Comments on: Greenwashing, BP-Style http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/03/14/greenwashing-bp-style/ Sociological Images encourages people to exercise and develop their sociological imaginations with discussions of compelling visuals that span the breadth of sociological inquiry. Fri, 10 Apr 2015 03:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Waves of greenwash | Toban Black http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/03/14/greenwashing-bp-style/comment-page-1/#comment-48912 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:28:45 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=7697#comment-48912 […] Lisa on the Sociological Images blog – “Greenwashing, BP-style” […]

]]> By: Emergent Culture - How the West Won and Lost: The Achilles Heel of Society and the Kings of Exploitation http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/03/14/greenwashing-bp-style/comment-page-1/#comment-16269 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:36:19 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=7697#comment-16269 […] GREENWASHING, BP-STYLE Crazy Vet offers us this rather amazing commercial for BP as an example of “green-washing” or an effort to make a company appear environmentally friendly:[…] […]

]]> By: Village Idiot http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/03/14/greenwashing-bp-style/comment-page-1/#comment-12610 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:28:20 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=7697#comment-12610 Nice and soothing and vacuous; it’s audio-visual valium!

I wonder if a child watching this might be inspired to take the family car out for a spin, like the children in the commercial appear to be doing. I can’t really imagine who the intended audience for this ad is; it looks like it’s marketing BP to kindergarteners.

]]> By: Sabriel http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/03/14/greenwashing-bp-style/comment-page-1/#comment-12586 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 08:11:44 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=7697#comment-12586 I remember a couple of years ago when BP revamped their logo to be that green and yellow flower thing they are using today. It was really kind of pathetic because they had just been all over the news a few months previously for an oil spill (really, a corroded pipeline) and also a fatal accident at a refinery.

There’s a good article about it at the new york times.

Green Logo, but BP Is Old Oil
By JOE NOCERA
Published: August 12, 2006

It might be a good exercise to contrast BPs brand image before and after it got the makeover.

]]> By: Steve Gorelick http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/03/14/greenwashing-bp-style/comment-page-1/#comment-12461 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:28:34 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=7697#comment-12461 How about Emeril LaGasse, Green-Washer?

http://mediaandmayhem.com/2009/01/30/and-the-shameless-hucksters-shall-lead-them-emeril-and-his-%e2%80%9cgreen%e2%80%9d-knives/

]]> By: Nicole http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/03/14/greenwashing-bp-style/comment-page-1/#comment-12390 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:08:40 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=7697#comment-12390 I’ve written about this very issue, how cuteness is used to promote/give the appearance of environmental friendliness: http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/005094.html

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