
Kantar Emor: keskkonnasõbralikkust väärtustavate tarbijate hulk väheneb
Kantar Emor: The number of consumers valuing environmental friendliness is decreasing
Kantar Emori uuring näitab, et keskkonnasõbralikkus on vähem oluline paljudele inimestele. Inimeste valmidus maksta rohkem keskkonnasõbralike toodete eest on madal.
A Kantar Emor study shows that environmental friendliness is less important to many people. People's willingness to pay more for environmentally friendly products is low.
A Kantar Emor study shows that environmental friendliness is less important to many people. People's willingness to pay more for environmentally friendly products is low.
There are still more people who consider environmental care important than those who do not. However, now 40% of people do not consider companies' environmental care important.
Katrin Männaste, an expert at Kantar Emor, says that last year people's willingness to pay more for environmentally friendly products decreased. This year, however, the number of people who say that environmental friendliness is not important to them has increased.
Older men show this change the most. However, it is also visible among other people. People's willingness to pay more for environmentally friendly products does not exceed two-thirds. Mostly, people are willing to pay up to 5% more.
Männaste adds that people who do not see climate change as a serious problem also do not consider the higher price of green products justified.
Among Estonian companies, the same firms that stood out as environmentally friendly before have caught the eye again. Kantar Emor mapped the greener companies in four sectors: manufacturing, trade, ICT/finance/telecom/media, and infrastructure.
In the top five infrastructure companies are RMK, Ragn Sells, Enefit, Elron, and DPD. Tallinna Vesi has risen to the same level this time.
Companies' environmental friendliness is influenced by their field of activity. However, consumers also notice specific environmentally friendly steps. For example, they have noted the change to more environmentally friendly packaging, reduction of food waste, and paperless transactions.
The study was conducted from February 18 to March 5. It involved 1048 Estonian residents aged 16–74.