Green Team is an independent strategic brand communications and creative agency with offices in

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, Hobart, São Paulo and

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. Founded in 1993, it is one of the first communications agencies to focus on the areas of sustainability and social responsibility. Green Team's mission statement is "We consider the environment to include every social, natural and cultural surrounding that impacts the health of our minds, bodies and spirits. So defined, museums and marshlands are equally critical habitats; workplace diversity and World Heritage sites are both in need of preservation; and racial discrimination is just as toxic as diesel fumes." Green Team president Hugh Hough was chosen as one of

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's ambassadors for the Inconvenient Truth film in 2007.

Awakening Consumer

Green Team coined the term 'Awakening Consumer', relating to consumers that consider a company's or brand's

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in addition to the price/performance ratio, when making a purchase. The Awakening Consumer demographic is similar, though more expansive, to the market segment designated

LOHAS Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) is a demographic defining a particular market segment related to sustainable living, "green" ecological initiatives, and generally composed of a relatively upscale and well-educated population segme ...

Green Team Australia

''Green Team Australia'' was established in 2007. Independently owned and operated, it has offices located in

and

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Heather Rose Heather Rose (born 1964) is an Australian author born in Hobart, Tasmania. She is the author of the acclaimed memoir Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here. She is best known for her novels ''The Museum of Modern Love'', which won the 2017 Stella Prize, ...

, a director of Green Team Australia, is a businesswoman and author in Australia.

External links

"The Sky May Not Be Falling, But The Ground Is Definitely Shifting ", ''MediaPost'', May 13, 2009"Finding Success in a Green World", ''AirTran Magazine'', February 2009
* ttp://www.thecro.com/node/583 "Fine-Tuning the Green Rush" ''Corporate Responsibility Officer'', December 2007br>"Art & Commerce: Awake and Aware" ''Adweek'', October 22, 2007
* ttps://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B06EED9153EF934A25756C0A9609C8B63 "The New Black; Companies and Critics Try Collaboration" ''New York Times'', May 17, 2006br>"Green Team Rolls Out Monaco's Red Carpet" ''Adweek'', February 25, 2005"Green Team Debuts Resort for 'Fortunate Few'" ''Adweek'', October 5, 2004"Environmental Defense Goes on Offense " ''Adweek'', July 30, 2004"Green Team Creates 'Cut the Emissions' Ads" ''Adweek'', June 4, 2004"Green Team Takes Over VisitBritain" ''Adweek'', May 10, 2004
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