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Private sector associations initiatives, & networks
Adaptation Private Sector Initiative (PSI) @ UNFCCC
Business Council on Climate Change (BC3)
Climate Leadership Coalition (CLC)
Initiative for Coffee & Climate (C&C)
Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI)
Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
Private sector companies, advisory firms & consultants
· Also see the Private, commercial & for-profit sector page.
Advanced Engine Systems Institute
Clear View Energy Partners LLC
Climate Leadership Coalition (CLC)
Global Efficiency Intelligence
Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI)
Select readings on greenwashing & climate change
· In reverse chronological order
Eco-Hustle! Global Warming, Greenwashing, and Sustainability
· 2015, Bruce E. Johansen, ABC-CLIO
· Author argues that “greenwashing” as he defines it, is the “environmental sleight of hand” as shown
by technology and advertising in certain “green” practices that are not sustainable.
· Examines sanctioned activities and common forms of advertising that report being ‘environmentally
responsible’, which evidently all tend to be false.
· Provides real-world examples of the companies that are taking sustainable measures for the environment.
Greenwashing Consumption: The Didactic Framing of ExxonMobil’s Energy Solutions
· 2012, Emily Plec and Mary Pettenger, Environmental Communication
· Examination of false claims of corporate green advertising campaigns promoting environmental sustainability
through their products and manufacturing processes.
· Exxon Mobil’s recent corporate green television advertising, “Energy Solutions” uses a greenwashed
framework that promotes a misleading message about solutions tied to consumerism.
· Calls for green frames that will help consumers understand and examine the ecological integrity
of all means of production that will promote environmental awareness.
Green Marketing: Reality or Greenwashing
· 2013, Ramesh Kumar and Rakesh Kumar, Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies
· Analysis of green marketing tactics used by companies that proclaim to be environmentally safe.
· Analysis of the misleading advertising effects of greenwashing for customers who are being
tricked with false advertising about the environmental benefits.
· Analysis of the companies that are unwilling to make commitments to green initiatives.
· 2012, Eleanor Stephenson, Alexander Doukas, and Karen Shaw, Energy Policy
· Analyses industry attempt to frame natural gas development for its climate change policy
with “transition fuel” and “climate solutions” labels on their gas development.
· Argues that the company’s policy makers should remove the false characterizations of natural gas.
· 2011, Magali A. Delmas and Vanessa Cuerel Burbano, California Management Review
· Examines the external organizational and individual drivers of greenwashing for institutions and markets.
· Discusses the negative effects of greenwashing for consumers and investors who are desire to support green products.
Rebecca Leon of Brandeis University contributed to this page in 2022.
Thousands of institutions focus on climate change, and navigating them (as well
as sorting them) is a challenge.
Key global institutions can be found on the following pages:
· UNFCCC & international organizations
· Science & research institutions (including IPCC)
Other climate change institutions are listed across many climate change-related
pages. Key pages include:
· Academic programs, where climate change programs are highlighted
· NGOs, where climate-focused NGOs are highlighted
· Climate justice, which contains a section
on Social movements, networks, alliances & collaborations
Contents of this page:
· Private sector associations, initiatives & networks