“Greenwashing” 指企业、组织或个人通过宣传、包装或公关手段夸大或虚假宣称其产品、服务或行为“环保”“可持续”,以塑造绿色形象,但实际环保成效有限甚至相反(常译作“漂绿”“绿色洗白”)。
/ˈɡriːnˌwɒʃɪŋ/
The company was accused of greenwashing after claiming its packaging was “100% eco-friendly.”
这家公司因宣称其包装“百分之百环保”而被指控在漂绿。
While the brand invested in a small tree-planting program, critics argued that its overall business model still relied on pollution, making the campaign a form of greenwashing.
尽管该品牌投入了一个小规模植树项目,批评者仍认为其整体商业模式依赖污染,因此这场宣传是一种漂绿行为。
“Greenwashing” 由 green(绿色,象征环保) + washing(清洗,引申为“洗白”形象) 组合而成,仿照 “whitewashing(粉饰、洗白)” 的构词方式,用来强调“用环保话术掩盖不环保的现实”。