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One News, Sunday 15th June 2014

GREENWASH SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

“I’d like my child to be a child, rather than a consumer, thanks.”
– The stings in the tail of pester-power sales promotion

For five weeks, from early May to mid Jun 2014, Countdown supermarket rewarded every $20 spent in-store with a DreamWorks character card. Made from sturdy plastic the collectable series featured the iconic characters in a tilting hologram. The sales promotion quickly became a craze among children leading some schools to ban the cards.
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Dole – too little too late?

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By Kath Dewar, GoodSense MD, 29th May 2013

This morning, on TV1s Breakfast, I was asked what advice I’d give Dole if they Ethical Choice cartoon Alister Kitchen Aug 2012 Finalcalled GoodSense for marketing help. I thought the answer demanded a little more space than live television permits so will attempt to do more justice to it here.

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Claims seen as greenwashing

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May 2013, Chartered Institute Magazine “Social responsibility claims, by businesses amount to little more than posturing to gain competitive advantage ,” was the motion at CIM- sponsored debate at the House of Commons in January. Proposed by Unilever chief marketing officer Keith Weed and formed IPA director-general and now 23red strategic advisor Hamish Pringle, the …

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Dole risk-warning a flag for all marketers

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1st August 2012

An investigation by the New Zealand Commerce Commission has led to Dole being issued with a compliance notice that they may be in breach of the Fair Trading Act on three separate counts relating to the company’s ‘Ethical Choice’ marketing scheme. Only the courts can decide if there has actually been a breach of the Fair Trading Act, with convicted companies liable for fines up to $200,000 and individuals up to $60,000.

The advice to Dole included:
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ASA rules foul on ‘eco-friendly’

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The Feb 2012 ASA decision against CRC clarifies ‘environmentally friendly’ can only be used in NZ relating to whole of life-cycle – product and packaging. CRC’s promotion of ADOS Greenstik glues was found in breach of the Advertising Standards code because it contravenes Basic Principle 1, that generalised claims can only be made in relation …

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Green marketing or greenwash?

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What are Shell Oil trying to achieve in this sponsorship of the zero-waste rubbish sorting bins at WOMAD NZ 2011.

I sponsoring the festival ok but does this step over the line into green-wash – trying to appear more sustainable than they are?
Shell sponsor Zero waste at Womad

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