The document summarizes the findings of a study on closing the "green gap" between environmental beliefs and behaviors. The study found that most Americans are open to sustainable living but face barriers like higher costs, social stigma, and complexity. To mainstream sustainability, the study recommends making it a normal part of everyday life, eliminating price premiums, using incentives and disincentives, continuing product innovation, and appealing to self-interest over altruism. The presentation concludes that mainstream marketing can drive mainstream adoption of sustainable behaviors.
5. Genesis for our Study
Lots of research on evidence that the Green Gap exists,
but no real insight on how to close it
U.S. and China are the two largest consuming countries
on planet earth
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6. What we set out to learn
Who’s green and who’s not?
What separates the doers from the mere believers and skeptics?
Why does the gap exist?
What are the secrets of closing the gap?
What does this mean for all of us trying to close the gap?
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7. Here’s how we did it
Expert Ethnographic Quantitative
Interviews Research Research
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9. The massive Middle Green
Super Greens
%
Followers
Upper Middle
Greens
Mainstream consumers
Middle
Greens
Believe in living sustainably
Lower Middle
Greens
Do a few green actions
Green
Rejectors
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10. Paradise
Lost It
Isn’t
Easy
Being
Green Generation
Part of S
the Club
The
Costs
of
Green Guilt
Offsets
Green
Is the
New The Pleasure
Eco-suspicion
Pink Principle
& Eco-confusion
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11. “I feel guilty ...
… giving up on natural cleaning
supplies because I’m selfish and more
health-driven than environmental.”
… because I don’t embrace technology
as much as the regular person so I go
through way more paper than most.
No Kindle for this girl.”
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12. The costs of green
Social Financial Functional
Practical Vital
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13. It isn’t easy being green
“We’ll have some mud for you at the barbeque!”
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19. The No. 1 barrier holding Americans back from
green products is money
price
premium
$. $.
price
premium
$. $.
price
premium
price
premium
price
premium
price
premium
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20. Why are we taxing sustainability?
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21. 73% of American opt for
known mainstream brands
vs
73% of Americans would rather purchase an environmentally responsible product line of a mainstream brand that
they are familiar with (such as Clorox’s Greenworks) than purchase the product from a company who specializes in
being green and environmentally responsible (such as Seventh Generation).
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27. Taking a page out of the cancer marketing playbook
Personal “One out of every two men and one out of every three
women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime.”
Plausible “We’ve cured other diseases before, why not cancer?”
Positive
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28. 11 ways we propose on closing the gap
Make it normal
Make it personal
Create better defaults
Eliminate the sustainability tax
Bribe shamelessly
Punish wisely
Don’t stop innovating
Lose the crunch
Turn eco-friendly into male ego-friendly
Make it tangible and easy to navigate
Tap into hedonism over altruism
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29. No. 1
Make it normal — normal is sustainable
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38. No. 7
Don’t stop innovating.
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39. Make better stuff
Levi’s Waterless
Denim
Reduces water usage
Saves 500 billion liters of water in by up to 96% per pair
Asia and South Africa every year
China U.S.
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51. There is an assumption that action will follow
awareness and motivation
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52. Embrace the middle
Super Greens Upper Middle Greens Lower Middle Greens Green Rejectors
% % % %
The masses are the key to massive change
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53. Don’t forget human nature
We all just want to belong
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57. Download a copy of our report
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58. Panel Discussion
Mitch Faigan, Citizen Brand/Kimberly Clark
Abigail Rodgers , Coca-Cola
Ian Yolles, Recycle Bank
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