Real Life Examples of Greenwashing
Keith Mullin
35 years: Capital markets editorial
In the last video of this series, Keith takes us through some real-life examples from the debt capital markets where there has been some disagreement amongst market participants about whether issuers are greenwashing or not.
In the last video of this series, Keith takes us through some real-life examples from the debt capital markets where there has been some disagreement amongst market participants about whether issuers are greenwashing or not.
Real Life Examples of Greenwashing
6 mins 32 secs
The text below provides some real-life examples from the debt capital markets where there has been some disagreement among market participants about whether they are examples of greenwashing.
Key learning objectives:
What are some scenarios where greenwashing can be highly nuanced?
Keith Mullin
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