Examination of Greenwashing Practices and its Link to Corporate Social Responsibility

This paper presents an overview of the various theoretical aspects of the term “greenwashing” and its relationship to social responsibility, sustainability, and sustainable development. The paper also focuses on the initiatives of the international organizations and countries in this aspect, by focusing on the particularity of the countries of the middle east region. Moreover, it reviews the sins of greenwashing and the different ways of measuring it in the literature. This paper aims to provide a critical dimension to the phenomenon of greenwashing and calls for a distinction between practices of disclosing social and environmental responsibility and greenwashing. We conclude from our review that despite the above efforts, this remains limited due to technological development and the multiplicity of services and products available to the consumer