Which one of the following best describes the term "greenwashing"?
- AConveying a false impression that a company's products are eco-friendly and environmentally soundCorrect
- BNon-inclusion of ecological/ environmental costs in the Annual Financial Statements of a country
- CIgnoring the disastrous ecological consequences while undertaking infrastructure development
- DMaking mandatory provisions for environmental costs in a government project/programme
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