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As of 2019, ** percent of women, aged 65 to 79 years reported to have always or very often made conscious choices when they shopped via the internet. In general, Swedish women of all ages seemed to be more conscious regarding sustainability when shopping online. Women between 18 and 29 years who always took sustainability into consideration when online shopping, were ** percent. In contrast, the corresponding figure for men in that age group was ** percent. Regarding product categories, grocery online shoppers ranked first when it comes to sustainability importance. Close to ** percent of the respondents considered sustainability very important when shopping for groceries online.

Sustainability across Swedish brands

    Coop topped the ranking of sustainable brands in Sweden in 2018. The ranking was based on the share of consumers who rated the brand’s performance within environmental and social responsibility. Second in the ranking was the well-known furniture brand IKEA, followed by Lantmännen and Apoteket.

What do consumers find important? 

    In 2019, ** percent of Swedish online shoppers found it very important to be able to see the production’s impact on the environment. Slightly fewer respondents were interested in seeing delivery’s impact and ** percent wanted to be able to track production’s process.