SemanticTriangle t1_j9jbogd wrote on February 22, 2023 at 11:27 AM

Reply to comment by AllanfromWales1 in Companies with climate change initiatives may be the biggest greenhouse gas emitters. Researchers say this supports the theory of companies 'greenwashing' with symbolic gestures rather than making material change that can help fight climate change. N = 600 companies from 35 countries. by MistWeaver80

And these are the same companies with the means to make changes. Does this paper seek to actually disentangle the enabling mechanism of success and the correlation between economic output and emissions from greenwashing?

Surely what matters is not just absolute emissions (but that also!) when considering greenwashing, but actual delta between baseline emissions and current emissions.

>"Sometimes a hypocrite is just a person who is in the process of changing."

AllanfromWales1 t1_j9jdpf5 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 11:50 AM

All I know from personal experience is that several gas-fired power stations are currently in the design phase in the UK with carbon capture technology included to greatly reduce stack emissions of CO2. The companies involved are big emitters, the carbon capture and storage technology is more than just greenwashing, but it takes time to design and build new plant.