Next Conference: Track 5a
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“Half-way through Agenda 2030: Assessing the 5Ps of SDGs (people, planet, prosperity, peace and partnership)“
News
Current trends
Driven by a growing awareness of the dangers of the climate crisis and of the consequences of the increasing pollution, consumers should become one of the main forces of change in the direction of a new sustainability era.
According to the results of a 2019 survey from Accenture, more than half of consumers said they would pay more for sustainable products designed to be reused or recycled.
The survey of 6,000 consumers in 11 countries across North America, Europe and Asia found that while consumers remain primarily focused on quality and price, 83% believe it’s important or extremely important for companies to design products that are meant to be reused or recycled. Nearly three-quarters (72%) of respondents said they’re currently buying more environmentally friendly products than they were five years ago, and 81% said they expect to buy more over the next five years.
SPECIAL ISSUES
SUSTAINABILITY – MDPI – ISSN: 2071-1050
Special Issue "Sustainable Consumption and Production by Upcycling: Advances in Science and Practices"
Journal of Consumer Behaviour – John Wiley & Sons Ltd - Online ISSN: 1479-1838
Special Issue: Consumer Behaviour and Environmental Sustainability
Who are we?
Who are we?
Department of Business Studies, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy.
ResearchGate Profile
Dr. Sjors Witjes
Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud University, The Netherlands.
s.witjes@fm.ru.nl
Related SDGs
Routledge & Earthscans' Sustainability Hub
Past Conference
Messina, Italy, 2018
5a Corporate Sustainability and CSR
This Track had 29 interesting papers being presented during the last three days.
What we have observed are very interesting perspectives on Corporate Sustainability (CS) from many different cultural though international backgrounds. In our view, this enriches our understanding of different meanings of CS depending on specific contexts and provides many ideas for future research. Many research projects presented are works in progress of high quality already, so that we look forward to the upcoming conference. We hope that the next years' organizers contact us for creating this Track to which we shall provide template and guidance.
This track as a result of the special issue of "Sustainable Development," an impact journal published by John Wiley,with focus on Corporate Sustainability.
Knowledge Resources
GENERAL WEBSITES
UN - Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
UN – SDG Knowledge Platform – Goal 12
European Union Science Hub - Sustainable production and consumption
ARTICLES
Harvard Business Review, The Elusive Green Consumer, July-August 2019
Wang, P. Ghadimi, M.K. Lim, M.-L. Tseng, A literature review of sustainable consumption and production: a comparative analysis in developed and developing economies
Clean. Prod., 206 (2019), pp. 741-754, 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.09.172
V.S.C. Tunn, N.M.P. Bocken, E.A. van den Hende, J.P.L. Schoormans, Business models for sustainable consumption in the circular economy: an expert study
Clean. Prod., 212 (2019), pp. 324-333 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.11.290
N.M.P. Bocken, R. Mugge, C.A. Bom, H.J. Lemstra, Pay-per-use business models as a driver for sustainable consumption: evidence from the case of HOMIE
Clean. Prod., 198 (2018), pp. 498-510, 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.07.043
Viciunaite, F. Alfnes, Informing sustainable business models with a consumer preference perspective
Clean. Prod., 242 (2020), 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118417
O'Rourke, A. Ringer, The Impact of Sustainability Information on Consumer Decision Making
Journal of Industrial Ecology, Vol.20 Issue 4, August 2016 https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.12310
Phipps et al., Understanding the inherent complexity of sustainable consumption: A social cognitive framework
Journal of Business Research, 66 (8) (2013), pp. 1227-1234 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2012.08.016