

Harvard Business Review
- Jul 12, 2019
- 3 min
Research: Actually, Consumers Do Buy Sustainable Products
For years, brand managers have groused that while consumers say they intend to buy sustainable products, in store they don’t actually purchase them. This conventional wisdom has been used by many brands as justification for not making their products more sustainable. NYU Stern’s Center for Sustainable Business just completed extensive research into U.S. consumers’ actual purchasing of consumer packaged goods (CPG), using data contributed by IRI, and found that 50% of CPG grow

N. Craig Smith
- Jul 3, 2019
- 1 min
How Corporate Boards Can Get Serious About Sustainability Issues
On June 24, 2019 the Wall Street Journal published an article entitled, How Corporate Boards Can Get Serious About Sustainability Issues. It outlines five ways that corporate boards can translate sustainability action for their company. To read the full article, please visit: https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-corporate-boards-can-get-serious-about-sustainability-issues-11561379882 Subscription rates may apply.