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Green Washing: A Deceptive Marketing Practice and its Implications

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P. Aparna1, *, K. Siva Murugan1, *
1Research Centre in Commerce, St. Claret College, Bangalore, India
*Corresponding author. Email: aparnavaisakh20@gmail.com
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P. Aparna, K. Siva Murugan
Available Online 20 February 2024.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-374-0_12How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Green Washing; Environment; Stakeholders and Marketing
Abstract

Greenwashing is becoming a prevalent issue in the present era. It is a deceptive marketing technique of conveying misleading or fake representation to the public to believe that the product/service or the company is environment friendly than actually it is. Green washing is a practice of appealing the consumers by misleading advertisements and employing branding strategies to showcase themselves as environmental responsible and sustainable when, in actual, their actions and products may not support these claims. Now the consumers are more environmentally responsible and are sustainability conscious. Companies are taking advantage of this consumer behaviour and practising greenwashing to falsely convince such consumers. The consequence of greenwashing can be averse to environment as well as consumers. In the context of various cases of greenwashing practices reported recently, this research paper explores the phenomenon of greenwashing, its prevalence in various industries and the implications of greenwashing.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Reinventing Business Practices, Start-ups and Sustainability (ICRBSS 2023)
Series
Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date
20 February 2024
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978-94-6463-374-0
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2352-5428
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10.2991/978-94-6463-374-0_12How to use a DOI?
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© 2024 The Author(s)
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