https://wiki-dev.treasurers.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Green-hushing 2026-04-30T04:58:45Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.40.0 https://wiki-dev.treasurers.org/w/index.php?title=Green-hushing&diff=23785&oldid=prev 2022-11-22T16:49:07Z

<p>Create page - source - Corporate Governance Institute - https://www.thecorporategovernanceinstitute.com/insights/lexicon/what-is-green-hushing/#:~:text=Green%2Dhushing%20is%20when%20a,will%20not%20openly%20acknowledge%20it.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>''Environmental concerns.''<br /> <br /> Green-hushing is the practice of making little - or no - disclosure about climate targets and performance.<br /> <br /> <br /> :&lt;span style=&quot;color:#4B0082&quot;&gt;'''''Why green-hush - greenwashing'''''&lt;/span&gt;<br /> <br /> :&quot;There are two main reasons for ‘green-hushing’:<br /> <br /> :#Companies don’t want to be called out if they fall short of their stated targets. <br /> :#Companies don’t want to be called out for ‘greenwashing’ (persuading stakeholders that they are more environmentally friendly than reality)...<br /> <br /> <br /> :How are green-hushing and greenwashing related?<br /> <br /> :It’s complicated.<br /> <br /> :Green-hushing is often used to avoid being called out for greenwashing, and yet at the same time; some critics say green-hushing is an example of greenwashing since companies have no public benchmark despite claiming to be acting in the interests of the environment. <br /> <br /> :The cycle is primarily one based on fear. <br /> <br /> :Companies that green-hush believe there is little value and many risks in being truly open about their climate goals. <br /> <br /> :Even if they have confidence in those goals, they don’t want to brag about them for fear that there is something they may be unknowingly omitting or exaggerating.&quot;<br /> <br /> :''The Corporate Governance Institute - October 2022.''<br /> <br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Climate-washing]]<br /> * [[Corporate Governance Institute]]<br /> * [[Corporate social responsibility]]<br /> * [[Environmental crime]]<br /> * [[Ethics washing]]<br /> * [[Greenwash]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]<br /> [[Category:The_business_context]]<br /> [[Category:Corporate_finance]]<br /> [[Category:Investment]]<br /> [[Category:Long_term_funding]]<br /> [[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]<br /> [[Category:Ethics]]</div>

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