growth, often attributing major environmental issues to developed countries. Although various administrations have made efforts to address environmental challenges such as biodiversity loss and climate change, these issues remain secondary concerns, frequently viewed as obstacles to short-term political and economic goals.

He added:

Positioning bioenergy as a climate strategy has effectively justified broader policies supporting the biofuel industry and contributed to the greenwashing of Brazil’s climate policy on the international stage. Several countries have mirrored Brazil’s approach, adopting bioenergy into their climate agendas in response.

Featured image via the Canary

Written by Monica Piccinini for The Canary, republished with author permission. Read original.

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Tapanuli Orangutan Faces Extinction From Forest Protection Rollback

Save the Tapanuli orangutan! The rarest ape in the world faces extinction after floods, cyclones and now rezoning of their habitat in Sumatra #BoycottPalmOil!

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So-called ‘Net Zero’ Flights Flush Rainforest Carbon Into the Sky

Virgin Atlantic airlines now uses ‘sustainable aviation fuel’ – a technology it claims will result in ‘Net Zero’ flights. However experts and researchers have lambasted this #aviation and #palmoil industry promotion as #greenwashing. They cite problematic evidence that using Sustainable Aviation Fuel or #SAF in #airlinefuel will undermine goals of keeping climate warming below 1.5°. In the meantime, despite the greenwash and industry spin, SAF is poised to flush gigatonnes of #rainforest #carbon into the sky exacerbating #climatechange. #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife

Is #SAF or “Sustainable” Aviation Fuel really a #climate saviour? Or just a greedy #greenwashing lie about #palmoil #deforestation? 🤮🌴🔥 Cut through the BS with this article by Open Democracy #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://wp.me/pcFhgU-9cg

Despite #aviation ✈️ and #palmoil industry #greenwashing, #climate experts predict “Sustainable” Aviation Fuel or #SAF will flush gigatonnes of rainforest #carbon into the sky. We demand better! #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴 🔥🚫 @palmoildetect https://wp.me/pcFhgU-9cg

Written by Ben Webster for Open Democracy, read original article. Republished under the Creative Commons Attribution Licence.

Virgin Atlantic and the UK government have been accused of misleading the public over what they claim will be “the world’s first net zero transatlantic flight” ahead of next week’s COP28 summit.

The Department for Transport said the flight, scheduled for Tuesday, was “ushering in a new era of guilt-free flying” because it will run entirely on so-called “sustainable aviation fuel” (SAF).

But openDemocracy revealed concerns earlier this year that SAF production in the UK may be linked to deforestation.

“There are some incredible double standards at play here,” said Matt Finch, UK policy manager of green campaign group Transport & Environment.

The SAF market in the UK is largely dependent on used cooking oil from Asia – where sellers are suspected of passing off unused palm oil as waste in order to attract lucrative credits. This is a particular problem for the environment, as producing palm oil drives deforestation.

Virgin last year bought more than 600,000 litres of “used” cooking oil from China and Indonesia to turn into SAF and mix with regular fuel for routine flights. Although it says the raw material for next week’s flight from London to New York will come purely from Europe and the US, the airline admitted it was still buying “feedstocks” from Asia for further SAF production this year.

“Some British airlines are – right now – greenwashing themselves by using used cooking oil made from Asian feedstocks,” said Finch.

“If airlines were genuinely trying to be sustainable, they would stop right now because of the huge risk of rogue palm oil getting into the SAF supply chain.”

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Green Lie of “Sustainable” Aviation Biofuel

“Sustainable” Aviation Fuel (SAF) is a biofuel alternative to using fossil fuels for powering planes and cars. SAF is being aggressively marketed by multiple industries as a greener alternative to burning fossil fuels in cars and airplanes.

However, SAF is produced from food crops such as rapeseed, palm oil, soy and sugar cane. This…

Net zero target

The aviation industry claims that SAF – which is almost all made from either biofuel crops or waste – could deliver around 65% of the reduction in emissions needed for airlines to reach net zero in 2050.

Under the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO), the government allows used cooking oil to be used to make the fuel. It currently accounts for the vast majority of SAF declared in the UK, most of which comes from Asia.

In 2024 alone, British airlines have bought more than 26 million litres of used Asian cooking oil – including 18 million litres from Malaysia, five million from China and two million from Indonesia.

Only about 15% of the used cooking oil purchased by airlines in 2023 has come from European sources, mainly the UK and the Netherlands.

Investigations suggest there is a high risk of fraud in the supply of biofuel from Asia, with particular concern over virgin palm oil being passed off as used cooking oil.

Labelling virgin palm oil as used makes it more valuable, partly because waste products earn double credits under the UK government’s rules for sustainable fuels.

Even genuine used cooking oil can indirectly cause deforestation because countries export waste oil they would otherwise have used domestically, and instead use virgin palm oil to meet their own local demand, according to T&E.

The campaign group says used cooking oil from Asia would be more effective at cutting emissions if it were used to replace diesel in road vehicles in the countries where it was produced – rather than being shipped across the world to be refined, using additional energy, into jet fuel.

The Royal Society, which represents the UK’s leading scientists, has also warned that an area at least half the size of the UK would be needed to grow enough biofuel crops to meet existing aviation demand in the UK alone. Increased levels of recycling are also likely to mean less waste material is available for making the fuel.

Green fuel mandate

Commercial jet engines are currently allowed to burn a maximum of 50% SAF, which is blended with traditional kerosene jet fuel. But next week’s demonstration flight is expected to show that it is safe to use 100% SAF. It is being funded with a government grant of up to £1m.

It comes only weeks before the government is due to announce details about the so-called “SAF mandate”, which will require at least 10% of jet fuel in the UK to come from “sustainable sources” by 2030.

The Department for Transport (DfT) is planning to cap the amount of used cooking oil and animal fat that airlines can use to meet this obligation, because demand could divert the products away from efforts to decarbonise road transport.

The cap, though, could be as high as 250 million litres a year of waste fats and oils.

Finch of T&E said: “The SAF mandate will be the biggest environmental regulation applied to UK aviation ever, and the government has a choice to make: should it carry on allowing SAF to be made from feedstocks that have dubious environmental benefits, or should it ensure that the sustainability criteria it sets genuinely achieve carbon reductions? Used cooking oil should be banned from UK planes.”

‘Undermining’ climate goals

Virgin and other UK airlines say their SAF has been certified by International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC), a scheme governed by a board that includes an executive from Air BP – one of Virgin’s SAF suppliers.

ISCC has nonetheless taken some action over SAF mis-selling. It launched an investigation this year into “potentially fraudulent behaviour” involving biodiesel that had been declared as waste from Indonesia or Malaysia and then exported from China to Europe.

It also suspended the sustainability certification of three Chinese biofuel exporters and last month pledged to clamp down on fraud by implementing “a traceability database by the end of the year”.

A Virgin Atlantic spokesperson told openDemocracy: “With all SAF purchases, we require suppliers to comply with applicable sustainability standards. In respect of HEFA (Hydrogenated Esters and Fatty Acids) SAF, we ask suppliers to ensure that feedstocks do not contain palm oil or its derivatives.

“SAF is an emerging industry and we source feedstocks from regions around the world and ask that suppliers undertake robust due diligence to ensure there is no palm oil or derivatives.”

However, the Aviation Environment Federation says the aviation industry’s enthusiasm for SAF is obscuring the urgent need for genuinely sustainable solutions to aviation emissions, including development of zero emission aircraft and an overall reduction in flying.

Even if every drop of used cooking oil available globally were refined into jet fuel, there would only be enough to power about one in every 40 flights, according to estimates by sustainable fuel consultancy Cerulogy.

The aviation industry says it is developing alternative sources of sustainable aviation fuel, including “non-edible industrial corn”, “forestry residues” and household waste.

But a study in August by Manchester Metropolitan University challenged the industry’s claims that sustainable aviation fuel can drastically cut emissions.

It said: “The scaling up of SAF to not only maintain but grow global aviation is problematic as it competes for land needed for nature-based carbon removal, clean energy that could more effectively decarbonise other sectors, and captured CO2 to be stored permanently. As such, SAF production undermines global goals of limiting warming to 1.5°C.”

Cait Hewitt, policy director of the Aviation Environment Federation, said one flight using 100% SAF “will make no difference to the fact that only 2.6% of UK aviation fuel is anything other than kerosene. And globally, the figure is more like 0.1%.”

She said the industry and DfT were wrong to suggest that waste-based SAF could be scaled up sustainably.

“It’s a nice idea to make fuel out of rubbish, which is what the UK government and others are pushing for, but producing more rubbish to turn into plane fuel is pretty obviously not a sustainable long-term option.”

She also said it was misleading to claim, as the DfT has, that SAF cuts greenhouse gas emissions by 70%.

“Even using 100% SAF, as with the forthcoming Virgin Atlantic flight, reduces tailpipe emissions by 0% compared with using kerosene. Any CO2 savings will be net savings, just as with carbon offsets.”

She said the flight would not achieve any net CO2 savings unless Virgin and the DfT could demonstrate that more carbon had been captured than would have happened anyway.

A Department for Transport spokesperson said: “Our sustainable aviation fuel programme is one of the most comprehensive in the world.

“We require that the fuel used [for the 100% SAF flight] must meet the specified sustainability criteria. However, it is for the operator and their fuel suppliers to determine the exact nature of the fuel within these parameters. Fuel suppliers are subject to independently verified checks to confirm the authenticity of their materials.”

Written by Ben Webster for Open Democracy, read original article. Republished under the Creative Commons Attribution Licence.

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#ProcterGamble owner of 🫧🧼 personal care brands: #Olay #OralB #Ambipur claim to use "sustainable" #palmoil. Yet still cause #palmoil #deforestation. Resist #Greenwashing with your wallet! #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🚱⛔️🌴🪔🔥 @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/06/03/procter-gamble/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Ein fossiles #Energieunternehmen wie #Eni sponsert die Olympischen Winterspiele 2026, während es laut #Greenpeace mit seinen Emissionen zur #Erderwärmung beiträgt und damit genau das bedroht, was gefeiert werden soll: den Winter.

Die Kampagne „Oilympics“ kritisiert die #Greenwashing-Strategie und fordert ein Verbot von Öl- und #Gaswerbung im #Sport. Ohne Kurswechsel könnten viele Austragungsorte bald schneefrei sein.

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Oreo Maker Linked to Ongoing Deforestation and Human Rights Abuses

Mondelēz International, the company behind Oreo biscuits, continues to source palm oil from suppliers linked to rainforest destruction, exploitation of workers, and #violence against #Indigenous land defenders. Despite marketing its palm oil as “sustainable” and RSPO-certified, investigations show that these claims amount to greenwashing, with human rights abuses and #deforestation ongoing in its supply chain. We demand urgent action to expose these deceptive practices and protect marginalised indigenous peoples, endangered animals and endangered plants. #BoycottPalmOil #HumanRights

🍪🔥 #Mondelez maker of #Oreos is fuelling rainforest #ecocide and #humanrights abuses. They source #palmoil linked to #childlabour and exploitation 💀🌴 Use your wallet as a weapon to help animals and indigenous people! #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2026/02/04/oreo-maker-linked-to-ongoing-deforestation-and-human-rights-abuses/

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Rainforest Action Network. (2025, May 14). The maker of Oreos is not taking its human rights responsibilities seriously.

Mondelēz International, the global food giant responsible for Oreo biscuits, faces renewed scrutiny for its palm oil sourcing practices. Despite public claims of using “sustainable” RSPO-certified palm oil, evidence from multiple investigations shows that human rights abuses and deforestation remain widespread in the company’s supply chain.

Between 2015 and 2017, 22 of Mondelēz’s palm oil suppliers cleared over 70,000 hectares of rainforest, including 25,000 hectares of orangutan habitat in Indonesia. These suppliers have also been accused of child labour, worker exploitation, illegal deforestation, forest fires, and land grabbing. Much of this palm oil is sourced from Wilmar International, the world’s largest palm oil trader, which has repeatedly failed to monitor or control its suppliers’ destructive practices.

Despite adopting a “No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation” policy, Mondelēz’s reliance on RSPO certification has been widely criticised as ineffective and misleading. The RSPO standard has failed to prevent land grabs, forced labour, and environmental harm, while the company continues to market its products as ethical and sustainable.

Kiki Taufik, head of Greenpeace Southeast Asia’s Indonesia forests campaign, said: “It’s outrageous that despite promising to clean up its palm oil almost ten years ago, Mondelēz is still trading with forest destroyers. Palm oil can be made without destroying forests, yet our investigation discovered that Mondelēz suppliers are still trashing forests and wrecking orangutan habitat, pushing these beautiful and intelligent creatures to the brink of extinction. They’re literally dying for a cookie”.

The article highlights that these issues are not isolated incidents but reflect systemic failures in the palm oil sector’s self-regulation and corporate accountability. The continued use of “sustainable” palm oil claims is described as greenwashing, misleading consumers while abuses persist.

The article calls for urgent action from consumers, advocates, and policymakers to demand real accountability from companies like Mondelēz. Protecting Indigenous communities, upholding workers’ rights, and halting deforestation are identified as urgent priorities.

Rainforest Action Network. (2025, May 14). The maker of Oreos is not taking its human rights responsibilities seriously.

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Seeing Forest As Merely A Carbon “Commodity”: Dangerous Greenwashing

The huge danger of commodifying forests and seeing them as merely an “investment” to be bought and sold as ‘carbon credits’ has many loopholes that deny indigenous sovereignty, social and economic outcomes of communities and pose grave extinction risks to wild animals and plants. Take action when you shop and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

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Written by Constance McDermott, Senior Fellow in Forest Governance and Leader of Ecosystems Governance Group, University of Oxford; Eric Kumeh Mensah, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Oxford, and Mark Hirons, Environmental Social Science Research Fellow, University of Oxford. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

Forests are great carbon sinks – they absorb more carbon from the atmosphere than they release. Globally, forests remove nearly all of the two billion tonnes of carbon dioxide that is currently being removed from the atmosphere every year.

These days, companies can buy “carbon credits” for the carbon that is stored in living forests and offset this against their own greenhouse gas emissions. International financiers estimate that by 2050, Africa could be selling US$1.5 trillion in carbon credits per year, mainly from its forests. Environmental social scientists Constance L. McDermott, Eric Mensah Kumeh and Mark Hirons are co-authors of a report on global forest governance for the International Union of Forest Research Organisations. They have found that buying and selling forest carbon as a commodity is dangerous if it is prioritised over the other environmental and social uses of forests. It could even result in environmental damage and the displacement of forest-dependent people.

What is a carbon sink?

All living things contain carbon, and are considered carbon sinks when they absorb more carbon from the atmosphere than they release. Many ecosystems serve as carbon sinks, but forests have a large biomass (wood and twigs and leaves on the forest floor). This makes them a very important sink from a climate perspective.

The carbon that trees capture is sequestered (stored) in their wood, leaves or needles, and roots. When forests are cut down or burned, their stored carbon is released into the atmosphere and becomes a source of carbon emissions rather than a sink. Forest carbon sinks can be conserved by leaving live trees standing, or created and enhanced by planting or natural regeneration of trees.

Why is it a problem for a forest to be seen only as a carbon sink?

Forests support and regulate soil, water and nutrient flows, and provide habitat for the majority of the world’s species that live on land. They provide people with food, fuel, fibre, medicine and other products.

They are important to the cultural survival and well-being of many communities. In Africa alone, an estimated 245 million people live within five kilometres of a forest, and many of these people rely directly on forests for their livelihoods.

Our research found that forests are increasingly being managed as carbon sinks, and the carbon they store treated as a commodity that can be internationally traded. Carbon markets allow businesses and governments to earn credits by paying for forests that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which is cheaper than reducing their own emissions. This is part of what we call the climatisation of forests.

Governing forests only as carbon sinks can promote “green grabs” where non-forested land, such as grasslands, used by communities for farming and other activities, is taken from the community and used by wealthy companies or governments to plant large tracts of trees to store carbon. Sub-Saharan Africa, in particular, is being targeted as a readily available and inexpensive location for one million hectares of forest restoration and tree plantations.

This is especially threatening for people who do not have secure rights to the forests and land they depend on. These communities can even be restricted or banned from entering the forest. Research has found that forest-dependent communities are rarely given power to address their own priorities in forest carbon sink schemes. This can cause conflict locally and weaken local democracy.

Let’s take the example of the Mai-Ndombe forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which supports about 100,000 people in 23 villages. Activities in the Mai-Ndombe under the global Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) climate change mechanism have focused on changing the practices of local forest-dependent communities away from cutting trees for artisanal logging or firewood collection. These communities have also been told not to continue with traditional methods of shifting cultivation (where parts of a forest are temporarily cleared to grow food crops without deforesting the area permanently).

Yet in Mai-Ndombe and the Democratic Republic of Congo’s other forests, land is already allocated to companies for timber (mainly for the export market), for mining, and increasingly for forest carbon sequestration. The result is that large companies continue to extract major economic benefits from forests in ways that exclude local communities.

Ghana’s Cocoa Forest REDD+ Programme is another example. In a bid to reduce deforestation and increase forest carbon stocks, the government of Ghana pays farmers and local communities to not plant cocoa crops in forested areas and to grow shade trees on their cocoa farms.

These efforts to share benefits locally are very important. However, asking farmers to plant or conserve trees does not address the fact that farmers are not earning a living income from selling cocoa.

Ghana’s cocoa farmers receive less than 7.5% of the value of a chocolate bar sold in international markets, and they suffer from food insecurity and increasing crop failures due to climate change. They do not have legal rights to the native trees that regenerate naturally on their cocoa farms.

The focus of REDD+ on channelling large amounts of money into forests as carbon could mean that many farmers lose access to land for growing food and meeting other livelihood needs – unless this is balanced by major investments to address the core challenges the farmers are facing.

What are some solutions?

Forests can absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide and still support communities. A people-centred approach to forests is needed. This means giving local communities secure rights to their land and forest resources, and governing forests according to what best suits the local context, rather than making forest use fit the international market.

The important role of traditional authorities and local customs in managing land and resolving conflicts must be recognised. Many traditional practices have managed forests sustainably for thousands of years. The challenge is to value and support these alternative approaches.

Written by Constance McDermott, Senior Fellow in Forest Governance and Leader of Ecosystems Governance Group, University of Oxford; Eric Kumeh Mensah, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Oxford, and Mark Hirons, Environmental Social Science Research Fellow, University of Oxford. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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https://www.industriambiente.com/empresas/caacutetedra-ecoembes-medio-ambiente
Es #Academicgreenwashing #Greenwashing #Ecoblanqueo

@Alternativet bliver ved med at reklamere for #dyreplageri. #alternativet opfordrer til drab på #ænder og kalder det #grønt, fordi de de er skamløse i deres #greenwashing og #dyremishandling.

forleden opfordrede de til vold imod #grise:
https://veganism.social/@pelle/115641210595234975

El pasado 23 de octubre 2025 un tribunal francés condenó a una #petrolera (#TotalEnergies) por #greenwashing por primera vez a nivel mundial. Y ello gracias a Greenpeace, Amigas de la tierra, Notre affaire a tous y ClientEarth. Y aunque la multa es bastante ridícula, sólo por la pérdida de credibilidad y la chapuza comunicativa que […]
10/11/2025
#Podcast: #RSC Rescate Sostenible Corporativo
A los micros: Paula Baldó de Andrés, Enoch Martínez

https://ift.tt/Y39nb2p

"Enquête : à #Marseille comme ailleurs, l’accaparement du territoire par les infrastructures du #numérique"
"#Datacenters et #câbles #sousmarins transcontinentaux"
"Mainmise des géants du numérique"
"Data centers : une implantation territoriale opportuniste et des politiques d’État accueillantes"
"Les data centers : ces mega-ordinateurs bétonnés en surchauffe aux multiples dangers environnementaux"
"Data centers de #DigitalRealty : fuites répétées de gaz fluorés à fort potentiel de #réchauffement climatique"
"Le #rivercooling : #privatisation et accaparement de #ressources en #eau de qualité potable"
"Le river cooling : du #greenwashing mensonger financé par de l’argent public"
"Accaparement de l’#énergie électrique au détriment de projets d’intérêt #commun à urgence environnementale"
"#Îlotsdechaleur urbains"
"Récupération de « #chaleur fatale » ou comment faire perdurer le statu quo #écocidaire"
"Une #croissance exponentielle, un #extractivisme colonial sanglant"
https://www.laquadrature.net/2024/11/20/accaparement-du-territoire-par-les-infrastructures-du-numerique/
#laquadrature #environnement #bigtech

Sehenswert - die scheinheiligen #PurposeDriven Firmen wie #oatly #bodyshop #benjerry, welche allesamt von profitgierigen Konzernen aufgekauft wurden #greenwashing
https://youtu.be/3uhMQ-Ia184?si=VXCQY9n5RYOXj-aJ

Por qué lo hacen? Múltiples motivos Ante los crecientes recortes presupuestarios en #investigacióncientífica se recurre a lograr financiación de empresas privadas, como #petroleras @repsol @bp @total El precio a pagar es el #fraude del #Greenwashing académico o #ecoblanqueo Es #pseudociencia

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Por Rebelión Ecologista #SEDIGAS, cómo hacer lobby falseando la verdad #greenwashing *Desde diferentes frentes intentar minimizar daños lanzando contraofensiva. Captura de pantalla de la campaña “ #mitos y #bulos asociados al #biometano” via @UniversidadxClima rebelionecologista.org/defensa-del-...

Por Rebelión Ecologista
#SEDIGAS, cómo hacer lobby falseando la verdad
#greenwashing
*...Desde diferentes frentes a corre prisa a intentar minimizar los daños lanzando una contraofensiva en toda regla.
Ejemplo, captura de pantalla de la campaña “ #mitos y #bulos asociados al #biometano”

No entendían que hubieran problemas cuando se pretendía hacer en cinco años lo que en otros países había costado 40 o más.
Hipocresía de sus discursos y promesas
CC @StopDisinformation

https://rebelionecologista.org/defensa-del-territorio/sedigas-como-hacer-lobby-falseando-la-verdad/

E20 Petrol in India: Green Transition or Greenwashed Cronyism?
https://onceinabluemoon2021.in/2025/09/23/e20-petrol-in-india-green-transition-or-greenwashed-cronyism/
#ClimateChange, #Anthropocene, #Capitalocene, #Greenwashing, #GreenCapitalism, #CronyCapitalism, #DynasticCapitalism, #NepoCapitalism, #NitinGadkari, #GadkariFamilyBusiness, #GreenwashedCronyism, #EthanolCronyism, #ClimateJustice, #FoodVsFuel, #WaterCrisisIndia, #BiodiversityLoss, #EcologicalExtinction, #PollutionIndia, #DeforestationIndia, =

#Herkunftsnachweis

Hat der europäische #Zertifikatehandel eigentlich nachweislich schon irgendwo den Ausbau der regenerativen Energien knallig gefördert?

Der #Ökostrom mit „Herkunftsnachweis“ für den Vattenfall-Öko-Tarif kommt aus

49,40 % Schweden
24,51 % Norwegen
10,00 % Frankreich
7,17 % Finnland
2.92 % Spanien
2,36 % Dänemark
1,62 % Deutschland
1,22 % Italien
0,66 % Portugal
0,11 % Ungarn
0,03 % Estland

#Stromversorger #Stromhandel #greenwashing

So the great UCL Chemistry Green Wash is now under construction. After years of such ideas being rejected on grounds of cost and lack of impact on our carbon emissions it's all going ahead.
I'm sure it will look pretty when it's done, and I hope it looks pretty five years from now, when the excitement #UCL200 will have been forgotten. But I keep thinking about the opportunity cost. What intervention on our Estate might we have done with the money we will have spent. #greenwashing #betonbrut 1/2

@uk

ENG: Check previous post for link in english ( The Plastic Recycling Myth )

ESP: EL RECICLAJE ES UNA MENTIRA

" Durante años, muchos de nosotros hemos separado obedientemente nuestros residuos plásticos, creyendo que nuestros pequeños esfuerzos contribuían a un mundo más limpio. Pero resulta que la realidad es mucho menos esperanzadora. Un informe reciente del Center for Climate Integrity, titulado "The Plastic Recycling Myth", revela que menos del 9% del plástico se recicla realmente. El resto acaba en vertederos, en nuestros océanos e incluso en nuestros cuerpos en forma de microplásticos."

https://www-newsbeep-com.translate.goog/uk/8714/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=es&_x_tr_hl=es-419&_x_tr_pto=wapp

#recycling #greenwashing #CorporateCorruption #greed
#greedyceos #greedycorporations #ReduceRepairReuseRecycle
#reciclaje #solarpunk #ceodown
#corporatocracy #growth
#sustainability #fixitcafe
#reuse #reusable #repair

I see #TheHerald is having a thing #greenwashing #nuclear energy and simultaneously kicking the #SNP.
Plus ca change.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/

Trotz zahlreicher #Brände in bestehenden #Holzpelletanlagen sollen zwei neue Werke in #Kalifornien nahe #Yosemite entstehen.

Dabei gelten #Holzpellets als extrem brandgefährlich. Es gab 52 Brände an US-#Pelletwerken seit 2010.

Vor Ort regt sich Widerstand. Viele sprechen von „#Greenwashing durch und durch“.

https://www.wired.com/story/in-california-a-biomass-companys-expansion-raises-fears-of-more-fires/

#Biomasse #Waldschutz #Feuergefahr #Klimapolitik # #StopptWaldverbrennen #Holzwirtschaft #Umweltschutz #StopBurningWood

Bußgeld wegen #Greenwashing gegen #DWS-#Fonds:

"Ausgerechnet der Themenfonds 'Blue Economy', den DWS gemeinsam mit dem WWF … entwickelt hatte, zeigt die Staatsanwaltschaft als zweites Beispiel für das Greenwashing der DWS.

Beworben wurde der Fonds … mit 'Investieren in Unternehmen, die … zu einer Gesundung der Meere beitragen.' Der Fonds investiert auch in Aktien von Royal Caribbean, einer der größten Kreuzfahrtgesellschaften der Welt."

https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/ndr-wdr/deutsche-bank-dws-greenwashing-100.html

#WWF #RoyalCaribbean

DWS - Bußgeld wegen Greenwashing für prominenten Fonds

Auf ihrer Hauptversammlung möchte die DWS mit dem Thema Greenwashing abschließen. Im April akzeptierte sie ein Bußgeld. Im Visier der Ermittler war dabei der wichtigste Fonds der DWS, zeigen Recherchen von NDR, WDR und SZ.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/ndr-wdr/deutsche-bank-dws-greenwashing-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#DWS #Greenwashing #Vermögensverwalter

🌑#Vertido de #Repsol🌑. Rotura de #oleoducto en #Calasparra #Murcia #contaminación
Tal como informan en la noticia el medio La Verdad parece que quiere exculpar a la #petrolera @repsol #Ecoblanqueo #Greenwashing
https://www.laverdad.es/murcia/vertido-petroleo-oleoducto-cartagena-puertollano-contamina-finca-20250522141054-nt.html

#Cartagena Pero lo peor puede ocurrir si se rompe este oleoducto bajo un #embalse por el que pasa