Perspectives on Finland’s sustainable consumption and production policy

Honkasalo, Antero

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.12.017

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“…Three members of the project steering group participated also the working group that prepared the Finnish SCP-program. In Finland the SCP-program has a history that starts from the first broad program in year 2005 (ME and MIT, 2005;Honkasalo, 2011;Berg, 2011), and in 2012 an updated program focusing on consumption was published (Nikula, 2012), which draws on the work reported in the present study.…”

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Combinations of policy instruments to decrease the climate impacts of housing, passenger transport and food in Finland

Nissinen

Heiskanen

Perrels

et al. 2015

Journal of Cleaner Production

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confidence: 88%

Combinations of policy instruments to decrease the climate impacts of housing, passenger transport and food in Finland

Nissinen

Heiskanen

Perrels

et al. 2015

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…In the Finnish context, Honkasalo (2011) has studied how the policy making targeting sustainable consumption and production has been initiated, and its impact on lifestyles, and highlight the crucial role of the spatial structure of communities in the context of sustainable consumption. Wolff et al (2017) have investigated sustainable food consumption from the perspective of public policy.…”

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Citizens Views on Policy Instruments for Sustainable Food Consumption From Spatial Perspective

Matschoss

2022

Front. Sustain.

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To mitigate climate change, large GHG emission reductions need to be made in several sectors of the consumer society. This calls for policy instruments that guide citizens in adapting their behavior. In Finland, a mid-range climate strategy is set for each governmental period to reach GHG emission reductions. For the renewal of the strategy, the Ministry of the Environment organized a citizen survey in 2021 to gain better understanding on how citizens perceive the impact of selected policy instruments and what kinds of actions citizens imagine taking to reduce their consumption. More than 18.000 citizens replied to the survey. This research analyses the perceptions of citizens in how different policy instruments related to food target respondents in different residential areas. The responses are examined for urban, peri-urban and rural areas to find out whether there are differences in how respondents in different spatial context perceive the impact of the policy instruments. The analysis reveals that there are small but statistically significant differences in results depending on the area of residence. People living in rural areas consider themselves to be more impacted by most policies than the urban residents. Responses to open-ended questions are analyzed to find out how people imagine how they could increase the share of plant-based food in their diets and reduce food loss and whether there is a difference in responses between urban and rural responses. Suggestions for future policy design for food consumption are made based on the findings.

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“…The frequently lauded Sustainable Development Goals devote consideration to sustainable consumption (Goal 12 focuses on "Responsible Consumption and Production") but its underlying detail lacks ambition and is overwhelmingly devoted once again to efficiency improvements (Bengtsson et al 2018). In general, actual achievements implementing successful sustainable consumption policies have not matched the ambitious commitments heralded by policy plans and international accords (Honkasalo 2011;Koide and Akenji 2017). Research regarding this lapse suggests that a critical weakness has been the hesitancy of parliamentarians, government officials, and business leaders to support in public the same convictions that they voice in private (Berg and Hukkinen 2011; Ahvenharju 2019).…”

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Introduction to the special section: innovative perspectives on systems of sustainable consumption and production

Cohen

2019

Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy

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This introductory article to the special section first provides a cursory overview of the history of sustainable consumption and production as a policy issue dating back to the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. While sustainable production has been absorbed over the past three decades into prevailing societal commitments, governance structures, and business models, the companion notion of sustainable consumption has struggled to garner equal attention. The article then reviews the delimited framing that has been adopted to ameliorate the social and environmental effects of contemporary systems of provision. This conception has involved emphasis on consumer education, information dissemination, and behavioral nudging. These "weak" modes are deemed inadequate and need to be supplanted by initiatives that catalyze processes of system innovation as part of efforts to facilitate sustainability transitions of underlying socio-technical systems of consumption and production. This article also provides brief overviews of the four contributions that comprise this special section.

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Perspectives on Finland’s sustainable consumption and production policy

Cited by 16 publications

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Combinations of policy instruments to decrease the climate impacts of housing, passenger transport and food in Finland

Combinations of policy instruments to decrease the climate impacts of housing, passenger transport and food in Finland

Citizens Views on Policy Instruments for Sustainable Food Consumption From Spatial Perspective

Introduction to the special section: innovative perspectives on systems of sustainable consumption and production

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