greenwashing

deceptive use of marketing to promote the perception that an organization's products, aims or policies are environmentally friendly
Organization economic_activity Q983063
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greenwashing

Summary

greenwashing is an economic activity[1]. greenwashing draws 867 Wikipedia views per month (economic_activity category, ranking #12 of 70).[2]

Key Facts

  • greenwashing is credited with the discovery of Jay Westerveld[3].
  • greenwashing's image is recorded as Greenwashing (4157080569).jpg[4].
  • greenwashing's instance of is recorded as economic activity[5].
  • greenwashing's instance of is recorded as spin[6].
  • greenwashing's instance of is recorded as advertising[7].
  • whitewashing is named after greenwashing[8].
  • greenwashing's GND ID is recorded as 1156036607[9].
  • greenwashing's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2021008185[10].
  • greenwashing's subclass of is recorded as speculation[11].
  • greenwashing's subclass of is recorded as deception[12].
  • greenwashing's subclass of is recorded as propaganda[13].
  • greenwashing's subclass of is recorded as green marketing[14].
  • greenwashing's subclass of is recorded as imitation[15].
  • greenwashing's Commons category is recorded as Greenwashing[16].
  • greenwashing's opposite of is recorded as greenhushing[17].
  • greenwashing's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01w1qb[18].
  • greenwashing's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Greenwashing[19].
  • greenwashing's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1394990[20].
  • greenwashing's facet of is recorded as environmentalism[21].
  • greenwashing's facet of is recorded as eco-communication[22].
  • greenwashing's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000327467[23].
  • greenwashing's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as money/greenwashing[24].
  • greenwashing's BBC Things ID is recorded as 1a76829f-8ce0-4a22-a844-323f26c9b6bb[25].
  • greenwashing's different from is recorded as eco-communication[26].
  • greenwashing's NE.se ID is recorded as grönmålning[27].

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for greenwashing include Svenska Greenwashpriset[28], an award[29], in Sweden[30], founded in 2009[31].

Why It Matters

greenwashing draws 867 Wikipedia views per month (economic_activity category, ranking #12 of 70).[2] greenwashing has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] greenwashing is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for greenwashing include Svenska Greenwashpriset[28], an award[29], in Sweden[30], founded in 2009[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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