UPSC PYQPrelims 2022

Civil Services Examination · प्रश्न 80

Which one of the following best describes the term "greenwashing"?

  1. Conveying a false impression that a company's products are eco-friendly and environmentally sound
  2. Non-inclusion of ecological/environmental costs in the Annual Financial Statements of a country
  3. Ignoring the disastrous ecological consequences while undertaking infrastructure development
  4. Making mandatory provisions for environmental costs in a government project/programme
उत्तर देखें और व्याख्या

उत्तर: (A) Conveying a false impression that a company's products are eco-friendly and environmentally sound

व्याख्या

Greenwashing is misleading marketing that presents products or firms as more environmentally friendly than they are.