Sustainable Consumption Behaviour in Colombia: An Exploratory Analysis

Abstract

Sustainable consumption has positioned itself as an alternative for economic growth and social development because of its ability to deal with the future scarcity of natural resources and the prevention and mitigation of climate change, among other things. In this sense, the role of the consumer is preponderant, due to the fact their consumption behaviour has a direct effect on the environment; hence the importance of analysing their habits from different perspectives and social realities. Accordingly, the aim of this work is to explore the low-impact sustainable consumption behaviour in Colombia and the convergence and divergence of this type of consumer behaviour in the country. To achieve this, an exploratory, quantitative, and transversal methodology was used. The latter was based on a sample of 393 consumers to whom a self-report scale was applied in order to evaluate behaviours linked to quality of life, care for the environment, and resources for future generations. With the data collected, the following step to follow was to identify how consumers are grouped (hierarchical cluster analysis), what the differences are (single-factor ANOVA), the behaviours (descriptive statistics), as well as the relationship among them (Pearson correlation statistics). Results show that there are two consumer profiles with different levels of awareness of sustainable consumption behaviour. The principal outcome of the study was that Colombian consumers have embraced the behaviour of quality of life and resources for future generations; however, those consumers related to environmental care have been less involved, especially due to the influence of economic variables as such the cost of products and speculation in the prices of environmentally friendly products.

An investigation of sustainable consumption behavior: the influence of environmental concern and trust in sustainable producers on consumer xenocentrism

“…Thus, this research examines the antecedents and outcomes consequences of xenocentrism. Based on a literature review, we identified that various factors are responsible for sustainable behavior (Guzmán Rincón et al. , 2021; Chéron et al.…”

“…Thus, this research examines the antecedents and outcomes consequences of xenocentrism. Based on a literature review, we identified that various factors are responsible for sustainable behavior (Guzm an Rinc on et al, 2021;Ch eron et al, 2021;Saeed and Shafique, 2021;Saari et al, 2021;Dong et al, 2018Dong et al, , 2020Hamza et al, 2018) no single research has been done on the relationship of consumer xenocentrism with sustainable consumption behavior in the developing countries. We selected Pakistan to examine the proposed hypotheses.…”

I Consume, Therefore I Am? Hyperconsumption Behavior: Scale Development and Validation

“…In this way, a better understanding can be achieved on the effect of the absence compared to the duration of exposition to communism (low or high level of communist footprint) on HB. Another research direction that could be of interest to future researchers in the field is the HB effect on sustainable consumption behavior as habits in all behavior categories: quality of life; caring for the environment and resources for future generations (Guzmán Rincón et al 2021). Another possibility for future research is to test the links between one construct and other constructs, such as brand addiction (Le 2020), propensity to buy on credit (Mette et al 2019), willingness to participate (Davidson et al 2018), etc.…”

A Decade of Transitioning Malaysia toward a High-Solar PV Energy Penetration Nation

“…This is true for consumers who install PV systems and use the generated electricity for their own consumption [69][70][71], where any excess is not allowed to be exported to the utility grid [72]. There is no capacity limit for SELCO, which gives customers the freedom to install as much as they need for their PV system [73][74][75][76]. However, any system that exceeds a 72 kW size must obtain a private generating license as mandated by the Energy Supply Act [76].…”