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New study links greenwashing to other corporate culture problems such as tax avoidance

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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) — Evidence of a company’s greenwashing is crucial information even for investors who couldn’t care less about the climate.

That’s because greenwashing betrays a company’s broader corporate culture. If it’s willing to bend the truth about its sustainability efforts, if not outright lie, chances are good it’s engaging in equally questionable behaviors elsewhere.