Mapping the business focus in sustainable production and consumption literature: Review and research framework

Roy, Vivek; Singh, Shubham

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.03.040

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“…In addition, we introduce a systemic approach for tracking the implementation of sustainable development on the microfoundations level, as the role of consumers in the implementation of SCP has been highlighted [10]. In this exploratory research, we focus on testing cross-nationally the eco-friendliness of consumers' brand experiences with a brand experience scale [18] that has been extended with a dimension for eco-friendliness [19].…”

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confidence: 99%

Eco-Friendly Brands to Drive Sustainable Development: Replication and Extension of the Brand Experience Scale in a Cross-National Context

2017

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Abstract:The purpose of this study is to explore how consumers perceive eco-friendliness in their brand experiences and how this can be measured cross-nationally. This is a replication-extension study based on an existing brand experience scale. Data were collected in India and Finland from smartphone users (N = 1008). The fitness of the brand experience model is validated cross-nationally with structural equation modeling. The empirical data consisting of consumers' responses on the Apple, Samsung, and Nokia brands confirm that there is a unique dimension of eco-friendliness in the general brand experiences of consumers, and it is generalizable cross-nationally in India and Finland. The study presents a consumer-focused measure of sustainable development that could be used to track how consumers perceive the eco-friendliness of brands. The paper links consumer experiences that guide sustainable consumption behavior to the macro-level management of sustainable development. This paper extends previous research on brand experience measurement by testing cross-nationally a scale including a dimension for measuring eco-friendliness. The brand experience measurement scale could aid companies in tracking the success of their sustainable development initiatives on the brand level.

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Eco-Friendly Brands to Drive Sustainable Development: Replication and Extension of the Brand Experience Scale in a Cross-National Context

2017

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“…1 This section shows how the SCP research field has evolved, focusing on dominant vantage points at a meta-disciplinary level, and synthesises recent advances. The focus here is biased in favor of the consumption side, because ample attention has been devoted in recent years to distilling current understanding of production-oriented improvements (Pallaro and Subramanian 2015 ; Walls and Paquin 2015 ; Zamen 2015 ; Rajeev et al 2017 ; Roy and Singh 2017 ; Merli et al 2018 ; Govindan and Hasanagic 2018 ).…”

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Transforming systems of consumption and production for achieving the sustainable development goals: moving beyond efficiency

Bengtsson¹,

et al. 2018

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The United Nations formulated the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in 2015 as a comprehensive global policy framework for addressing the most pressing social and environmental challenges currently facing humanity. In this paper, we analyse SDG 12, which aims to “ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.” Despite long-standing political recognition of this objective, and ample scientific evidence both on its importance and on the efficacy of various ways of promoting it, the SDGs do not provide clear goals or effective guidance on how to accomplish this urgently needed transformation. Drawing from the growing body of research on sustainable consumption and production (SCP), the paper identifies two dominant vantage points—one focused on promoting more efficient production methods and products (mainly through technological improvement and informed consumer choice) and the other stressing the need to consider also overall volumes of consumption, distributional issues, and related social and institutional changes. We label these two approaches efficiency and systemic. Research shows that while the efficiency approach contains essential elements of a transition to sustainability, it is by itself highly unlikely to bring about sustainable outcomes. Concomitantly, research also finds that volumes of consumption and production are closely associated with environmental impacts, indicating a need to curtail these volumes in ways that safeguard social sustainability, which is unlikely to be possible without a restructuring of existing socioeconomic arrangements. Analysing how these two perspectives are reflected in the SDGs framework, we find that in its current conception, it mainly relies on the efficiency approach. On the basis of this assessment, we conclude that the SDGs represent a partial and inadequate conceptualisation of SCP which will hamper implementation. Based on this determination, this paper provides some suggestions on how governments and other actors involved in SDGs operationalisation could more effectively pursue SCP from a systemic standpoint and use the transformation of systems of consumption and production as a lever for achieving multiple sustainability objectives.

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“…climate action (UNDP, 2017). In presence of the market-driven energy demand, removal of harmful subsidies, and ease of licensing process, the renewable energy will be affordable to the people (Roy and Singh, 2017). Once the renewable energy implementation gains pace, fossil fuel consumption will be gradually reduced, and it will consequently reduce the level of ambient air pollution.…”

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Impact of corruption in public sector on environmental quality: Implications for sustainability in BRICS and next 11 countries

Sinha¹,

Gupta

Shahbaz

et al. 2019

Journal of Cleaner Production

173

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This study investigates the impact of corruption in public sector on carbon emissions in presence of energy use segregation, following the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) framework. The study has been carried out for Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) and Next 11 countries over the period of 1990-2017. Along with the finding of inverted N-shaped EKC for both the cases, we find that incidents of corruption enhance environmental degradation by reducing the positive impact of renewable energy consumption on environmental quality, and increasing the negative impact of fossil fuel consumption. This study has also divulged that the corruptive practices are more prone in case of the countries, where the development is mature and institutionalization is more stringent. Based on these findings, we suggest that environmental policies should take account of the corruption, and thereby, making the policies more robust and effective.

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Mapping the business focus in sustainable production and consumption literature: Review and research framework

Cited by 78 publications

References 85 publications

Eco-Friendly Brands to Drive Sustainable Development: Replication and Extension of the Brand Experience Scale in a Cross-National Context

Eco-Friendly Brands to Drive Sustainable Development: Replication and Extension of the Brand Experience Scale in a Cross-National Context

Transforming systems of consumption and production for achieving the sustainable development goals: moving beyond efficiency

Impact of corruption in public sector on environmental quality: Implications for sustainability in BRICS and next 11 countries

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