No. 10,852 in Korean
그린워싱
Greenwashing: The act of misleading consumers by falsely portraying a product, service, or company as environmentally friendly.
In a sentence
그린워싱은 환경 보호 문제를 가볍게 다루는 기업들을 비판하기 위해 사용됩니다.
Greenwashing is used to criticize companies that trivialize environmental protection issues.
Here, '그린워싱' is employed to describe a deceptive practice where companies superficially promote eco-friendliness while undermining substantial environmental efforts in reality.
소비자들은 그린워싱을 구별할 수 있어야 합니다.
Consumers need to be able to distinguish greenwashing.
In this sentence, '그린워싱' signifies an action or strategy that consumers must recognize critically to avoid being misled by false environmental claims.
그린워싱 사례로는 환경 검증 없이 친환경 제품으로 광고하는 경우가 있습니다.
A case of greenwashing includes advertising products as eco-friendly without environmental verification.
Here, '그린워싱' is used as a noun that specifies types of actions or scenarios illustrating false environmental claims in marketing.
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