This is a real opportunity for brand owners but it will require brands to be open and honest. It is no use saying that you are carbon neutral if you are just off-setting and not actually reducing your energy consumption and emissions.
This will mean marketing professionals will have to move away from simple product-based claims to an approach based on educating consumers about the impact of their choices - step forward PR.
Michael Bennett, MD, Pelican PR.
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