How Eco-Labelling Influences Environmentally Conscious Consumption of Construction Products

Rochikashvili, Mariia; Bongaerts, Jan C.

doi:10.3390/su10020351

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“…Also, green packaging is at the core of many companies' marketing efforts, as discarded packaging accounts for a large proportion of waste in industrialized economies as well as the negative impact on the environment [23]. Some businesses are looking towards gaining an edge by repackaging their products into environmentally friendly packages, cutting down on extras and wasted materials [24], and using eco-labels, which are considered to be an effective method to market greener products [25][26][27][28][29]. Green promotion has been one of the most controversial areas, and is frequently criticized for presenting oversimplified solutions to complex environmental problems or even revealing unfounded and misleading claims [30]; however, its role in bringing into the market information about environmental sustainability must be acknowledged.…”

Section: Conceptual Evolution Of Green Marketing In Facing Sustainabimentioning

confidence: 99%

Green Marketing’s Roles in Sustainability and Ecopreneurship. Case Study: Green Packaging’s Impact on Romanian Young Consumers’ Environmental Responsibility

2019

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In contemporary society, which is preoccupied with sustainability issues, green marketing highlights a new dimension of the economic, social, and environmental responsibilities of businesses. This article aims to provide an integrative vision on green marketing roles in informing, raising awareness, educating, and changing consumer behaviour towards sustainability and ecopreneurship and to highlight the results of research regarding PlantBottle® green packaging’s impact on the environmental responsibility of young consumers. The research was conducted based on a survey, and data were processed with statistical methods. The research results validate a set of hypotheses regarding: Romanian consumers’ lack of information leading to environmental responsibility; the impact of environmental information and awareness on green responsible behaviour; and the need to intensify efforts towards environmental responsibility. By the novelty of the research, which was conducted in a country that has rather recently become preoccupied with sustainability issues, the paper fills in a gap in a relatively limited research area: countries where green culture is developing and can become a landmark with implications for managers, educators, and the scientific community.

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Section: Conceptual Evolution Of Green Marketing In Facing Sustainabimentioning

confidence: 99%

Green Marketing’s Roles in Sustainability and Ecopreneurship. Case Study: Green Packaging’s Impact on Romanian Young Consumers’ Environmental Responsibility

2019

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“…A five-point Likert scale was used to collect opinions from sustainability experts in order to identify, rank, and prioritize the barriers regarding to their level of impact from the perspective of professionals with recognized competence. This is the most requested measurement scale in PP research [7], [9], [12], [16], [21], [26], [28], [43], [56]- [58] and the higher the average value of a barrier, the greater the perception of its overcoming complexity. Simultaneously with the Delphi study, a comprehensive literature review was carried out to define the most common barriers encountered in recent published work worldwide, allowing responses to the research questions.…”

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Key factors hindering sustainable procurement in the Brazilian public sector: A Delphi study

Costa¹,

Motta²

2019

Int. J. SDP

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The modern lifestyle has resulted in a gradual dismantling of the vital services offered by nature, putting human existence at risk. In this sense, it is understood as a Public Administration responsibility the active participation in the promotion of sustainable consumption and production strategies, not only through public policies implementation, but also through its abundant purchasing power. Thus, the present investigation aims to identify and classify the main barriers that have hampered the massive application of sustainable public procurement (SPP) in Brazil. The proposed objective was achieved through a Delphi study. A panel of experts identified 32 main obstacles for SPP implementation, which were subsequently ranked according to a five-point Likert scale. The results suggest that, among all the barriers identified, 10 are the leading factors that hinder the implementation of SPPs in the Brazilian public sector. The findings of this paper, therefore, provide a valuable reference for experts and practitioners in the selection of the obstacles that must be firstly overcome to stimulate the application of SPPs.

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“…The everyday choice of products and services of millions of buyers can stimulate or draw back the sustainable development of the global economy [1][2][3][4]. In addition to assortment and price, information about the environmental properties of goods and the impact of the production of these goods on the environment is becoming an increasingly important factor of consumer choice in developed countries [5][6][7]. One of the main ways of communicating this information to the consumer is ecolabeling and eco-declarations.…”

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“…It is well-known from the literature that ecolabeling can complement more conventional policy instruments such as taxes and subsidies in stimulating more sustainable development of the economy [3,8,9]. Ecolabeling increases consumer awareness and leads to the emergence of new environmentally friendly goods, technologies and production systems [6,10,11]. It is a way for firms to appeal to the consumers' preferences for green products and an efficient instrument for the government to internalize the negative externalities through the Pigouvian tax.…”

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Ecolabeling as a Policy Instrument for More Sustainable Development: The Evidence of Supply and Demand Interactions from Russia

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Ecolabeling can complement more conventional policy instruments such as taxes and subsidies to stimulate more sustainable development of the economy. However, in practice, ecolabels may not always comply with legal requirements in terms of reliability, accuracy and clarity, and sometimes deliberately mislead the consumer. In Russia and many other developing countries, the problem of inaccurate information on the environmental properties of goods and services is still not recognized. The only regulatory document that currently defines the basic principles for developing and using environmental labels and declarations is the national versions of international standards ISO 14020/14021/14024/14025-Environmental Labels Package. This paper contributes to the literature in two main dimensions. It assesses the degree of prevalence of ecolabeling in the Russian market of everyday goods and the reliability and informational content of frequently used labels (supply-side research). Second, it estimates the consumers’ awareness and reaction to ecolabeled products (demand-side research). The most obvious finding to emerge from this study is that low consumer awareness keeps the level of greenwashing low, but at the same time does not stimulate eco-innovations. We suggest developing smartphone applications that allow buyers to check the compliance of ecolabels on a product with ISO standards directly during the shopping process. We propose to use this approach as a cost-effective and straightforward way to simultaneously raise consumer awareness of ecolabeling and reduce the likelihood of greenwashing.

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How Eco-Labelling Influences Environmentally Conscious Consumption of Construction Products

Abstract: Abstract:Interior wall paints and coatings may evaporate hazardous emissions such as volatile organic compound and formaldehyde.

Cited by 21 publications

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Green Marketing’s Roles in Sustainability and Ecopreneurship. Case Study: Green Packaging’s Impact on Romanian Young Consumers’ Environmental Responsibility

Green Marketing’s Roles in Sustainability and Ecopreneurship. Case Study: Green Packaging’s Impact on Romanian Young Consumers’ Environmental Responsibility

Key factors hindering sustainable procurement in the Brazilian public sector: A Delphi study

Ecolabeling as a Policy Instrument for More Sustainable Development: The Evidence of Supply and Demand Interactions from Russia

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