In Carbon Neutral, Mr Phantom examines the distance between environmental responsibility and the way it is publicly presented. A suited hand applies a layer of vivid green paint across an industrial landscape, concealing factories, pipelines and emissions beneath the visual language of sustainability. The image becomes a direct metaphor for greenwashing: the appearance of environmental progress without meaningful structural change beneath the surface. By shaping the composition as a leaf, the artist takes one of the most recognisable symbols of ecological responsibility and exposes the machinery hidden within it. Carbon Neutral questions whether contemporary sustainability is being achieved through genuine reform, or simply painted over the systems responsible for the damage.
