Eco-Friendly Trend in Businesses
It is a well-known fact that climate change is not something we can nudge off; it is an urgent problem that needs to be dealt with. Evidently, the main cause of such disastrous problems is humans.
When modernization started to occur, we rapidly took full advantage of nature. We started to use up the soil, cut down trees, and mine coal. Through this process, technology developed at a rapid speed; however, the environment was damaged.
A decade ago, the economy did not care about the environment. We saw many blue-chip companies deliberately cutting down trees to make innovative products and customers buying those products without any concern. However, in the 21st century, if a company destroys nature in the process of creating a product, it is the headline of the nine o clock news.
Society used to believe that if a company is eco friendly it was a plus. Now, it has become the norm. It is now a common trend for customers to purposely buy eco-friendly goods; according to the Consumer Sustainability Survey in 2019, 72% of consumers bought more environmentally-friendly products than five years ago. Adding on, it stated that 81% of those interviewed said they planned to buy more sustainable products over the next five years.
By looking at this graph, we can see that the sales are constantly moving up.
It is now the 21st century and with immense development technologically our environment is deteriorating. Hence, we as consumers should follow the trend of buying eco-friendly products and incentivise all companies that actively try to help the environment.
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