Finish encourages Aussies to make handwashing dishes history in new campaign via Host/Havas
Finish has unveiled its new national campaign via Host/Havas, a continuation of #FinishWaterWaste, encouraging Aussies to be more water wise by promising to make handwashing dishes history.
The new campaign, which premiered nationally across TV and OLV this week, aims to drive awareness of the level of water waste in the average Australian home via unnecessarily handwashing dishes. Up to a staggering 200 litres per week may be wasted through handwashing dishes instead of using a dishwasher1.
Says Saurabh Jain, marketing director at Reckitt Hygiene ANZ: “Around Australia we are bearing witness to volatile, unpredictable weather events more often, but we need to think of the long-term. It’s important that all of us do what we can now to make positive water-saving habits a part of our daily routine, not just during periods of peak drought. We all need to play our part and help rural Australians that still have limited access to water and are suffering from the long-term impacts of drought.
“Our responsibility is to help #FinishWaterWaste and shape more sustainable consumer behaviour, which is why we’ve launched a new creative that encourages Australians to think twice before they use the kitchen sink. #FinishWaterWaste is a simple, yet powerful initiative that all members of the family can get involved in – by all making a small change, we can make a big and lasting difference.”
The spots also celebrate the continued partnership between Australia’s leading rural charity, Rural Aid and Finish to help support farmers and wider rural communities through water reprieve and security.
The #FinishWaterWaste initiative was born from the insight that by simply stopping the habit of pre-rinsing dishes before stacking them in the dishwasher, Australians could save up to 40 litres of water per load and collectively save up to 20 billion litres of water in just one year.
Since launching the purpose-led initiative in September 2019, Finish has helped Rural Aid deliver more than 14 million litres of water to rural Australians living in drought-stricken areas.
#FinishWaterWaste is part of a global commitment from Finish to bring worldwide attention to the issue of water scarcity and inspire smarter water use.
For more information on the initiative, tips on how to reduce your water usage and to see the T&Cs, visit: www.finishwaterwaste.com.au
Brand: Finish, Reckitt Hygiene
Water Delivery Partner: Rural Aid
Creative Agency: Host/Havas
Production Company: Finch
Director: Kyra Bartley
Music & Audio: Song Zu
Post Production: White Chocolate
PR Agency: DEC PR
Media Agency: Zenith
12 Comments
What will the ask Aussies to do next!
With the average dishwasher costing $600-$1000 plus install, how about Finish offers to provide the dishwasher for households without one? Ha. This is a middle-class ruse. No middle-class home has a dishwasher and hand washes their dishes? So what’s the point here? This is such a strange strategy and weird documentary execution for that strange strategy.
Agreed.
It’s so brilliant that you can speak on behalf of the entire middle class of Australia and say not a single middle class home owns a dishwasher and a dish rack. Don’t be so daffed!
It isn’t daft I don’t own a dishwasher and are yet to be convinced that as a single person it would be worth getting a dishwasher and also I rent where I am living
Why would you post this?
RB, this is not purpose-driven, it’s rubbish. It makes you look terrible asking for people to post with a hashtag for you to do anything, just give farmers water. You are a dishwasher tablet brand, no one cares about your brand, no one wants to post about their dishwasher tablet. NRMA invisible fires, that’s how you do it. The film is visually nice though, well done H/H and Finch.
A big company is trying (at least pretending) to do some good.
At the end of the day its a big company pushing to make change. Yes they shamelessly push product, yes the hashtag is weird and unnessessary, but there is good in there and we should absolutely commend RB and Host/Havas for making it happen. Credit where credit’s due.
Awesome way of shaming people who can’t afford or are unable to install a dishwasher (renters for example) while increasing your market in not so subtle terms. Thanks Finish. Heroes to the nation indeed.
everybody has already said what I thought Which was that if Finish want me to stop washing dishes then they can buy me a dishwasher. what an unintelligent, out of touch advertisement. Drives me nuts every time I see it – so I switch over
Do people really leave the water running when hand washing the dishes as shown on these ads? I thought that’s why sinks have plugs? You know, to stop water from going down the drain and being wasted? If so, I can see why you’d say using a dishwasher uses less water! But for those who actually use the sink plug, I doubt it’d be less water.
How about we don’t sell our water rights to Chinese investors