New and evolving regulatory policies are both facilitators and enablers for the shift to climate-neutral, sustainable operations and products. They also add new mandates with regard to due diligence, reporting, and labelling on environmental and social issues across the value chain.

We regularly provide analyses on how these developments impact companies in the consumer products and retail sector in particular, as is the case of the EU Deforestation regulation. Our regular surveys provide insights into the awareness and perception of end consumers when it comes to sustainable purchase decisions.

Leveraging our extensive experience in the consumer products and retail market as well as our vast client ecosystem across the globe, these publications showcase primary consumer sentiment data on sustainability issues and share in-depth knowledge and forecasts of the evolving ESG regulatory environment.

Featured Publications

Series: Pathways to decarbonization | Food

As a major emissions polluter, today’s food system is responsible for 25% of global CO2 emissions. To turn this tide, the entire food ecosystem must strive towards a complete farm-to-fork transformation. In this installment of our Pathways to decarbonization series, we explore a range of decarbonization levers that could help the food sector reduce emissions by up to 90%.

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Study: Measuring circular impact – An assessment of the consumer electronics industry

This report introduces the Circular Business Model Impact, the first methodology to measure the real environmental impact of circular business models – focusing on the product use phase. While traditional methods often concentrate on meeting regulatory reporting requirements, the new approach focuses on measuring effects derived from actual customer usage data. The report provides both industry insights and a practical step-by-step guide for companies. The methodology was developed as part of the UNDRESS Circularity project, a collaborative industry project led by Circularity and supported by Deloitte. Deloitte played a pivotal role as part of the core project team, collaborating with Circularity to derive meaningful insights from real company data and surveys as well as contributing to the development of the methodology.

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Perspective: Sustainability in the consumer goods industry

The introduction of EU regulations such as EU Deforestation Regulation and EU Green Claims. In this series of articles, Deloitte sheds light on the sustainability issues currently affecting the sector and how these can be successfully tackled.as EU Deforestation Regulation and EU Green Claim

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Report: Consumer trend radar 2024

The Consumer Trend Radar provides a systematic overview of the most relevant trends in the consumer industry. The 2024 edition uncovers six sustainability trends, including circular retail and sustainable packaging. 

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Industry Briefing: Electronic gifts as popular as ever for christmas

This briefing presents an analysis of a survey examining consumers' attitudes toward gifting consumer electronics. The reveal that one third of German consumers would consider gifting pre-owned items.

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Consumer insights 2023: Sustainability

Our study, for which we surveyed 1,000 people in Germany at the end of September 2023 as part of the Deloitte ConsumerSignal, shows that Sustainable products are often more expensive than conventionally manufactured products. However, especially in times of inflation and uncertainty, the higher price must be worth it for consumers - the price-performance ratio must be right.

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Study: Customer insights on sustainability

In order to tap into new business opportunities, it is necessary to develop a comprehensive understanding of the diversity of customer segments and the key success factors in the area of sustainability. Against this backdrop, the study examines consumer behavior with regard to sustainability.

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Sustainability transformation: drivers and trends