Social Issues
Our panellists are very vocal about issues that they believe should be addressed in the Standard. Here is a snapshot of some of our most recent findings.
- 39% said that they have ordered bottled water in a restaurant because they felt uncomfortable asking for tap water
- The process to bottle water produces 300 times more CO2 emissions than tap water. The Standard’s aim is that restaurateurs and their staff offer their customers a choice of tap water, as well as bottled mineral water. 46% of panellists thought that this was very important and a further 39% think that it is fairly important
- 55% strongly agree that they would not buy a product if they found out that it was made using child labour
- 33% strongly agree that that they prefer to use companies that try to minimise their impact on the environment
- 45% dislike advertising that uses size zero models
- 18% try to buy Fairtrade products where available
- 31% strongly agree that they would not buy from a company that makes or sells fur but 21% believe that fur has a legitimate place in fashion
- 58% agree that companies have made real efforts in the last few years to take account of social and environmental issues
- 39% think that newspapers should be pushing politicians even harder on climate change
- 30% think that it is the job of a newspaper to report news on climate change, not influence it
To read articles about our Water on Tap Campaign Click here
Click here to view our Green Issues research
For further details on London Voice research contact marius.cloete@standard.co.uk
BMRB 2008.Base: All London Voice panellists
