Episode 22
Consumer interest in sustainability has been growing for years, with preferences shifting toward products and services that align with personal interests and beliefs. And the trend isn’t slowing. By 2021, we expect sustainable-minded consumers in the U.S. to spend $150 billion on sustainable products.
But consumer interest in sustainability isn’t limited to things like food and beverages. Today, consumers think about sustainability across everything from resource management to product packaging, which speaks to the ever-broadening nature of the term “sustainability.” Regardless of how it gets defined, however, sustainability is top of mind for consumers around the globe, as 73% say they would definitely or probably change a behavior to reduce their impact on the planet.
Was bedeuten diese Veränderungen also für die Unternehmen? Wir beobachten zwar schon seit einiger Zeit die Absichten und Ausgabentrends der Verbraucher in Bezug auf Nachhaltigkeit, aber wir wollten auch die umfassenderen Auswirkungen dieses Verhaltens untersuchen - wie sie die Unternehmenslandschaft prägen. Insbesondere wollten wir verstehen, wie Unternehmen sich anpassen, wie sich diese Anpassung in den letzten Jahren beschleunigt hat und was mit ihrer Leistung passiert, wenn sie sich anpassen - und was passiert, wenn sie es nicht tun.
This episode explores the business side of sustainability. It includes two segments: the first is a conversation with George Callard, Chief Legal Officer at Nielsen, and Julia Wilson, Vice President, Global Responsibility & Sustainability at Nielsen; and the second is a conversation with Tessie Petion, Head of ESG Research, Americas, HSBC Securities, and Evan Harvey, Global Head of Sustainability, Nasdaq.
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