Do We Really Know What's Happening Behind Closed Doors?
- It's what the businesses and companies don't tell us that makes us pull our hair out. We stay up all night-- well maybe some of us-- thinking about how we don't really know what's happening. It's what they do tell us that makes us wonder.
- We have these environmental regulations for companies to see how 'green' they are and if they actually like to let people know about it. "However, we’re still in the dark about a lot of things regarding corporate environmental records. Many firms, including some that score well in Newsweek’s Green Rankings, also spend millions of dollars lobbying politicians on environmental issues and contributing to campaigns. These activities impact our elections, our regulations and ultimately can have a tremendous impact in worsening—or improving—the environment" stated by Aaron Chatterji. We're still "behind closed doors" about all of this because the rankings aren't actually very trustworthy.
- We don't seem to know much at all.
- Many companies' political transparency scores were compared with their environmental transparency scores. These scores were very weakly correlated. What this means is that firms who actually are open about their environmental activities don't really tell anyone about their political activity on the environment.
- My question for the readers is, are companies really trustworthy when it comes to being green?
- -Authority: Aaron Chatterji, Michael Toffel
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