5.7 Evaluating New Information

As consumers, we can rely on ecolabelling to some extent, but we need to remain vigilant to greenwashing, given that there are no clear labelling guidelines. One helpful source is the Good Guide, which has ratings for over 120 000 consumer products. Each product is given a summary score on a scale of 0–10, which is compiled from three sub-scores that address the product’s health, environmental, and social impacts.

Explore the Good Guide website (www.goodguide.com).

Evaluate the website and work with the information to answer the following questions: