SBN Awards
GoodSense found ourselves at the heart of the most exciting sustainable business event of the year on 30th November.
We dig it – but only a bit more
Update 2017: Upgraded GoodSense rating for New World’s Little Garden We’re delighted Little Garden succeeded and has been re-run this year. Its whole foundation and ethos is more ethical than Little Shop. Where Little Shop groomed brand-aligned packaged foods consumers, Little Garden inspires connection with soil, seed, nature, health, natural food and life. Kei te […]
Opinion: Genesis Flybuys an ethical fail
With over half their power generated from burning coal and gas, Genesis Energy’s new Fly Buys promotion is literally rewarding customers to accelerate climate change. The more power Genesis customers use, the more Fly Buys points they earn. The redemption rate is quite low, at 1 point for each $50 spent on power, but it’s […]
Marketing sustainability without greenwash
Define a brand that soars without getting burned In May 2017, Kath Dewar ran a members-only webinar for the Sustainable Business Network on how to define a brand that soars without getting burned. In the webinar she discussed the key steps to build your brand and the sustainability benefits in an inspiring and authentic way. Effective messages reach […]
The SBN’s 2016 conference #authenticbusiness
A collection of our favourite quotes from presenters and participants at the Sustainable Business Network’s 2016 Conference, #authenticbusiness. “Human nature is wired to help us succeed in sustainability” Niki Harre “I post raw emotions when I’m climbing cos no one’s going to tell me to harden up!” Dave of @Sea2Summit7 talking about mental health, values […]
New World turn over new leaf in collectibles
Update: We have conducted a hands on review of New World’s Little Garden collectibles range – watch our short video to see why we rated their new range 3.5 stars out of a possible 5. Last August we were in the Dominion Post/Stuff critiquing the Little Shop sales promotion campaigns run by New World supermarkets. […]
International leadership on marketing sustainability
GoodSense was recently invited to contribute content for the UK-based Chartered Institute of Marketing’s sustainability series. Both myself and Jo Patterson are Fellows of the UK Chartered Institute of Marketing and this provides an avenue to extend and promote our thought leadership in marketing, into an international forum. Here’s an at-a-glance summary with links to the full articles.
Looking good – and doing the sales
Our clients Energy TS – now CarbonEES – showcased their powerful software for reducing energy and CO2 at the new Facilities Integrate expo on 15th – 16th October. We loved helping the team show off the product with new messaging focussed on the target audience, a new display, video and sales collateral. “Thanks Kath, Caroline […]
Plastic collectibles
Advertising to children turns a corner.
Are pester power collectibles crossing the line?
The resurgence of plastic collectables from supermarkets and other retailers is prompting further parental concern and raising issues about the ethics of ‘pester power’ – marketing through children. Dominion Post reporter, Jessy Edwards, interviewed GoodSense MD Kath Dewar in August 2015 for this piece on the latest wave of schemes and the issues they raise. […]