Corporate Greenwashing and Canada Goose: Exploring the Legitimacy–Aesthetic Nexus
Public discourse on environmental responsibility and sustainability continues to pressure corporations, especially those that have been portrayed as key contributors of environmental harm. Greenwashing is a strategy that companies adopt to engage in symbolic communications with environmental issues...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:1a6b37565871450299cad5aa4c9d6c5b 2023-05-15T15:48:52+02:00 Corporate Greenwashing and Canada Goose: Exploring the Legitimacy–Aesthetic Nexus James Gacek 2020-04-01 https://doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.v9i2.1385 https://doaj.org/article/1a6b37565871450299cad5aa4c9d6c5b en eng Queensland University of Technology 2202-7998 2202-8005 doi:10.5204/ijcjsd.v9i2.1385 https://doaj.org/article/1a6b37565871450299cad5aa4c9d6c5b undefined International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, Vol 9, Iss 4, Pp 148-162 (2020) corporate green-washing green criminology business ethics canada goose phil scipo Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2020 fttriple https://doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.v9i2.1385 2023-01-22T19:27:07Z Public discourse on environmental responsibility and sustainability continues to pressure corporations, especially those that have been portrayed as key contributors of environmental harm. Greenwashing is a strategy that companies adopt to engage in symbolic communications with environmental issues without substantially addressing them in actions. This paper aims to raise awareness of corporate greenwashing, drawing attention to issues that progress the trend of individualized responsibility and consumption, while concealing the social and (eco)systemic issues in the process. By drawing on the case study of winter apparel company Canada Goose, this paper questions whether businesses can ‘go green’ in good faith, if corporate responsibility and environmental responsibility can ever be reconciled, and if there is considerable need to clarify the intended effects and unintended consequences of corporate greenwashing. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canada Goose Unknown Canada International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy 9 4 148 162 |
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Public discourse on environmental responsibility and sustainability continues to pressure corporations, especially those that have been portrayed as key contributors of environmental harm. Greenwashing is a strategy that companies adopt to engage in symbolic communications with environmental issues without substantially addressing them in actions. This paper aims to raise awareness of corporate greenwashing, drawing attention to issues that progress the trend of individualized responsibility and consumption, while concealing the social and (eco)systemic issues in the process. By drawing on the case study of winter apparel company Canada Goose, this paper questions whether businesses can ‘go green’ in good faith, if corporate responsibility and environmental responsibility can ever be reconciled, and if there is considerable need to clarify the intended effects and unintended consequences of corporate greenwashing. |
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