Week 3 Reflection

This past week I learned a lot about corporate and some of its dirty little secrets. I learned a lot about corporates relationships to politicians and how they seem to get pass certain regulations needing to be put into place and also about corporations misleading consumers about their so called “green” products that aren’t so green at all. The most important or interesting thing that I learned this past week was the “green washing” trend that has been going on with many well-known companies around the world. This has been such a big issue because consumers have been buying into this idea that corporations are going above and beyond to protect the environment, but in reality they are doing the least amount of work in protect it. This is very useful to me because I am now more aware of what is really going on and instead of relying on or trusting a company for what is on the label, I instead do my on research on a product to see how sustainable it really is. I will also continue to do this in my future and spread the word as much as possible about this issue. I will also do everything in my effort to make sure that the future company that I work for does not reflect any part of “green washing”. I will work to show that we are true to our word, our community, and environment. Knowing what I know now, I would love to know more about strategies and practices that companies are taking to prevent “green washing” from taking place. Maybe this will take the government stepping in and getting this issue under control, but I would love to see what the future holds for better regulation so that consumers won’t be the ones falling victim to this approach.