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Sustainable marketing should be an integral part of your

marketing plan.  It is more than just

another buzzword or passing fancy that can tick a social responsibility

box.  This is a decision to fundamentally

change the way you choose to communicate with your customer.  It could be merely a decision to go paperless

or a commitment to use [reusable exhibition

stands](/blog/exhibition-stands/). It might be to use white hat strategies to maintain communications

with a customer, or not.

However, a genuine commitment to sustainability comes from

the heart of your business and will be a consistent story through your

brand.  It is unlikely to be the occasional

discount on sustainable products but instead woven throughout your marketing

strategy.

Successful integration of sustainability into your marketing

is essential to all good businesses.  You

communicate the ethical inclination of your brand in an increasingly volatile

and uncertain world.

## What is sustainable marketing?

Ethics is central to a campaign for sustainable

marketing.  You need to prove a

commitment to working within the boundaries of good practice on the internet.

The use of cookies and blockchain, with its anonymity, could lead to unethical

practices.  Therefore, a company has to

find a balance between guiding a customer through the journey efficiently and

effectively – but in a way that does not tarnish the relationship with your

brand.

Sustainable marketing is also about considering how every

touchpoint impacts on the consumer and the environment.  If you want to build a community around your

brand, then you are going to have to appear to care sincerely.  Take the stereotypical image of the used car

salesman and look to act oppositely – and you have a sustainable marketing

strategy.

Sustainable marketing has proven to have a higher conversion

rate.  However, it is not a strategy that

will have an immediate return on your investment but will be a commitment to

consumer loyalty that secures the future of your business.  This is the difference between building a

brand and closing a sale.

## Why is this so important?

People are your bottom line. 

They offer a level of social equity for your company.  Therefore, providing a policy of transparency

and reliability will improve your brand. 

Part of this will be investing in your human resources.  Your data from your HR needs to communicate

that you are kind to your people and you embrace diversity and equality –

offering fairness.

The planet is also an essential element of your brand.  You need to show a commitment to such aspects

as carbon offsetting.  You may also want

to tie into the UN Sustainable Development Goals if you are a larger

company.  You may even want to consider

Global Initiative reports to their required non-financial reporting. You need

to communicate to your market somehow that you commit to the planet.

Of course, profit is also essential to your bottom

line.  A healthy bottom line is required

in good business; this should not be done at the expense of the role of the

company in the community.  You will want

to be a driver for change in people’s lives rather than a greedy organisation

seeking only to better itself.

## How can we practice sustainable marketing?

Your first step would be to engage in activities that would

demonstrate your sustainable credentials. 

For instance, you could [undertake

a beach clean](https://www.mcsuk.org/blog/post/anglesey-beachcleaning-liz-prior) in your local area or a litter pick – looking to collect as

much plastic and keeping it out of the environment.  Your team will bond during the effort, and

you will be seen as doing a service to your local community.

You can choose renewable energy and marketing this as a

commitment to the effort to turn around climate change.  Exploring how to switch supplier is a simple

but effective project.

Your marketing would also be considered sustainable if you

listened to your market before talking.  For

instance, there is a considerable concern in the workforce about the impact of

stress and depression.  Therefore,

prompting your desire to honour work-life balance could be a successful way to

suggest you are ethical and desirable of a sustainable approach to business.

Once you have decided on your strategy, you need to tell

this story to your community.  Your

marketing plan should look at how you can continue the ethical approach for

showing you are ethical.  In other words,

your representation of your actions should be honest and reliable and

demonstrate your commitment to the people who buy your service or product.










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