Sustainability: Beware of Greenwashing
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were endorsed by the global community through the UN in late 2015. Sustainability reporting has become a business, and there is evidence of some degree of “Greenwashing”. Walking the talk is more important and convincing of commitment than elaborate reports w...
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description | The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were endorsed by the global community through the UN in late 2015. Sustainability reporting has become a business, and there is evidence of some degree of “Greenwashing”. Walking the talk is more important and convincing of commitment than elaborate reports with quantitative metrics. |
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spelling | ntu-10356/828282020-11-01T07:13:56Z Sustainability: Beware of Greenwashing Teng, Paul S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Country and Region Studies Global The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were endorsed by the global community through the UN in late 2015. Sustainability reporting has become a business, and there is evidence of some degree of “Greenwashing”. Walking the talk is more important and convincing of commitment than elaborate reports with quantitative metrics. 2017-05-04T08:41:14Z 2019-12-06T15:06:25Z 2017-05-04T08:41:14Z 2019-12-06T15:06:25Z 2017 Commentary Teng, P. (2017). Sustainability: Beware of Greenwashing. (RSIS Commentaries, No. 072). RSIS Commentaries. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82828 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42338 en RSIS-Commentaries, 072-17 Nanyang Technological University 4 p. application/pdf |
spellingShingle | Country and Region Studies Global Teng, Paul Sustainability: Beware of Greenwashing |
title | Sustainability: Beware of Greenwashing |
title_full | Sustainability: Beware of Greenwashing |
title_fullStr | Sustainability: Beware of Greenwashing |
title_full_unstemmed | Sustainability: Beware of Greenwashing |
title_short | Sustainability: Beware of Greenwashing |
title_sort | sustainability beware of greenwashing |
topic | Country and Region Studies Global |
url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82828 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42338 |
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