Evaluating Information: Spotting Greenwashing - BBC News Article

This report evaluates a BBC News article titled "Climate change: Seven ways to spot businesses greenwashing" using the CARP (Currency, Authority, Relevance/Reliability, Purpose/Point of View) template. The article, published by BBC News and written by Beth Timmins, discusses how businesses mislead consumers by falsely presenting their products and services as environmentally friendly. The evaluation assesses the article's currency, noting its recent publication date and functional links. It establishes the author's authority based on their credentials as a BBC News reporter and the publisher's reputation for reliable news. The report confirms the article's relevance to the topic of greenwashing and its reliability, as the information comes from a reputable news source. Finally, it analyzes the article's purpose, which is to inform and educate consumers about greenwashing tactics, and concludes that the information is factual and objective. The report recommends the BBC News article as a valuable and trustworthy source for understanding and identifying greenwashing practices.

A1 - CARP Template - Use this template to evaluate your source of
information
The present article is covering the ways for the spotting of the business green washing. Green wash is the
branding of something like eco friendly, sustainable and green when this is not the case- it is the mislead of
the customers into the thinking they are helping the planet by selecting those products and services. As every
people in the current era is trying to be greener and they are approaching those brands which are providing
greenery to their products and services. Customers can easily identify this by determine of the vague
languages and the false claim within the organisation and it is the other ways which uses buzz words which
does not backed by the scientists. This report is discussing about the information which is regarding the how
do a business spot green wash.
Title: Climate change: Seven ways to spot
businesses greenwashing
Is this journal newspaper book : The given
title is taken as article which is published by
BBC news.
Currency
When was the information published or
posted?
The given article was published on the date 8th November.
Has the information been revised or
updated? When?
The given information will not be able to revised and it is not
being able to updated by the writer.
Does your topic require current
information, or will older sources work
as well?
For this article, the current information is not required
because in this old sources is more helpful in gaining true
information.
Websites – are the links functional? In this the links which are given are functional. The present
link is https://www.bbc.com/news/business-59119693
Authority
Who is the author/creator? The author of the given article is Beth timmins.
What are their credentials? Are they
qualified to write about this topic? Can
they be contacted?
The authors has written Dphil. As they are well qualified
while writing this because he is the personal reporter in BBC
news. The last answer is that yes they can be contacted.
Are they affiliated with any groups or
organizations?
It is being seen that they are affiliated with the BBC news.
Who is the publisher or sponsor? The publisher of the article is BBC news.

Relevance & Reliability
Does the information relate to your
topic or help answer your question?
Yes the information is relate to the topic or help answer your
question.
Is the information at the appropriate
level for your research?
Yes, the information is the appropriate level for the research.
Who is the intended audience? Consumers are the intended audience
Where does the information come
from? Does the author provide
references or sources?
The information which comes from BBBC news because this
is very reliable for providing true and accurate information
about a particular topic and a specific areas.
Has the information been reviewed or
refereed? By whom?
No the information is not been reviewed or refereed.
Do you feel comfortable using this
source in your research? Would your
teacher accept it?
Yes, I am felling comfortable while using this source in the
research. And I think my teacher would accept this.

Purpose/Point of View
What is the information meant to do to
the reader?
Inform, teach, sell, entertain,
persuade?
organisation (but what kind of
organisation are they?)
This current information is about the technical customer
about the ways in order to understand the busies green
washing.
Does the author or sponsor clearly state
their intentions or purpose?
Yes, I thing researcher and the author has clearly state the
intentions or the purpose.
Is the information fact or opinion?
Propaganda?
The information is a fact it is not the opinion of the author.
Does the point of view seem to be
objective and impartial?
The point of views which is provided is not the impartial and
objective.
What biases might the author or
sponsor have?
Political, ideological, cultural,
religious, institutional,
personal?
The author might have personal.
Are there any ads? How do they relate
to the topic being covered?
yes there is some type of ads which is mentioned in the
articles. These are related with the BBC news, airtel and dell.
Websites – what does the URL and/or
domain tell you about the purpose?
Examples: .com – commercial; .gov –
government; .org –organisation
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-59119693
this domain sells that the content is related to the
commercials.
Write some summarising statements here for your source of information to explain why you would (or
would not) recommend this source of information.
Currency The current denotes that the information is recent it is not older. So, it provides
accurate information about the topic. Further, it has been stated that the information
is being revised or updated as there are not more changes and any type of updation
in the article. Further, this topic is providing current information and also the older
sources works well more in order to get accurate information. There is a website
which is provided by the author and in this true information is written. The website
is functional and it is very useful for the audience in order to get better information.
Further, this article is presented by providing recent information related to the topic

chosen and also by this audience get attracted and there will be more views and
positive feedbacks. This will develop author reputation and their thinking as well.
Authority Beth timmins is the author of the current article called “Seven ways to spot
businesses greenwashing”. This author is highly qualified and efficient in taking out
information about the given topic. This is helpful in getting true outcomes and this
will helps in gaining more information. Further the author is a reporter in BBC news
and it shows that this source is more reliable than any type of other sources. This is
helpful in getting information about the spotting greenwashing in the company. This
is being said that the information printed in the BBC news of more reliable. The
author is more qualified who can provide better information as they have research
about this topic more and they have analysed more and then provide the article
related to the topic.
Relevance &
Reliability
IN this the information provided is more relevant and reliable and relate to the topic
chosen. In this customer will get true and reliable information about the spot
greenwashing. This will be resulting in getting certain ways like false claim and
vague language, images of the nature or green buzzwords, hiding information and
look for the carbon off setting. And the next is eco friendly products within wider
range. This will helps in getting true information in front of audience. Because by
this they can easily spot greenwashing. This information is relevant because it is
presented by the reporter of BBC news. The relevance of this article is that it
includes certain literature and the information related to the greenwashing and this
will be generating more information about them. Further, by getting this
information, the audience will be able to get their answers of their questions and in
this information is not being reviews. Also, the researcher is felling comfortable
while considering this topic and getting more information about this topic.
Purpose/Point of
View
The information which is presented in the article teaches audience about how they
can choose brands for contributing in order to make environmental more stable and
no harm. This article will helps in getting ways which can spot business
greenwashing. This will be results in achievement of getting accurate and in depth
information. Further, this article is presented by the reporter of BBC news which is
one of the operational business concern division of the British Broadcasting
Corporation which is responsible for assembling and broadcasting of the news and
current affairs occurring in the world. So, that is why it is said that this article will
provide true and reliable information about a topic as compared with the other
methods. Further, in this the information is related with the spotting of green-
washes. These can be identified by vague language, false claims, hiding
information, checking company ownerships and eco friendly products in the broad

range. In this article, the information is given in details about the ways and in this
author is having clear purpose of collecting data and information about this topic.
They wants to facilitate audience with the information provides so that they could
get more likes and reviews about their page and resulting in gaining more profits
and bring reputed within the customers. In this information which is provided by
author is impartial and there is a certain objective of conducting this research. Also,
there is no bias with the results and the information provided is true. Further, there
are some of the ads which are mentioned in this page. These are related with BBC
News, Airtel and Dell company which has published their advertisements within this
article. This helps the audience in being attracted towards the articles and giving
more likes and true feedbacks to the article and to the author as well.