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Greenwashing — Reading Practice

Activity 1 of 7 · Set 1: Matching Headings

Reading passage: Greenwashing – the deceptive tactics behind environmental claims (UN.org) Read the article ↗

Set 1 — Matching Headings

Read the relevant sections of the article. Choose the most suitable heading for each section from the list below. There are more headings than sections, so you will not use them all.

List of Headings
  1. The environmental problems caused by the fashion industry
  2. Ways consumers can identify genuine environmental action
  3. Different forms of greenwashing
  4. International attempts to improve corporate accountability
  5. The relationship between climate change and greenhouse gases
  6. Why greenwashing is harmful
  7. The history of the Paris Agreement
1. Section: Greenwashing – the deceptive tactics behind environmental claims
2. Section: Why care about greenwashing, and how does it relate to climate change?
3. Section: How is the UN tackling greenwashing?
4. Section: What can you do?
5. Section: Close-up: the fashion industry