Consumer Perspectives on Longevity and Reliability: A National Study of Purchasing Factors Across Eighteen Product Categories

Gnanapragasam, Alex; Cole, Christine; Singh, Jagdeep; Cooper, Tim

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2017.11.151

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“…The low cost of products is currently a major barrier to designing and using products for longer (Cox, Griffith, Giorgi, & King, ). While evidence suggests that consumers exhibit preferences towards durable goods (Gnanapragasam, Cole, Singh, & Cooper, ), systems of production with planned (Satyro, Sacomano, Contador, & Telles, ) and perceived (Wieser and Tröger, ) obsolescence needs to be overcome . On the one hand designers can lack the expertise to create lighter or longer‐lasting products (Bakker, Wang, Huisman, & Den Hollander, ) whereas on the publics side shifts away from ownership of products to sharing schemes requires public acceptance of access‐based costs, yet consumers share concerns about risks and responsibilities of entering contract‐based agreements (Cherry & Pidgeon, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

Bridging the climate mitigation gap with economy‐wide material productivity

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Giesekam

Barrett

et al. 2018

J of Industrial Ecology

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Projections of UK greenhouse gas emissions estimate a shortfall in existing and planned climate policies meeting UK climate targets: the UK's mitigation gap. Material and product demand is driving industrial greenhouse gas emissions at a rate greater than carbon intensity improvements in the economy. Evidence shows that products can be produced with fewer carbon intensive inputs and demand for new products can be reduced. The economy-wide contribution of material productivity and lifestyle changes to bridging the UK's mitigation gap is understudied. We integrate an input-output framework with econometric analysis and case study evidence to analyse the potential of material productivity to help the UK bridge its anticipated emissions deficits, and the additional effort required to achieve transformative change aligned with 2 and 1.5 • C temperature targets. We estimate that the emissions savings from material productivity measures are comparable to those from the Government's planned climate policy package. These additional measures could reduce the UK's anticipated emissions deficit up to 73%. The results demonstrate that material productivity deserves greater consideration in climate policy.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Bridging the climate mitigation gap with economy‐wide material productivity

Scott

Giesekam

Barrett

et al. 2018

J of Industrial Ecology

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“…'Climate Action' is a first point agenda of world nations; several international organizations, including the United Nations, have identified climate as an agent of sustainable development and have included it in their goals [25]. It is of high importance because of its direct connection with many aspects of human life [26].…”

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The Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals in “BRICS” Countries

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This study investigates the adoption and implementation of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). The researchers selected 25 top multinational companies and studied the adoption of UN SDGs through its vision and mission statements. Using the content analysis method, this study reveals that although companies in BRICS countries have been trying to adopt defined UN SDGs, important goals are missing. Chinese companies stand first while focusing on sustainable industry innovation and infrastructure, and South African companies' interest in adopting UN SDGs appears to be very low. Overall, the results depict that important UN SDGs-'Quality Education', 'Climate Action', and 'Life Below Water'-are missing from the vision and mission statements of companies in BRICS countries. It is recommended that BRICS countries pay more attention to the UN-defined sustainable development goals. This study is unique in that it provides an analytical method to evaluate the implementation of the sustainable development goals in BRICS countries. Future studies should include more countries, in order to study a broader implementation of the goals.

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“…Recent research on the field of consumers' priorities when purchasing different types of goods found that longevity and reliability are features that were evaluated as highly important and more than 85% of participants declared that these aspects were "unique purchasing aspects that factored into consumers' decisions" (Gnanapragasam, Cole, Singh, & Cooper, 2018, p. 913). From these findings (Gnanapragasam et al, 2018), it could be concluded that, goods need to be designed and produced to last longer. However, findings of the current study can complement the previous research conclusions to draw a broader picture of the problem.…”

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To keep, or not to keep? That is the question. Studying divestment from a cross-cultural approach

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The aim of this paper is to present preliminary findings of a study that is focused on divestment, its elements and the relationship with sociocultural context. Divestment is a concept that comprises those activities that include emotional and physical disposal of material possessions. This paper explores divestment within the context of sustainable consumption, as well as the potential for design disciplines to contribute to the creation of new solutions for the development of sustainable communities. The research was carried out within a cross-cultural framework acknowledging the relevance of contextual and cultural factors involved in the divestment processes: this was accomplished by comparing two countries; Mexico and United Kingdom. This work can contribute to design interventions to affect divestment decision-making process by identifying culturally dependent and independent elements that can impact the pre and post-consumption stages. The outcomes also enable ways of creating and promoting new commercialisation channels.

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Consumer Perspectives on Longevity and Reliability: A National Study of Purchasing Factors Across Eighteen Product Categories

Cited by 25 publications

References 25 publications

Bridging the climate mitigation gap with economy‐wide material productivity

Bridging the climate mitigation gap with economy‐wide material productivity

The Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals in “BRICS” Countries

To keep, or not to keep? That is the question. Studying divestment from a cross-cultural approach

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