50 shades of green
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50 SHADES OF GREEN
IMAGE: FLICKR-‐THEEN MOY
by: Lily Zhang
IMAGE: FLICKR-‐CAREY CIURO
Greenwashing
[noun] – disinformation disseminated by an organization so as to present an environmentally public image “the recycling bins in the cafeteria are just feeble examples of their corporate greenwash.” SOURCE: GOOGLE DEFINITION
IMAGE: FLICKR-‐JONATHAN GOFORTH
“Greenwashing” Mentions Online
IMAGE: FLICKR-‐STACIE SOURCE: GOOGLE DEFINITION
“CORPORATIONS ARE SEEING ‘ECO-FRIENDLINESS’ AS A KEY SELLING POINT – GREEN IS INDEED THE NEW BLACK
IN PRODUCT MARKETING.”
SOURCE: LABNEWS
IMAGE: FLICKR-‐YOGURINHA BOROVA SOURCE: LABNEWS
BUT DOES GREEN MARKETING = SUSTAINBLE EARTH?
IMAGE: FLICKR-‐ENTRER DANS LE REVE
The Green Gap “while more than 80% of American shoppers claim to want to make more sustainable choices, fewer than 20% follow through consistently when it comes to what they buy.”
IMAGE: FLICKR-‐JOSH
SOURCE: OGILVY EARTH
ToP REASONS CONSUMERS PURCHASE GREEN PRODUCTS
1) Environmental Benefit
2) Overall Value
3) Trusted Product
TOP DETERRENTS TO GREEN PURCHASES
SOURCE: ELON JOURNAL IMAGE: FLICKR-‐VALORA GROUP
1) Expensive
2) Advertising
3) Preferred Competition
FLAWED PERCEPTIONS
IMAGE: FLICKR-‐NISHANTH JOIS
“More than 98 percent of 4,000 supposedly nature and eco-friendly products made false or misleading claims according to a study by environmental consulting firm TerraChoice.”
SOURCE: LABNEWS
IMAGE: FLICKR-‐STACY
“22% of products displaying green marketing had absolutely no evidence of reduced environmental
impact.” SOURCE: LABNEWS IMAGE: FLICKR-‐MIKAEL TIGERSTROM
“Green marketing creates a false sense of engagement and action – that we can simply shop our way to environmental health.”
SOURCE: LINKEDIN JOEL MAKOWER
IMAGE: FLICKR-‐DANIEL KULINSKI
INSTEAD OF GREENWASHING . . .
IMAGE: FLICKR-‐EMILY ORPIN
IMAGE: FLICKR-‐ELNE
“As consumers educate themselves, companies will have to perform more than just a clever marketing ploy and perhaps act more seriously on
environmental issues to regain their respect and purchasing power.” SOURCE: LABNEWS
IMAGE: ENVIRONMENTAL LEADER
“Transparency has become the new lingua franca in sustainability – a demand for companies to account for and report their impacts, commitments, goals and progress.” SOURCE: LINKEDIN JOEL MAKOWER
IMAGE: FLICKR-‐BRADLEYPJOHNSON
IMAGE: FLICKR-‐ELNE
“90 percent of consumers agree that it’s their own responsibility to properly use and dispose of
products, and 85 percent acknowledge the corporate role in providing such information.”
SOURCE: GREENBIZ
IMAGE: FLICKR-‐MARTIN PHOX
Green marketing is merely an advertising tactic.
Sustainability begins with you.
IMAGE: FLICKR-‐PEKKA NIKRUS
REFERENCES
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IMAGE: FLICKR-‐BRANDON WARREN