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Concept

Waste reduction is an issue that’s only getting more important. So, when ASDA planned the launch of their first sustainable trial store, they asked us to help develop its strategy, concept and design. Following the trial, these ideas would be rolled out across the country. We looked at opportunities to help customers make more sustainable choices, from reducing waste and plastic to recycling facilities and self-service refill stations. Of course, we had to find ways to encourage a change in behaviour too.

Challenge

Habits are hard to break. Whilst most of us want to be more sustainable, it’s usually not seen as easy enough to change our ingrained habits. So, our real challenge here was human nature and our resistance to change.

Execution

A problem as huge as environmental destruction can make us feel helpless as individuals. Yet small actions all add up, especially when made collectively. Research showed that reducing waste was an issue people felt was an achievable change, so this became our focus. We created a campaign platform: 'LET’S CUT OUT WASTE’. This was an invitation for everyone to take easy individual actions that would make a big difference against a common enemy. To communicate our messages effectively, we then created a look and feel that stood apart from conventional sustainability approaches, and rolled it out across every customer touchpoint.

Results

Our campaign immediately won the hearts and minds of all the project stakeholders. The range of impactful, easy to implement assets we created wasn’t only used in the trial store, but some were rolled out nationally before the trial began. While we’re still waiting for the results to come in, early feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Change is on its way.


The work led us to win Best Retail Campaign at the Prolific North Marketing Awards.