Haigh, Matthew (2012) 'Deconstructing myth: 'low-carbon sustainability'.' Social Semiotics, 23 (2). pp. 47-66.
Abstract
Informed by a semiotics that directs attention to the context of the message, this paper contributes to work on the meanings of terms such as ‘low-carbon’, ‘green’, and ‘sustainability’. Interview-based evidence and printed material are used to assess the interest of hundreds of financial institutions in data on carbon emissions levels and environmental projects. The collection of such data is where for most interviewees its usefulness stopped. Such is typical of myth. By collecting carbon data, financial institutions can connote they are doing something about addressing the risks posed by global warming, without actually describing what it is they are doing.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Keywords: | green capitalism, myth, signifier, signified |
| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Legacy Departments > Faculty of Law and Social Sciences > School of Finance and Management Legacy Departments > Faculty of Law and Social Sciences > School of Finance and Management > Centre for Financial and Management Studies (CeFiMS) |
| ISSN: | 10350330 |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.1080/10350330.2012.693296 |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Nov 2011 10:02 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/12551 |
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