From Greenwash to Great: A practical guide to great green marketing (without the greenwash)

This guide from OgilvyGreen offers practical advice on how to avoid accusations of "greenwashing" in green marketing campaigns.

From Greenwash to Great: A practical guide to great green marketing (without the greenwash)

Freya Williams with Seth Farbman OgilvyEarth

INTRODUCTION

In September 2009, at the inaugural meeting of the OgilvyEarth global advisory board, our advisors were bullish on the prospects and potential of sustainability-oriented marketing. Done well, they said, it could be world changing — transforming the way we look at the world, catalyzing an appetite for positive change and offering consumers concrete ways to take action. they shared the belief that it could become one of the major forces propelling the transition to a sustainable economy, as...

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