Green Communications

Sustainability communication requires a rethink: Communication is the last step NOT the first!

When it comes to building brands and driving change, effective communication is a prerequisite. Unsurprisingly then, communications are often the first port of call when it comes to the unique challenges and opportunities that sustainability represents for today’s brands.

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However, emerging cultural, economic and technological trends related to sustainability are forcing brands to think differently about the role of communications in their wider brand ecosystem. As is so often the case, when the game is changing this quickly, a more effective solution requires a redefinition of the problem.

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Can you name a responsible company? 5 quick ways to identify a leader

detective-300x231A recent report by GlobeScan published some interesting findings – “significant numbers of survey respondents around the world cannot or will not name a single socially responsible company when asked, and this proportion appears to be rising in many countries.”

This is a worldwide phenomenon in both developing and developed countries.  Large numbers of people can’t name a socially responsible company. In India for example it’s 57 percent, while in the U.S., it’s 39 percent. Read More »

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Are you Feeling Shame about not Buying Green? Only in Clorox Green Works’ New Campaign

the-Green-Housewives-300x300What do you think is the top issue women feel pressured about? Being thin? Getting married? Making sure their children do well at school? No, no and no. Women, apparently, mostly feel pressured about being environmentally conscious. At least, that’s what you can learn from a new survey that was conducted for Clorox Green Works.

Where is this pressure is coming from? Shekinah Eliassen, Green Works brand manager, explains that “women are feeling this pressure because somewhere along the line green became a status symbol, now everyone has an opinion about how you aren’t doing enough to be eco-friendly.” On its Facebook page, Green Works added that it found “that consumers have been overwhelmed by green, and that’s mostly because they feel like they can’t do as much as the eco-fanatics and the rich in time and resources.”

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The FTC Green Guides finally get picky about greenwashing

It only took them 20 years (The first Guides were issued in 1992), but then again, as the saying goes, every overnight sensation is twenty years in the making. Maybe the FTC Green Guide staff put in their 10,000 hours, but, at last, they nailed it. The revisions to the Green Guides, published on October 1, 2012, shows that the FTC is finally putting their foot down (both of them) about the term ‘green’, along with such related “generalized environmental claims” as ‘eco-friendly’ and ‘Earth smart’.

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Unilever uses the Carrot(mob) to make consumer behaviour stick

Changing consumer behavior was and still is Unilever’s Holy Grail. Helping consumers become more environmentally conscious is vital for the success of the company’s bold Sustainable Living Plan. Given that consumers’ use of Unilever products equals 68 percent of the company’s carbon footprint, and it is mainly due to their electricity and water usage habits, Unilever won’t be able to reduce its footprint by half by 2020 without a little help from its customers.

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