Environmentally sustainable innovation: Expected attributes in the purchase of green products

Medeiros, Janine Fleith de; Ribeiro, José Luís Duarte

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.07.191

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“…The appeal of sustainable products choices among consumers is found to be linked to five main factors [28]: costs (encompassing economic, social and environmental aspects), performance, aesthetics, symbolic value and ergonomics. Recent findings from de Medeiros and Ribeiro [29] confirm several aspects of this model. Dimensions of "economy", "engine" and "new technologies" are found to significantly influence consumers' purchase decisions for environmentally friendly cars, while "design", "origin label" and "origin of the raw material" are some of the most influencing factors in the purchasing of green furniture.…”

Section: Metalevel Contributions and Challengessupporting

confidence: 53%

Introducing Sustainability in Value Models to Support Design Decision Making: A Systematic Review

Bertoni¹

2017

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Abstract:Manufacturing organizations shall recognize sustainability as a business occasion to capitalize on, rather than an undesirable pressing situation. Still, empirical evidence shows that such an opportunity is hard to capture and communicate in global strategic decisions, through planning by tactical management, to daily operational activities. This paper systematically reviews the modelling challenges at the cross-road of value and sustainability decisions making, spotlighting methods and tools proposed in literature to link sustainability to customer value creation at strategic, tactical and operational level. While statistical results show that the topic of sustainability and value modeling is trending in literature, findings from content analysis reveal that recent attempts to promote a value-based view in the sustainability discussion remains at a strategic level, with most of the proposed indicators being suited for managerial decision-making. The lack of support at operational level points to the opportunity of cross-pollinating sustainability research with value-centered methodologies originating from the aerospace sector. The Value Driven Design framework is proposed as main hub from which to derive models supporting engineers and technology developers in the identification of win-win-win situations, where sustainable improvements are aligned with business advantages.

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confidence: 53%

Introducing Sustainability in Value Models to Support Design Decision Making: A Systematic Review

Bertoni¹

2017

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“…In that sense, his definition is considered to be the first sign of life-cycle approach. Nevertheless, although it has been acknowledged since then life-cycle thinking is still not included in some of the recent terminologies (e.g., Espínola-Arredondo and Muñoz-García, 2015;Jasti et al, 2015;Moser, 2016;Saluja, 2016;de Medeiros and Ribeiro, 2017). Ottman (1998, p. 89) provides an early, relatively proper definition and is the first to acknowledge that "green is relative", implying the dynamic relationship that is seldom mentioned (see also Driessen et al, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…() argue that green and eco in terminology are used interchangeably. Present research depicts similar cases where the same erroneous method is used between green and sustainable (for instance, Osada, ; Pickett‐Baker and Ozaki, ; Jasti et al ., ; Biswas and Roy, ; de Medeiros and Ribeiro, ). The term sustainability shows a broadening in scope, taking into consideration the so‐called three pillars of sustainable development: economic vitality, environment, and social fairness (also often referred to as triple bottom line; Albino et al ., ).…”

Section: Towards a New Definition For Green Productsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In that sense, his definition is considered to be the first sign of life‐cycle approach. Nevertheless, although it has been acknowledged since then life‐cycle thinking is still not included in some of the recent terminologies (e.g., Espínola‐Arredondo and Muñoz‐García, ; Jasti et al ., ; Moser, ; Saluja, ; de Medeiros and Ribeiro, ).…”

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A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW FOR GREEN PRODUCT TERM: FROM DEFINITION TO EVALUATION

Sdrolia

Zarotiadis

2018

Journal of Economic Surveys

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Nowadays, interest in corporate environmental strategies shifts from cleaner processes to the holistic nature of green products. The relevant literature argues that firms have the opportunity to pioneer through green product innovation, allowing them to differentiate and thus gain competitive advantage. Environmental burden of products during their entire life cycle is undeniable. Due to the weakness of the existing literature that inadequately addresses a commonly accepted green product definition, as well as the thereby caused inconclusive academic empirical results on firms' competitiveness, there are many cases of businesses greenwashing behavior. The overall contribution of this exploratory paper, on determining and evaluating the degree of greenness of a product, is twofold; first, starting with a systematic literature review, authors further contribute by proposing an integrative definition that addresses the so far existing terminological gap. Next, after reviewing the existing environmental assessment tools, authors based on the developed definition and in accordance to its dynamic dimension contribute to the existing methodology, as the paper reveals issues that need to be considered in the evaluation of green products.

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“…Several previous studies have emphasized the vital role of environmental sustainability in various applications areas such as waste management [1][2][3][4], energy [5][6][7][8], sustainability performance [9][10][11], green product [12][13][14][15], low carbon and climate [16][17][18], tourism [19][20][21][22], information and communication technology [23][24][25][26], health [27,28], behavioral science [29,30], innovation [31][32][33], economic development [34][35][36][37], risk assessment [38][39][40], decision making [41][42][43][44], tourist behaviour [45][46][47][48], business practices …”

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Application of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to Solve Environmental Sustainability Problems: A Comprehensive Review and Meta-Analysis

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Most methodological areas assume common serious reflections to certify difficult study and publication practices, and, therefore, approval in their area. Interestingly, relatively little attention has been paid to reviewing the application of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) in environmental sustainability problems despite the growing number of publications in the past two decades. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to fill this gap by conducting a wide search in two main databases including Web of Science and Scopus to identify the studies which used SEM techniques in the period from 2005 to 2016. A critical analysis of these articles addresses some important key issues. On the basis of our results, we present comprehensive guidelines to help researchers avoid general pitfalls in using SEM. The results of this review are important and will help researchers to better develop research models based on SEM in the area of environmental sustainability.

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Environmentally sustainable innovation: Expected attributes in the purchase of green products

Cited by 98 publications

References 27 publications

Introducing Sustainability in Value Models to Support Design Decision Making: A Systematic Review

Introducing Sustainability in Value Models to Support Design Decision Making: A Systematic Review

A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW FOR GREEN PRODUCT TERM: FROM DEFINITION TO EVALUATION

Application of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to Solve Environmental Sustainability Problems: A Comprehensive Review and Meta-Analysis

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