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Download or read book Greenwash written by Guy Pearse and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Going green is the new black. In recent years, McDonalds have painted their famous golden arches green, while Richard Branson has funneled money into renewable energy. But are these newly 'climate-friendly' companies and brands really as green as they claim to be?

Download or read book Greenwash written by Guy Pearse and published by ReadHowYouWant. This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "''Guy Pearse's welcome book reveals the difficulty of judging the benefits and real environmental costs of the way we live.''" - David Suzuki In recent years, McDonalds have painted their famous golden arches green, while Richard Branson has funnelled money into renewable energy. But are these newly ''climate - friendly'' companies and brands really as green as they claim to be? In "Greenwash," Guy Pearse peeks behind the fac?ade of global corporations and public figures - and what he finds will shock you. Like "Fast Food Nation" and "No Logo" before it, "Greenwash" exposes corporate deceit, allowing customers to see past the seductive advertising and confront the uncomfortable truth: that the corporate ''green revolution'' is an illusion. The world's biggest polluters use a few heavily promoted green products to hide their growing carbon footprint. In Pearse's fascinating investigation, nothing is sacred and no one is safe: not the Toyota Prius, not the World Wildlife Fund, not Oprah, not even Earth Hour. "Greenwash" is an entertaining and practical book that will help consumers pick the truly green businesses from the greenwash and demand a higher environmental standard from the corporate world.

Download or read book After Greenwashing written by Frances Bowen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-29 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Businesses promote their environmental awareness through green buildings, eco-labels, sustainability reports, industry pledges and clean technologies. When are these symbols wasteful corporate spin, and when do they signal authentic environmental improvements? Based on twenty years of research, three rich case studies, a strong theoretical model and a range of practical applications, this book provides the first systematic analysis of the drivers and consequences of symbolic corporate environmentalism. It addresses the indirect cost of companies' symbolic actions and develops a new concept of the 'social energy penalty' - the cost to society when powerful corporate actors limit the social conversation on environmental problems and their solutions. This thoughtful book develops a set of tools for researchers, regulators and managers to separate useful environmental information from empty corporate spin, and will appeal to researchers and students of corporate responsibility, corporate environmental strategy and sustainable business, as well as environmental practitioners.

Download or read book The Greenwash Effect written by Guy Pearse and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Going green is the new black for big business. But how real is the climate-friendly revolution that’s being advertised? Toyota would like us to think that Mother Nature drives a Prius, Ford wants us to “Join the Green Revolution,” and McDonald’s has painted its golden arches green. Facebook has even “friended” Greenpeace. All across the globe big corporations are spending big bucks trying to convince us that their policies, actions, and products are earth friendly. But are big brands and the celebrities endorsing them really as green as they claim? In The Greenwash Effect, Guy Pearse looks behind the corporate façade in the tradition of Fast Food Nation and No Logo—and what he finds will startle you. Nothing is sacred and no one is safe from scrutiny: not the World Wildlife Fund or Earth Hour, not Apple or Google, not Oprah or Leonardo DiCaprio. The Greenwash Effect is an entertaining and practical book that helps consumers to pick the truly green businesses from the greenwashers and to demand a higher environmental standard from all.

Download or read book The Trans-Pacific Partnership written by Matthew Rimmer and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-25 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers the impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership [TPP] on intellectual property and trade. The book focuses upon the debate over copyright law, intermediary liability, and technological protection measures. The text examines the negotiations over trade mark law, cybersquatting, geographical indications and the plain packaging of tobacco products. It explores the debate over patent law and access to essential medicines, data protection and biologics, and the protection of trade secrets. In addition, the book investigates the treatment of Indigenous intellectual property, access to genetic resources, and plant breeders’ rights.

Download or read book Managerialism written by T. Klikauer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people know what management is but often people have vague ideas about Manageralism. This book introduces Manageralism and its ideology as a colonising project that has infiltrated nearly every eventuality of human society.

Download or read book Societal Deception written by Geoffrey Lawrence and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: