Zeroing in on greenwashing: How corporations misuse net zero pledges
Major corporations are making disingenuous ‘net zero’ and ‘carbon neutral’ claims based on dubious emissions offsetting practices rather than actual cuts. This cannot continue.
Launch of the 2023 Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor: Are major corporations keeping their climate pledges?
Date: 13 February 2023 Time: 15.00 – 16.00 CET Companies are making bold net-zero climate pledges and carbon-neutrality claims. But are they delivering on their promises? The rapid proliferation of these kinds of claims makes it nearly impossible for people to differentiate between corporations that are making a serious effort to reduce …
Poor tackling: Yellow card for 2022 FIFA World Cup’s carbon neutrality claim – Updated
Executive summary The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar is being advertised as a “carbon neutral” event. This means that its net impact on the climate is zero or negligible. However, our investigation of the available evidence casts serious doubts on this claim, which likely underestimates the tournament’s true emissions levels and climate impact. This …
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Carbon Market Watch response to the UN High-level expert group on net zero
Carbon Market Watch welcomes the opportunity to input to the HLEG’s call for public submissions on net-zero commitments of non-State entities. There is currently a proliferation of net-zero claims, as well as other similarly vague claims such as carbon neutral, carbon negative, climate positive, climate neutral, net carbon zero, and so on. Neither policymakers nor …
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FIFA World Cup in Qatar scores own goal with misleading carbon neutrality claim, new report
The FIFA World Cup in Qatar advertises itself as the first carbon-neutral tournament of its kind. Our latest research casts serious doubt on this claim, suggesting that this goal will be achieved through creative accounting rather than actually reaching a carbon footprint of (net) zero. Host country Qatar and football’s governing body FIFA are touting …
Hollow corporate promises: How to stop false climate claims
Corporations are exaggerating their climate action, according to our recent report. But what are the next steps for those companies who truly want to reduce their impact on the climate? And how can governments stop false or misleading pledges sneaking into advertising? The Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor, a joint report from Carbon Market Watch and …
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Open letter to the EU Commission on green claims
As the discussion at European and international level on carbon neutrality and net zero targets is rapidly evolving, 27 NGOs seek to clarify the European Commission’s views on carbon neutrality claims and their potential for greenwashing. They demand that action is taken to regulate green claims and combat greenwashing in ongoing legislative processes, notably the …
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Top corporations use misleading climate pledges to greenwash image, new report
Major global companies are avoiding meaningful climate action and are instead using false, misleading or ambiguous green claims, a new report shows. The first Climate Corporate Responsibility Monitor assesses the pledges made by 25 of the world’s largest corporations, many of them household names, against a set of transparent quantitative and qualitative indicators. Released on …
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Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor
The Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor evaluates the transparency and integrity of companies’ climate pledges. Companies around the world are increasingly alert to the climate emergency. They face calls from a growing range of stakeholders to take responsibility for the impact of their activities. Most large companies now have public climate strategies and targets, many of …
Réponse à la consultation publique organisée par le Ministère français de la transition écologique
Réponse de Carbon Market Watch à la consultation publique organisée par le Ministère français de la transition écologique sur le projet de décret relatif à la compensation carbone et aux allégations de neutralité carbone dans la publicité
