Enviro|Greenwashing Quiz

Greenwashing Quiz

Test your knowledge on greenwashing!
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Question #1: What is greenwashing?

Cleaning up polluted areas
A way to improve solar panel efficiency
Misleading marketing that exaggerates or lies about environmental benefits
Recycling industrial waste

Question #2: Which of the following is an example of greenwashing?

A company using certified eco-friendly packaging
A company delivering on a promise of planting trees for each sale
A brand claiming "100% natural" products without proof or certification
A business actually investing in wind energy

Question #3: Why is greenwashing a problem?

It increases competition
It misleads consumers and delays action on environmental issues
It eliminates fossil fuels
It improves fossil durability

Question #4: Which phrase is often used in greenwashing without any real regulation?

Energy Star certified
USDA Organic
Biodegradable in compost
Eco-friendly or green

Question #5: What does a third-party environemntal certification help with?

Lowering prices
Verify sustainability claims
Reduce innovation
Lower demand

Question #6: Which sector is especially known for greenwashing

Fashion
Banking
Sports
Space exploration

Question #7: What is one way to detect greenwashing?

Trust all advertisements
Research company practices and certifications
Avoid reading product labels
Believe colorful packaging

Question #8: What kind of imagery is often used in greenwashing?

Fire and heat
Cityscapes
Bold geometry
Nature and forests

Question #9: Which statement is a potential example of greenwashing?

"Made with love and nature"
"Certified by Fair Trade USA"
"Solar powered packaging" with technical details
"Third-party verified and carbon neutral"

Question #10: Why do companies greenwash?

To reduce production costs
To attract environmentally conscious consumers
To address health regulations
To improve supply chain safety

Question #11: What is a responsible action for combating greenwashing?

Support brands with verifiable green practices
Ignore product labels
Buy luxury goods
Invest in biomass

Question #12: What helps verify a company's sustainability claims?

Celebrity endorsement
Unverified social media posts
Third party certifications
Eye-catching imagery

Question #13: What is not a type of greenwashing?

Transparency on sustainability claims
Trustworthy certifications
Vague claims
Misleading imagery

Question #14: What kind of packaging labeled "biodegradable" would be considered greenwashed?

Plastic that only breaks down in extreme circumstances
Recycled cardboard
Certified compostable material
Plastic that breaks down in a variety of scenarios

Question #15: A product claims it is "natural". What is a good way to test this claim?

Smell the product
Check for certifications
Look at the price
Look at imagery

Question #16: Why are pictures of forests and wildlife sometimes suspicious in marketing?

They are soothing
They attract animals
They are mandated by law
They create a false sense of eco-consciousness

Question #17: What is "hidden trade-off" greenwashing?

Claiming sustainability while ignoring other harmful practices
Refusing to sell eco-products
Sharing productions secrets publicly
Giving markups for the use of single-use plastics

Question #18: A company that burns fossil fuels claims to be "carbon positive" without evidence. Is this greenwashing?

Yes
No

Question #19: You find an article of clothing that advertises a "sustainable collection" made from 10% recycled material. On the tag is a certification from Bluesign. Is this greenwashing?

Yes
No

Question #20: You are at the grocery store. You find a pack of water bottles labeled as "eco-safe". On the packaging, there are images of nature and "SUSTAINABLE" written in big letters. You also find a certification from the Legit Water Bottle Production Association, an unknown third party group you don't recognize. Is this greenwashing?

Yes
No

Question #21: An electronics brand uses green boxes and slogans such as "Earth first". What should you check next?

Whether the box has a description on how it is sustainable
Whether if the font is bold
How it smells
If it makes noise

Question #22: The company Lobismus made an announcement two weeks ago on Instagram that it has plans to half its carbon emissions in two years. However, you do some research, and you have found on Lobismus's website a detailed plan on how they are planning to cut emissions, and they have already finsihed the first few steps. Is Lobismus greenwashing?

Yes
No

Question #23: At the store, you find a wooden chair that you want to buy. You examine the labels, and they say that the wood was "sustainably produced", and there is a certification for the Forest Stewardship Council. Is the chair greenwashed?

Yes
No

Question #24: You find a plastic spatula with a label only reading "100% recycled plastic" without evidence or certifications to back it up. Is this greenwashing?

Yes
No

Question #25: What is not an example of greenwashing?

Untrustworthy certifications
Vague language
Deliberation on how a product is sustainable
Exaggerated claims

Greenwashing Quiz

Question #1: What is greenwashing?

Question #2: Which of the following is an example of greenwashing?

Question #3: Why is greenwashing a problem?

Question #4: Which phrase is often used in greenwashing without any real regulation?

Question #5: What does a third-party environemntal certification help with?

Question #6: Which sector is especially known for greenwashing

Question #7: What is one way to detect greenwashing?

Question #8: What kind of imagery is often used in greenwashing?

Question #9: Which statement is a potential example of greenwashing?

Question #10: Why do companies greenwash?

Question #11: What is a responsible action for combating greenwashing?

Question #12: What helps verify a company's sustainability claims?

Question #13: What is not a type of greenwashing?

Question #14: What kind of packaging labeled "biodegradable" would be considered greenwashed?

Question #15: A product claims it is "natural". What is a good way to test this claim?

Question #16: Why are pictures of forests and wildlife sometimes suspicious in marketing?

Question #17: What is "hidden trade-off" greenwashing?

Question #18: A company that burns fossil fuels claims to be "carbon positive" without evidence. Is this greenwashing?

Question #19: You find an article of clothing that advertises a "sustainable collection" made from 10% recycled material. On the tag is a certification from Bluesign. Is this greenwashing?

Question #21: An electronics brand uses green boxes and slogans such as "Earth first". What should you check next?

Question #23: At the store, you find a wooden chair that you want to buy. You examine the labels, and they say that the wood was "sustainably produced", and there is a certification for the Forest Stewardship Council. Is the chair greenwashed?

Question #24: You find a plastic spatula with a label only reading "100% recycled plastic" without evidence or certifications to back it up. Is this greenwashing?

Question #25: What is not an example of greenwashing?

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