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    

"Ecofrauds  and  LiHle  Green  Lies."  Laboratory  News.  26  Mar.  2010.  Web.  24  May  2014.  <hHp://www.labnews.co.uk/comment/lab-­‐rant/ecofrauds-­‐and-­‐liHle-­‐green-­‐lies/>.    Flickr.  Yahoo!  Web.  23  May  2014.  <hHps://www.flickr.com/>.    Makower,  Joel.  "5  Reasons  Green  Markebng  Is  Going  Nowhere."  Weblog  post.  LinkedIn.  12  Mar.  2013.  Web.  24  May  2014.  <hHp://www.linkedin.com/today/post/arbcle/20130312180239-­‐127714-­‐5-­‐reasons-­‐green-­‐markebng-­‐is-­‐going-­‐nowhere>.    OHman,  Jacquelyn,  and  David  G.  Mallen.  "5  Green  Markebng  Strategies  to  Earn  Consumer  Trust."  Weblog  post.  GreenBiz.  14  Jan.  2014.  Web.    Post,  Sponsor.  "Why  People  Buy  Greener  Products  (Hint:  It  Isn't  Always  Because  They  Love  The  Environment)."  Business  Insider.  Business  Insider,  Inc,  19  Nov.  2013.  Web.  21  May  2014.  <hHp://www.businessinsider.com/sc/why-­‐people-­‐buy-­‐green-­‐products-­‐2013-­‐11>.    Richards',  Lindsay.  "Examining  Green  Adverbsing  and  Its  Impact  on  Consumer  Skepbcism  and  Purchasing  PaHerns."  The  Elon  Journal  of  Undergraduate  Research  in  CommunicaCons  Fall  2013  4.2  (2013).  Web.      

IMAGE:  FLICKR-­‐BRANDON  WARREN  

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