FURTHER WITH FORD 2021

Sustaining Sustainability

As the world continues to struggle with a global health crisis, many have lost sight of the looming health crisis for our planet. In the early days of the pandemic, air quality emerged as a possible silver lining to the worldwide lockdown – but that optimism quickly diminished as the world retreated to plastics and other disposables. For all the talk of commitment to sustainability in recent years, society’s current vulnerabilities have made it clear that being sustainable and staying sustainable are not always in lockstep.

In 2019

78%

OF ADULTS GLOBALLY AGREED

View the past trend:

The Green Paradox

“I am actively changing my behavior to help in the fight against climate change.”

In 2020

71%

OF ADULTS GLOBALLY AGREED

“I have actively changed my purchasing behaviors to support brands that protect the environment.”

percent who agree

Long term, the impact of the pandemic on the environment will be:

percent who agree
Positive Positive Sign

Negative Negative Sign

“The pandemic is making us more wasteful.”

PERCENT OF ADULTS WHO AGREE

The results for Ford Trends 2021 are based on 13,005 online interviews across 14 countries, conducted under the direction of The Harris Poll. The survey was conducted among the general population, ages 18 years and older in the following countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Spain, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States. Respondents from Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates were required to be nationals of their respective countries; data from these two countries were combined and analyzed in aggregate. All fieldwork took place between October 27 and November 12, 2020. While the data within countries were weighted to be representative, the overall sample of 13,005 was not weighted across countries. That is, we do not claim that aggregated data is representative based on country population sizes across the participating countries.

Region Country Sample Size
Australia 1,001
Brazil 1,000
Canada 1,000
China 1,000
France 1,000
Germany 1,001
India 1,000
Italy 1,000
Mexico 1,000
Spain 1,000
Middle East Saudi Arabia 501
Middle East UAE 502
UK 1,000
USA 1,000
Total 13,005

We have defined generational cohorts as follows: Gen Z (18-23), Millennials (24-39), Gen X (40-55), Boomers (56-74).