How Henkel and Co. are secretly going eco - and thereby tricking their customers

Actually, the expectation of the managers of the consumer goods companies was that the customers would prefer to buy organic products – and at best they would be happy to pay a little more.

How Henkel and Co. are secretly going eco - and thereby tricking their customers

Actually, the expectation of the managers of the consumer goods companies was that the customers would prefer to buy organic products – and at best they would be happy to pay a little more. The customers would have financed the changeover to more sustainable management for the corporations. But that's not how it happened. Market researchers have found that although surveys show consumers want sustainability, they tend to buy more on the supermarket shelf based on price and habit – the older they are, the more often.

Offers that are aggressively advertised as sustainable are often even a deterrent. This can lead to customers switching to another brand – or not buying anything. The manufacturers are now reacting to this with a marketing trick that can be described as anti-greenwashing.

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