‘Greenwashing’: A study warns of the misleading climate plans of multinationals that present themselves as green

The 24 large companies analyzed maintain ambiguous commitments that do not cover in most cases all their greenhouse gas emissions.

Ambiguous – even misleading – and very insufficient plans. It is the summary of the analysis that a group of international experts has made of the promises to fight climate change made by 24 of the largest multinationals on the planet. All of them are presented as ambitious in this battle against warming and have plans and objectives to reduce their emissions. But when you scrutinize the programs closely, you find that the effects they will actually have on decreasing their greenhouse gases (responsible for global warming) fall far short of what is required. For example, by 2030 science warns that global emissions should fall by 43%; But the plans of the companies analyzed only contemplate a 21% reduction of their gases in the most optimistic of scenarios.

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