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Record 1 2025-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Economics
  • Economic and Industrial Sociology
CONT

Greenhushing is when companies choose to not communicate their sustainability efforts. ... Greenhushing should not be mistaken for greenwashing. And greenhushing is also not a type of greenwashing, although some people think so. In fact, it's more accurate to say they're the opposite. While greenwashing deliberately exaggerates a company's sustainability claims to mislead people to think that they are more sustainable than they actually are, greenhushing deliberately under-communicates a company's sustainable practices.

Key term(s)
  • green-hushing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie environnementale
  • Sociologie économique et industrielle
DEF

Stratégie d'une organisation qui décide de ne pas mettre en avant ses engagements en matière de développement durable.

CONT

Le secteur de la finance est sur ses gardes. Accusé par les écologistes de s'adonner à de l'écoblanchiment, il subit aussi les attaques du milieu [politique] aux États-Unis qui lui reproche de contrevenir aux lois sur la saine concurrence. Si bien que les compagnies deviennent frileuses à exposer publiquement leurs engagements envers la lutte contre les changements climatiques, cédant au phénomène [de l']«écosilence».

OBS

mutisme vert : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 19 janvier 2025.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía del medio ambiente
  • Sociología industrial y económica
DEF

[...] estrategia seguida por algunas empresas con la que evitan hacer públicas las medidas que toman para que su actividad sea ecológica o sostenible.

OBS

ecosilencio; silencio verde; silencio ecológico : La Fundación del Español Urgente(Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que la voz "ecosilencio", escrita en minúscula y sin espacio ni guion, es una alternativa válida a "greenhushing", que se refiere al ocultamiento de información sobre el cuidado del medioambiente. [...] Se escribe en minúscula y en una sola palabra, por lo que no son adecuadas grafías como "Eco Silencio" o "eco-silencio". Otras opciones con uso e igualmente válidas son "silencio verde" y "silencio ecológico", pero presentan el inconveniente de ser menos concisas.

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