Marketing

Online shopping trends: The death of a merchant

Today the retail supply chain is undergoing a game changing transition that will remove a number of established businesses that sit in the middle of any purchase. Read the full post from TrinityP3 More here...
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The correlation between sustainability and profit

Business is now clearly understanding that sustainability initiatives have a positive effect on profits. Read the report from Boston Consulting Group and the MIT’s Sloan Management Review.More here...
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Get more than just environmental lip service from tender responses

Translating corporate environmental strategy into marketing output
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Bricks & Mortar vs On-line shopping. Who has the largest carbon footprint?

If only looking at the carbon produced from the freight or delivery component of the transaction there would not be much in it. Read full article
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The Carbon Trust explain Carbon Product Labeling to the Marketing Community

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Tread lightly on the path to green marketing

More food for thought for marketers who think simply switching from paper to on-line will tick all their green corporate boxes. See the podcast from Don Carli at The Institute For Sustainable Communications
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A Simple Guide to Climate Change


Wake Up, Freak Out - then Get a Grip from Leo Murray on Vimeo.



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How Green is Aussie Media?

The environmental footprints of media companies have left deep indents on green audits carried out globally. Australia’s media claims to be doing the right thing, but are they? Sophia Russell from B&T checks out the landscape.
Transcript from 'The Green Guide' published October 16th 2009
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Green-washing. How to tread carefully on a planet full of environmental land-mines

I wait with interest for the final release of Australia's AANA’s environmental code of conduct.

The aim is to produce an advertisers guide on how to sell a “Green’ product with a shrinking marketing spend, to a hesitant and fast becoming cynical environmentally aware buyer.
Now that’s what I call a Herculean task.
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The Hidden Carbon Culprit

The paper industry continues to cop the brunt of the environmentalist anger when it comes to the evils of carbon emissions. Some of this is justified. But there is another CO2 monster lurking in the office.

Marketers tend have a simplistic catch-cry of ‘move away from paper based communications and go on-line’. So let’s have a look at some basic facts and figures about on-line.

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The perils of claiming the Green high ground

Slowly but surely examples of bad luck or bad management of a company’s environmental positioning are creeping into the media. More here...
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Green-washers beware: Tesco show the the correct way to market their eco direction

I have just read with interest the news from Tesco where they are showing the amount of carbon that is being generated between 'seed and store' on 20 of their items.

Yes they are maximizing the marketing mileage of this by telling everyone that they are acting in an environmentally responsible way.

To me this transparency is to be applauded. They are talking about the good things they are doing and at the same time not being afraid to show the world the amount of carbon they are putting out in the process. Let's hope this lead is followed.
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Comparing Carbon emissions

With all the new terms appearing around the world of greenhouse gases it is hard to keep up. Carbon offsets, carbon trading, carbon neutral and green washing are a few of the more common that are being bandied around.

When looking at the world of marketing communications it starts to get harder to know if you are doing the 'right thing'. 
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