[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When a company says that their products Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are green, eco-friendly or sustainable Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's, good for the environment, right? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welll, maybe. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's possible that the company is Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,greenwashing. What? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Greenwashing. It's when the company Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,makes unsupportive claims that mislead Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,customers into thinking that their Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,products are sustainable or eco-friendly. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This makes the companies to appeal to Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their environmental mind of consuming Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without actually having to make Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meaningful changes in their business Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,practices. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's not cool for you or the planet Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we live on. No it's not. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Greenwashing is a big problem Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's so many moving parts Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in fact, why greenwashing happens? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how you can use your power as a Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,consumer to help? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wow. Sustainable explainable Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, why would businesses actually decide Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to greenwash? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to one survey, 66% of the Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,respondents said that they takes Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sustainability into account whenever Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are shopping. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's no surprise that business are Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to attract this growing audience Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As business are scrambling to meet the Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,desires of the market, many of them are Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,finding that just slapping a green sticker Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on something and calling it green is Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,way easier and cheaper than making Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fundamental changes that consumers Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are actually looking for Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you definitely have seen greenwashing Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the stores. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know the pictures