Can collaboration between firms and stakeholders stimulate sustainable consumption? Discussing roles in the Brazilian electricity sector

The Influence of Collaboration Initiatives on the Sustainability of the Cashew Supply Chain

“…Recent studies have demonstrated several interactions between collaboration and sustainability, such as cleaner production [1], sustainable consumption [2], the adoption of environmental technology [3], and sustainability governance [4]. Despite this broad area of focus, there has been an emergence of studies pertaining to the food supply chain perspective that analyze this relationship [5][6][7].…”

The Business contribution for sustainable consumption: A proposal of theoretical categories and analytical parameters

“…Considering the necessity of the institutionalization of practices, new studies need to analyze how this and others Organizational Theories can contribute with the business activities using the sustainable development background. Silva, Oliveira and Gómez (2013) researched the electricity sector, thus we indicate that new studies can investigate some different sector, since this model proposed can be adapted to another contexts.…”

“…Michaelis (2003) The relationships shown in the illustration bring a new stakeholder for the network, which is additional to those that were in Michaelis (2003). Considering the idea of interaction and complementarity among the stakeholders, it becomes clear that each actor has a specific contribution to the practice amid the collective perspective that has been discussed (Silva, Oliveira, & Gómez, 2013). In this context, following the Michaelis' (2003) view, we could argue that the prominent role of relationships of the companies in the middle of a set of interactions is to create and visualize their model mapping influences presented earlier in this paper.…”

“…From an evolutionary perspective, the understanding and practice of consumption goes through distinct complementary phases, starting with the green consumption, rising to the conscious consumption and reaching a sustainable consumption. However, these terminologies are still confusing, we begin to realize that there is a need for hierarchy, such that there is a match between them, but still have a complementary concept (Silva, 2011;Oliveira;Gómez, 2013). With these considerations, we can indicate that sustainable consumption is a more complex concept that encompasses the others and can cover a larger amount of interactions, which permeate a more political perspective in the practice of their actions.…”

“…Therefore, we consider that to have the introduction of sustainable consumption, a set of social interactions is necessary to incorporate new roles and responsibilities (Caeiro;Ramos;Huisingh, 2012;Jackson;Michaelis, 2003;Fuchs, 2013;Michaelis, 2000a;Mont, 2004;Mont;Plepys, 2007;Silva, 2011;Oliveira;Gómez, 2013). In this field of argument, in order to understand that businesses can contribute to the realization of SC from responsible practices among a set of interactions that must necessarily be created, it is essential to identify the roles that must be developed, especially for companies.…”