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Industry Insights: Consumer Trade-Offs Between Sustainability and Efficacy in Household Care

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  • 33 Pages
  • June 2025
  • Region: Global
  • GlobalData
  • ID: 6115175
This report explores the key trade-offs consumers navigate when choosing between sustainability and efficacy in household care, examining the tensions that shape purchasing behavior.

As sustainability becomes a growing priority for consumers, household care brands face the challenge of balancing eco-conscious innovations with performance expectations. While many consumers express interest in greener alternatives, concerns over efficacy, cost, and convenience often hinder adoption.

Scope

  • The pursuit of efficacy is not necessarily at odds with sustainability.
  • Time poor consumers are nonetheless attentive to formulation specifics.
  • There is widespread doubt about the credibility or impact of sustainability credentials in household care.

Reasons to Buy

  • Understand the relevant consumer trends and attitudes that drive and support innovation success so you can tap into what is really impacting the industry.
  • Gain a broader appreciation of the fast-moving consumer goods industry by gaining insights from both within and outside of your sector.
  • Access valuable strategic take-outs to help direct future decision-making and inform new product development.

Table of Contents

  • Overview
  • Consumer perspective
  • Key trade-offs and industry response
  • Takeaways
  • Appendix

Companies Mentioned (Partial List)

A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:

  • Wash Wild
  • The Clorox Company
  • Coccole di Gaia
  • Dropps
  • Ocado
  • Green Care Professional
  • Ecover
  • Tide
  • The Dirt Company
  • Blueland
  • Zero Co
  • Who Gives a Crap
  • The Lab Co
  • Safely
  • Comfort
  • DedCool