Diff b/w Traditional and Sustainable Marketing

 

Differences between Traditional and Sustainable Marketing

Traditional marketing takes a customer approach and focuses on product, price, place, and promotion for a target audience. Sustainable marketing takes a “stakeholder approach” and considers customers, shareholders, employees, vendors, interest groups, media, and the general public. These groups are interested in the brand’s sustainability agenda, which becomes the focus of the marketing effort.

Costco is an example of a company that takes this kind of approach to its sustainability marketing. Costco describes its sustainability agenda this way: “Sustainability to us is remaining a profitable business while doing the right thing.” Costco honors three sustainability principles: “For Costco to thrive, the world needs to thrive. We are committed to doing our part to help. We focus on issues related to our business and where we can contribute to real, results-driven positive impact. We do not have all of the answers, are learning as we go and seek continuous improvement.” These principles demonstrate a commitment to all of Costco’s interested parties. For example, Costco pays its employees above market rates to honor its commitment to support its employees and communities.

Traditional business strategy indicates that shareholder return is the primary obligation of companies. However, a sustainable business strategy suggests that companies have a corporate social responsibility (CSR) to use their platforms to improve the world and not cause harm. Furthermore, an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategy holds companies accountable for their sustainability work. An ESG strategy uses an organization’s influence to make positive change and develop metrics to show how purpose is measured.

Businesses have always been required to comply with environmental laws, but sustainable companies put the environment in the center, designing for the environment. New Belgium Brewery in Fort Collins, Colorado, is a foremost example of a company designed around the environment. The brand is committed to clean energy to combat climate change. New Belgium Brewery has three principles woven into its business model to keep management accountable for its sustainability goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2030. Those principles are to

  • reduce emissions by creating electricity from wastewater, collecting heat while brewing to reuse, and earning LEED certification on its properties;
  • work with interest groups to advocate for improved climate policies; and
  • improve recycling in the United States through its cofounded glass recycling coalition.

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