Embracing Sustainable Packaging in the Consumer and Retail Sectors
With a global shift toward fighting climate change, the way we approach packaging is set to grow and change. Rather than being an alternative option, environmentally friendly packaging is only going to become more important.
Industry research indicates a great insight into the growing number of consumers that care about the packaging of their products and delivery methods:
- 77% of UK consumers state that brands should use as little packaging as possible.
- 66% said it is important to them that the packaging can be recycled.
- 49% of consumers said they would pay more for both sustainable packaging and sustainable delivery.
- 33% say they have rejected a purchase because of unsustainable packaging.
It is evident that the term sustainable packaging is clearly more than a buzzword. The urgent need to reduce plastic leakage has led manufacturers and retailers to swift action: in 2020, the top ten global FMCG firms, including the likes of Coca-Cola, Danone, PepsiCo, L’Oréal, and Unilever, set an ambitious target of 100% sustainable packaging by 2025. Source: SRGTalent
In doing so, the consumer products industry is helping to usher in a circular economy: an economic system aimed at eliminating…
