Search Latest topics » Decline in Consumer Confidence in “Green Products and Services”? Yesterday at 8:14 pm by basumarra1510» Non-Turbine Wind Generator Yesterday at 8:12 pm by basumarra1510» Recent News on Energy & The Environment Yesterday at 8:12 pm by basumarra1510» Selected News on the Science of Climate Change Sat Feb 13, 2010 6:13 pm by basudec1509» Research & Developments in Solar Devices Sat Feb 13, 2010 6:12 pm by basudec1509» Airlines slow down to save fuel Sat Feb 13, 2010 6:12 pm by basudec1509» Barbados: Worlds Smallest Snake Discovered Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:19 am by basujanm2310» Some perspectives on the science of climate change Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:17 am by basujanm2310» Best Way To Solve Problems of Global Warming Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:14 am by basujanm2310MyBlogLog | Decline in Consumer Confidence in “Green Products and Services”? On the general topic of consumer choices relating to "Sustainable Lifestyle" – the findings of a recent survey are very interesting. According to the survey: http://www.corporateresponsibility.net/2008/07/07/consumers-will-pay-for-green-products-but-are-more-sceptical/ QUOTE: According to a green survey from Rackspace Hosting (PDF), 44 percent of respondents are willing to pay more for green products and services this year; down significantly from the 59 percent of respondents that were willing to pay more last year. … “It’s interesting to see that customers still think green is very important, but today they may be less willing to pay more or trade performance for lower carbon emissions. So, assuming that the results of the survey are valid, the question remains as to the significance of the trend: consumer willingness-to-pay higher prices for “green products and services” dropping from 59% (last year) to 44% (this year). Does this represent a lessening of consumer concern for the major issues of environmental uncertainty (weather / climate), food prices, energy crisis, etc.? Or could the cause be related to an increased cynicism or skepticism related to other developments like all the mega-corporations that are suddenly “going green” for profit? Those corporate eco/green self-labellers are, of course, in direct contrast to organizations that sell these products and services to support environmental initiatives/activities. If the on-going proliferation companies that have made the transition from {major polluters} to {green washers} to {green profiteers} are a main contributing factor to a loss of consumer confidence that would be unfortunate, since many smaller companies with genuine motives have been actively involved in promoting and expanding the market space for green/ethical/organic products and services for many years... Report of Full Survey (PDF): http://www.rackspace.com/downloads/surveys/GreenSurvey2008.pdf Some recent discussions related to this post: http://www.theenvironmentsite.org/forum/environmental-news-discussion-forum/12769-decline-consumer-confidence-eco-products-services.html http://www.sustainabilityforum.com/forum/sustainable-lifestyle/2734-decline-consumer-confidence-green-products-services.html https://www.xing.com/app/forum?op=showarticles;id=10900411 http://discuss.greenoptions.com/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=583 http://www.environmenthub.com/posts/3377/default.aspx Comments: 3 | Spicypage.com Oil Price Greener People Forum Envirobase on Digg Tag Cloud from Blinklist Statistics We have 14 registered users The newest registered user is basumarra1510 Our users have posted a total of 84 messages in 38 subjects Who is Online ? In total there is 1 user online :: 0 Registered, 0 Hidden and 1 Guest None Most users ever online was 20 on Thu Dec 24, 2009 10:08 am |

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