Citizens disillusioned about progress on corporate sustainability, poll finds

Cecilia Keating
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Schemes that help shoppers reuse, reduce and refill are gaining traction across the UK | Credit: iStock
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Schemes that help shoppers reuse, reduce and refill are gaining traction across the UK | Credit: iStock

But there is huge demand for sustainable products designed to meet customers' core needs, argues Boston Consulting Group

A major polling exercise has revealed widespread scepticism among consumers towards corporations' sustainability programmes, as well as concern over whether or not products that are marketed as environmentally...

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