Today the new "Values Index Update 2022/1 - Project Confidence" is published - the largest social media study on social developments. Under the title "Zeitenwenden. Changing values. Why we should be confident now" is the title of today's column by Jens Krüger on marktforschung.de - in keeping with the current values index.

Yes, sustainability is important for companies. But it is not everything. The topic even annoys many, especially young consumers. How companies "properly" become (and communicate) sustainable - that's what we'll be talking about on Thursday at the planning&analysis Insights Congress with Helge Carstens, Market Research Manager New Business at Merck KGaA.

Planning & Analysis reports on another new addition to Bonsai. Jan Borcherding joins the Strategy Team as Head of CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility). The CR expert comes from Kantar, where he advised and supported well-known clients on the topic of corporate reputation management for years.

Bonsai is a new supporting member of the VKE cosmetics association, where Jens Krüger was already active as an advisory board member. In a current expert article, the Bonsai-CEO deals with the question of how companies in the beauty segment can successfully react to megatrends such as individualisation, sustainability and ethical consumption.

In its new white paper, the Sparkassen Innovation Hub highlights eleven current trends and theses on the changing understanding of values and the resulting opportunities and challenges for savings banks and banks. It is based on the Values Index 2020 and other studies by Trendbüro, Bonsai Research, Kantar and measury.

Our values determine how we live and what we consume. Björn Welzel (Fritz Classen) and Jens Krüger (Bonsai) explain the advantages of a new, differentiated and value-based consumer segmentation for companies in an expert article in p&a.

Andrea Buzzi, CEO & Founder of The Medial Network, talks to Bonsai-CEO Jens Krüger about the importance of the value of health - on the way from self-optimisation to self-care. How are people's attitudes changing and what implications does this have for companies in the health sector?

Bonsai combines the Values Index with a value-based segmentation. What insights the linking of the largest social media analysis with a modern consumer classification offers - and what is behind the idea and the cooperation with the strategy consultancy Fritz Classen.

2020 Values Index Corona Update: The Covid 19 crisis is accelerating changes in consumer values. In the new social media study, Trendbüro, Bonsai Research and Kantar show what implications this has for companies. 5 Trends.

The Values Index 2020 is not a feel-good index. How can companies respond to the advancing individualisation and other signs of changing values?

The Values Index is a compass of our society. Here, trend researchers and insiders take a look at the highlights of the current study.

Less lifestyle, more politics - this is one of the basic findings of the largest social media study on social values. Jens Krüger, CEO of Bonsai, explains why the value of "nature" has clearly lost relevance in social media in times of Fridays-for-Future.