Barreiras como o custo, acessibilidade e falta de informação dificultam a adopção de produtos sustentáveis, mesmo para consumidores interessados.
As empresas frequentemente subestimam a procura por soluções sustentáveis devido a uma percepção errada, conhecida como "miragem verde", que assume uma relação binária entre o compromisso com a sustentabilidade e a disposição para pagar mais.
Estratégias personalizadas para atender a diferentes arquétipos podem desbloquear mercados significativos para soluções sustentáveis.
Vejamos o que sublinhei em "The Myth of the Sustainable Consumer" publicado na revista MIT Sloan Management Review do Inverno de 2025:
"Sustainability has become a powerful driver of consumer behavior. People are changing what they consume, how they consume, and how they lead their day-to-day lives, motivated by a concern for sustainability. Our research has identified a consumer-driven megatrend that holds tremendous strategic opportunity for companies if they change how they think of consumer preferences for sustainable options.The belief that there is only one type of sustainable consumer fails to recognize the diversity of consumer preferences. The stereotypical sustainable consumer who has an intense passion for all things sustainable and a high willingness to pay for sustainable goods and services across all categories accounts for only a small portion of the world's consumers. Sustainability is now a present and influential factor in how most consumers make their lifestyle and purchasing decisions. But the influence of sustainability on consumers is not uniform, neither in its intensity nor its extent....The eight consumer archetypes that were identified based on their commitment to sustainability and their willingness to pay a premium are indicated below. The map also shows the percentage of the general population that each archetype represents. Learn more:… pic.twitter.com/QoFz9nI3hk
— MIT Sloan Management Review (@mitsmr) December 30, 2024...
Champions and nonbelievers are the two archetypes that underpin what we call the green mirage. By conflating a commitment to sustainability with a willingness to pay more for it, the green mirage is the assumption that consumers have a binary relationship with sustainability: They either care about it or they don't; they are either champions or nonbelievers. Yet our more nuanced segmentation shows that the consumers who are either all-in or all-out account for less than a quarter of the general population.
All of the archetypes are frustrated by a lack of information and low trust.
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Companies often attribute slow adoption of a sustainable solution to consumers' lack of interest in sustainability rather than to another, more likely factor, such as a product's affordability or accessibility, consumers' level of trust, or how informed they are. Those companies have what we call a perception gap because they underestimate the true demand in their market."
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