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Marketing sustainability insights – period undies

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Period undies brand Thinx has announced a US$5m settlement to customers. The case has important lessons for all brands making environmental claims.

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Prime time alert on greenwash – The Project tells the public what to watch for

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When Ana Samways invited us to talk greenwash with The Project team we were delighted to help this critical sustainable marketing issue get good prime time coverage. We think The Project team did a brilliant job covering the issues and giving examples to the public.

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Don’t greenwash – you’ll make yourselves look like idiots

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Our founder Kath Dewar on this and more in Radio NZ interview on greenwash and what makes for good marketing of sustainability.

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How greenwashing became big business

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How greenwash became big business
Kath Dewar, quoted by Stuff:
 “Look for the businesses who are investing in proper Fair Trade and organic certifications, programmes that cost money for a good reason. There are companies that make fluffy self claims about being fair trade, so look for the gold standard certifications.” 
Read more from our interview with The Spinoff, 10 May 2018

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Make 2018 the year to go green

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The NZ Institute of Directors has made sustainability a priority for governance, the new NZX Governance Code now requires environmental and social risks to be disclosed and the political landscape has significantly changed.

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Kiwi consumers are voting with our wallets

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Kiwi consumers are voting green with our wallets
Kath Dewar, quoted by Stuff:
“The smart ones business leaders realise investments that reduce the cost of operations, and create a good story to tell, will be the businesses that survive in the future.”
Read more from our interview with Stuff, October 6 2017

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Marketing sustainability without greenwash

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Define a brand that soars without getting burned In May 2017, Kath Dewar ran a members-only webinar for the Sustainable Business Network on how to define a brand that soars without getting burned. In the webinar she discussed the key steps to build your brand and the sustainability benefits in an inspiring and authentic way. Effective messages reach …

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Renewables in Ōtepoti – marketing climate action

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Every business needs to be taking climate action and talking about it without greenwash. Marketing MD Kath Dewar discusses a recent Dunedin visit.

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Make your marketing sing – Project NZ 2015

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GoodSense marketing workshop Project NZ 2015

Make your sustainability story sing with GoodSense advice

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Online Sustainable Marketing course

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The NZ Marketing Association, the Sustainable Business Network and GoodSense Learning are launching what is thought to be the world’s first online professional course in Sustainable Marketing. The course will train marketers how to adapt to the growing consumer and commercial concerns about sustainability, how to avoid the dreaded ‘greenwash’ and lead their brands to …

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