Question

ABC Company knew that its customers were interested in environmentally friendly business practices, so it began marking all of its products as environmentally friendly because they were made with all-natural ingredients, even though ABC's plant was one of the worst polluters in town. The term for this practice is?

Answer 1

Answer:

Greenwashing.

Explanation:

Disinformation disseminated by an organization so as to present an environmentally responsible public image.

It is a term describing the fraud made by companies when they pretend they help the environment by using green marketing.

It attempts to trick us into believing that a company with an awful environmental track record actually has a good one.

If one corporation gets away with greenwashing, then other corporations will follow, thereby creating an illusion of being environmentally friendly.