Sustainability, Ethics and the Modern Shopper

In recent years, consumers have become more wary of where and how they purchase in an effort to be more sustainable and ethical. And, perhaps, the recent increased attention on the improvement of our planet’s health owing to worldwide lockdowns has encouraged this further.

But we also can't ignore that the way consumers purchase has changed (and, perhaps, for good), due to the same lockdowns that have helped heal our ecosystems. Consumers have been encouraged to purchase necessities online, while physical stores have been forced to temporarily, and in some cases permanently, shut their doors. This is likely to have caused a major setback to ‘ethical consumerism’.

We explore the importance of sustainability and ethics on the modern-day consumer, in the wake of COVID-19.