- Half of UK adults (57%) agree that the eventual recovery from the economic recession must put the environment first
- The pandemic has seen ‘green attitudes’ grow – with UK adults more likely to care about how their spending and investments impact the environment than they were before
- Lansons and Opinium Research’s full report ‘Perspectives on the climate crisis through Covid-19’ can be read here
To better understand how COVID-19 will impact our lives, behaviours and values long-term, independent reputation management consultancy Lansons partnered with research house Opinium to produce ‘Life after COVID-19’, a series of reports across many different aspects of UK society. ‘Perspectives on the climate crisis through COVID-19’ aims to provide valuable insight on how the pandemic has impacted consumer attitudes to the environment.
Key findings include:
- A third of UK adults (34%) say they feel more concerned about climate change as a result of the pandemic
- Half of UK adults (57%) agree that the eventual recovery from the economic recession must put the environment first
- A third of UK adults (37%) are opposed to the government getting rid of environmental regulations to make life easier for businesses
- Three out of five UK adults (64%) want to know that the money they spend is not going to damage the environment – 37% of whom say they hold this view more strongly since the outbreak
- Over half of all UK investors (58%) say they want their bank /building society to invest their savings (or other products) in a way that is good for the environment – a sentiment that 32% say they feel more strongly since the beginning of the pandemic.
- 69% of UK adults say the government should invest in green technologies and industries as part of their response to the pandemic
Full report available here.
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Posted On: 07/10/2020