Assessing the Impact of Pro-Environmental Factors on Sustainable Gasoline Consumption and Pollution Control by Saudi Arabian Residents

Abstract

Saudi Arabia is one of the most oil-rich countries in the world, and oil production is the country's primary source of income. The aspects of greenhouse gas emissions and the harm they cause to the environment and residents were overlooked because of the continuous emphasis on economic growth and a high reliance on oil resources. Consequently, the environmental issues have become challenging for residents and questionable for industries. Despite various environmental awareness and pollution control studies around the world, Saudi Arabia's pollution rate appears to be increasing. The study attempted to understand the impact of pro-environmental factors on pollution control and sustainable gasoline consumption in order to fill a research gap in the literature. Environmental awareness, self-efficacy and self-identity, ecological attitude, contextual factors, and social norms were considered as factors to investigate local residents’ sustainable consumption and pollution control behaviour. The primary data was collected from 216 local residents and analyzed using multiple regression. The results demonstrated the positive significant impact of pro-environmental variables on sustainable consumption and efforts to pollution control. The study further presents practical implications for the Saudi government and environmentalists.