Trellis Group · October 15, 2025
Companies, especially big ones, rarely tell the whole story—instead, they focus on what makes them look good. Their half-truths not only hide their negative climate impacts, but make it appear that companies are solving the climate problem, creating the illusion of greater progress than actually exists and making these companies directly complicit with Big Oil, trade associations, and other actors who are actively obstructing climate progress.
This piece explores how the corporate world is accelerating these climate half-truths under this administration. Whether they are failing to disclose working with fossil fuel companies or misleading the public about the scalability of climate tech, many companies are contributing to a narrative that is slowing climate progress at a time when we need it more than ever.
Key Takeaways:
- Many large corporations are telling half-truths about their climate impact by overhyping future benefits and downplaying or hiding their ties to organizations blocking climate action.
- They’re also “greenhushing,” either by publicly supporting climate action while simultaneously lobbying against it, or by actively reducing their public climate commitments despite internal progress.
- It’s essential for business leaders, employees and the public to hold companies accountable.
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