Abathengi bafuna ukusimama, kodwa abafuni ukudukiswa. I-Innova Market Insights iphawula ukuthi kusukela ngo-2018, izimangalo zemvelo ezifana "ne-carbon footprint," "ukupakisha okuncishisiwe," kanye "nokungenapulasitiki" emaphaketheni okudla neziphuzo sekuphindwe kabili (92%). Kodwa-ke, ukwanda kolwazi lokusimama kuphakamise ukukhathazeka mayelana nezimangalo ezingaqinisekisiwe. "Ukuze siqinisekise abathengi abaqaphela imvelo, sibone ukwanda kwemikhiqizo enikezwayo eminyakeni embalwa edlule esebenzisa imizwa yabathengi ngezimangalo 'eziluhlaza' ezingase zingaqinisekiswa," kusho u-Aiyar. "Ngemikhiqizo enezimangalo ezingaqinisekiswa mayelana nokuphela kokuphila, sizoqhubeka nokusebenza ukubhekana nokungaqiniseki kwabathengi mayelana nokulahlwa okufanele kwalezo zimpahla ukuze sikhuthaze ukuphathwa kwemfucuza okuphumelelayo." Izazi zemvelo zilindele "igagasi lamacala" ngemuva kokumemezela kwe-UN izinhlelo zokusungula isivumelwano somhlaba wonke sokungcoliswa kwepulasitiki, kuyilapho abalawuli beqeda ukukhangisa okungamanga njengoba izidingo zezinkampani ezinkulu zokuhlanza imfucuza yepulasitiki zanda. Muva nje, iMcDonald's, iNestle, kanye neDanone kubikwe ukuthi azilandeli imigomo yokunciphisa ipulasitiki yaseFrance ngaphansi komthetho "wokuqaphela". Kusukela ngesikhathi sobhubhane lwe-COVID-19, abathengi baye bakhetha ukupakishwa kwepulasitiki.
Ngenxa yezidingo zokuhlanzeka ezihlobene nobhubhane, imizwa yokulwa nepulasitiki isipholile. Okwamanje, iKhomishini yaseYurophu ithole ukuthi ngaphezu kwengxenye (53%) yezimangalo zomkhiqizo ezihlolwe ngo-2020 zinikeze "ulwazi olungacacile, oludukisayo, noma olungenasisekelo mayelana nezici zemvelo zomkhiqizo". E-UK, i-Competition and Markets Authority iphenya ukuthi imikhiqizo "eluhlaza" imakethwa kanjani nokuthi abathengi bayadukiswa yini. Kodwa umkhuba wokuhlanza imvelo uphinde uvumele imikhiqizo ethembekile ukuthi inikeze izitatimende eziqinisekiswe ngokwesayensi futhi ithole ukwesekwa okuvela ezindleleni ezisobala nezilawulwayo njengezikweletu zepulasitiki, kanti ezinye zisikisela ukuthi sesingene "ezweni langemva kwe-LCA." Abathengi bomhlaba wonke bafuna kakhulu ukucaca ezimangalweni zokusimama, lapho abangu-47% befuna ukubona umthelela wemvelo wokupakisha ubonakala kumaphuzu noma amamaki, kanti abangu-34% bathi ukwehla kwamaphuzu okunyakaza kwekhabhoni kuzothinta kahle izinqumo zabo zokuthenga.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Mashi-20-2023