Analysis of Socially Responsible Consumption: A Segmentation of Spanish Consumers

Palacios-González, M. Manuela; Mera, Antonio Chamorro

doi:10.3390/su12208418

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“…Some works also showed that it is difficult to identify a specific sociodemographic profile for the socially responsible consumer. The results are usually very diverse and contradictory, and sometimes no influence or link is observed with different behaviours [63,64]. For example, regarding gender, some studies showed that women may present a more pronounced behaviour of social responsibility, with strong environmental awareness and a more sustainable lifestyle [35,[65][66][67][68][69][70].…”

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Consumer Perception of the Circular Economy Concept Applied to the Food Domain: An Exploratory Approach

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Every year, agri-food industries in industrialised countries produce approximately 1.3 billion tonnes of food loss and waste. The adoption of a circular economy policy has received special attention by the agri-food industries, allowing for the creation and development of new food products made of by-products that would otherwise be wasted or used for secondary applications. The present work, of an exploratory nature, aims to assess how consumers conceptualise the circular economy in order to identify consumer recognition of the use of by-products from the food industry to upcycle food products and to evaluate attitudes towards the circular economy. To this end, a mixed-methodology was applied to 340 participants. The first part was qualitative and used free word association to evaluate consumers’ conceptualisation of the circular economy and use of by-products as foods. Data were analysed by grouping the responses into exclusive and exhaustive categories and a correspondence analysis was also performed to originate perceptual maps. Additionally, a questionnaire was designed to evaluate major concepts and attitudes correlated with the circular economy. Data were reduced by principal component analysis (PCA) and participants grouped through clustering. Results showed that consumers understand circular economy as related mainly into Sustainability, Economy, and Circularity dimensions. Participants had great difficulty identifying the by-products used as foods or as food ingredients. From the quantitative data, four groups were identified based on the associations to the six principal components originated by the PCA. However, the results highlighted a very low association with all clusters of the Food Valorisation dimension within the concept of the circular economy, and also a lack of a clear understanding of consumers’ attitudes towards food products from the circular economy. Greater promotion and dissemination by the competent entities aimed at the general public may contribute towards greater integration, participation and acceptance of the circular economy concept for the upscaling of food by-products.

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Consumer Perception of the Circular Economy Concept Applied to the Food Domain: An Exploratory Approach

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“…Source: composed by Durif et al (2011), Fontelle (2010, Freestone andMcGoldrick (2007), Honkanen et al (2006) cited in Karlaite and Tamosiunaite (2013, p.259) With awareness of the diversity of these sophisticated forms of consumption, which are evolving toward pro-environmental, pro-health, and ethically committed solutions (cf. Palacios-Gonzalez & Chamorro-Mera, 2020), let us turn to a necessarily brief characterization of a radical proposal for social change.…”

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Socially responsible consumption: Between social welfare and degrowth

Baranowski¹,

Kopnina²

2022

Economics &Amp; Sociology

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The main objective of this study is to characterize socially responsible consumption (SRC) through the lens of social welfare and degrowth proposals. The central research questions are (i) whether SRC can contribute to the realization of the foundations of a degrowth society and (ii) whether SRC fits into the critique of the economic growth paradigm. These are essential questions because SRC is often treated as an “invention” of affluent societies that seek more sophisticated methods of consumption (such as conspicuous, green, and ethical consumption) due to the prevailing cultural system. We challenge this viewpoint by drawing on studies from the intersection of social and environmental sciences. For this purpose, Talcott Parsons’ extended AGIL paradigm is introduced, referred to as AGIL+DE, as is our proposal of nature-based social welfare. Although this study is preliminary, its task is to develop new interpretative possibilities for the sociology of degrowth and innovative approaches to consumption in particular. The results suggest a change of approach in the study of the consumption phenomenon from the side of redefined social welfare, with a focus on moderate (SRC) and more radical (degrowth) solutions respecting the environmental impact. This change of approach to consumption requires rethinking and incorporating new empirical indicators.

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“…Household dynamics are crucial to study consumption behavior of different households. The explanatory variables for this study were considered by taking into account the previous studies [29][30][31][32][33] in the field as well as keeping in view the ground realities of the study area. These variables included age, education, gender, family size, monthly family income, main occupation, residential area, society membership, and internet access.…”

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Food, Energy, and Water Nexus at Household Level: Do Sustainable Household Consumption Practices Promote Cleaner Environment?

Shahbaz

Haq

Abbas

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Governments around the globe are trying to find sustainable solutions for lessening pressure on natural resources and reducing carbon emissions. Daily household consumption of food, energy, and water has an impact on stocks of natural resources, environmental quality, and climate change. Households have significant potential for increasing conservation actions for efficient use of natural resources and greenhouse gas emissions. Households could contribute to a clean and healthy environment by adopting sustainable household practices through lower per capita consumption and carbon emissions. This study explored the role of different sustainable household consumption practices in promoting a clean environment as well as the factors affecting the adoption of these practices in Pakistan. Factor analysis and an ordered probit model were used to analyze the data from 1424 participants chosen through a multistage random sampling technique. The factor analysis identified 35 sustainable household practices for sustainable consumption. These 35 practices were grouped into the underlying factors of “Food” (14 items), “Energy” (12 items), and “Water” (9 items). The results from the econometric model showed a significant relationship between gender, education, residential area, family size, and income and the adoption of sustainable household consumption practices. Statistically, higher levels of reported sustainable consumption practices were apparent among females, households living in urban areas, more educated people, individuals of large family sizes, and more affluent households. Therefore, public policies for taking care of the environment need to put households at the center while at the same time promoting mass uptake of sustainable consumption practices related to food, energy, and water. In addition, the sector-specific policies also need to be augmented through focus on household-level consumption and production dynamics for achieving the UN’s SDGs.

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Analysis of Socially Responsible Consumption: A Segmentation of Spanish Consumers

Cited by 17 publications

References 62 publications

Consumer Perception of the Circular Economy Concept Applied to the Food Domain: An Exploratory Approach

Consumer Perception of the Circular Economy Concept Applied to the Food Domain: An Exploratory Approach

Socially responsible consumption: Between social welfare and degrowth

Food, Energy, and Water Nexus at Household Level: Do Sustainable Household Consumption Practices Promote Cleaner Environment?

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