Greenwashing: Food Industry
Source: https://earth.org/greenwashing-products/
Author: Jane Marsh
All food products suffer from greenwashing, including pet food. The most common example of food greenwashing is promoting a product as “organic” or “made from real ingredients”. Don’t let these labels fool you – companies often source their food from factory farms and genetically modified ingredients. Since we have no established definition of “real ingredients”, they can attach any misleading label they want to their food products without getting any authoritative approval prior. However, that doesn’t make them immune to punishment. Meat production company Tyson faced a hefty lawsuit after getting caught in the act. Food giants Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestle are perhaps the most overt and shameless greenwashers, putting out vague sustainability goals with no measurables or plan of action. They made grand commitments to “cut back on waste”, but as it turns out, these three companies lead the world in plastic pollution. They hide their wastefulness behind boisterous green PR campaigns, and environmental organisations have made sure to call them out.