Blog in Greenwashing

How to spot greenwashing in the energy industry & beyond

Learn what greenwashing looks like for different products and how to avoid it.

Posted by: Jen Laming | Posted on: 04.12.2020

Some of the biggest suppliers are dodging renewable energy costs

New Good Energy research reveals how many suppliers are able to avoid supporting renewables in Britain.

Posted by: Adam Wentworth | Posted on: 09.10.2020

OVO Energy’s zero carbon claims have zero credibility

The UK’s second biggest energy company promises to shrink customers’ carbon footprints, yet its electricity has a higher carbon intensity than the grid average. Want 100% renewable? That’s a £60 premium, for 100% greenwash.

Posted by: Ian McKee | Posted on: 29.05.2020

E.ON is moving its customers to a 52% renewable, 48% greenwash tariff

E.ON is switching all its domestic customers to a '100% renewable' tariff. Good news, but too good to be true?

Posted by: Thomas Harrison | Posted on: 15.07.2019

The underhand greenwashing trick in EDF’s latest advert

EDF is one of the largest investors in nuclear power in the UK and in Europe. It also owns two coal power stations, and one gas. So why does its latest ad focus on wind and solar?

Posted by: Juliet Davenport | Posted on: 05.07.2019

Shell Energy’s ‘renewable’ promise highlights the problem with REGOs

The Renewable Energy Guarantee of Origin scheme was intended as a simplification, but has become a loophole

Posted by: Thomas Harrison | Posted on: 27.03.2019

Our chance to clear up confusion on clean energy

The news that one of the UK’s ‘Big Six’ energy providers — one with close to five million customers — is ditching fossil fuels to focus on wind power, feels like a significant breakthrough.