Sustainability Industry Insights – Focus: Consumer Products & Retail
In our consumer products and retail studies, we cover the main issues driving the sector’s sustainability transformation, including specific, actionable steps to reach net zero.
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
Circularity Industry Insights
While 68% of companies say the circular economy has high or very high potential for their industry, most are still stuck in the pilot stage. This is one of the clearest findings from Deloitte’s recent study, which surveyed globally operating companies in the electronics, automotive, chemicals, industrial products, life sciences, and consumer goods sectors about the status of circular business models in global organisations.
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.
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%.
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
The Consumer Trend Radar provides a systematic overview of the most relevant trends in the consumer industry. The report uncovers six sustainability trends, including circular retail and sustainable packaging.
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.
Sustainability transformation: drivers and trends
Egbert Wege
