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Corporate greenwashing claims overstated

Firms making emission reduction claims on average reduce pollution 9% in first year

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Mark Hulbert
Nov 11, 2026
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(Mark Hulbert, an author and longtime investment columnist, is the founder of the Hulbert Financial Digest; his Hulbert Ratings audits investment newsletter returns.)

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (Callaway Climate Insights) — Not all corporations are lying when they pledge to reduce or eliminate their greenhouse gas emissions. On the contrary, according to a recent study, many actually walk their talk.

This new study provides an important counterweight to the skeptics among us who dismiss all corporate green pledges as nothing more than cheap talk. By doing that, according to the study, we are at risk of throwing the baby out with the bath water.

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