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Keywords : Sustainable consumption, green products,
Sustainable development has become a top priority for all, be it the developed or developing worlds. It has in fact become the dominant perspective of development. Sustainable development focuses on the triple bottom line i.e. economic growth, environmental sustainability and social development.
The mainstream approach towards sustainability is focused on eco-friendly products and service. The current belief about Eco-friendly (green) products is that they reduce the impact on the environment at different stages of their life cycle. For example, plastic disposables such as cups, plates and carry bags are replaced with recyclable paper
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Organizations need to communicate this information to their current and potential customers, which can be accomplished through another environmental management tool known as environmental labelling. These include statements about the environmental attributes of a product that may be made explicit on labels, brochures, or advertisements. This is where environmental labelling and methods like life cycle analysis (LCA), and embodied energy come into the picture. These methods help one determine whether a product is green by comparing results with a designated benchmark …show more content…
In urban settings, where consumers get to choose between a more or less fuel efficient car, but where there is almost no option for public transport since it is not as satisfactory as private transport. Car ownership is nowadays a necessity for most households because it is essential for work. Today growth in households mostly derives from buying a second car. Those who cannot afford cars, have to use public transport to work as they do not have the choice to live close enough to work or shops to be able to walk or cycle. While consumers may be not be keen or willing but are rather locked-in by such circumstances of overarching social structures of market, business, working patterns, urban planning and development. These circumstances are often deliberately created by producer and business
Many of these problems occur because of the United States’ dependency on the automobile. Statistics show that when given the choice, individuals prefer using an automobile due to its convenience, comfort, and speed. Also, it is shown that many households have more than one automobile (U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey). Automobile dependency is caused by underpricing and planning and investment practices by cities (Rodrique). Because the automobile is the most commonly used method of transportation, cities tend to allocate all the money for transportation to improve roads and parking areas for automobiles (Radziner). This causes funding for other transportation methods to be pushed to the side. Also, consumers do not bear the full price of driving automobiles because most road infrastructures are subsidized. This causes overuse and congestion. Congestion occurs when the demand for transportation surpasses the supply. Not only does excessive use of the automobile affect congestion and traffic circulation, but it also leads to a decrease...
Environmentally preferable products (EPP) and their services offer society much more benefit to our safety and health than their competition. These products allow us to build environmentally friendly architecture while still offering safe stability in its construction. EPP offers reduced effects on human health by looking for cleaner alternative methods as their more harmful counterparts. These products have a wide scope of use including products from manufacturing and distribution, to maintenance and disposal.
Sustainability requires the interplay of other disciplines from the fields of science, economy, and social studies. The disciplines must function all together at a go, not in isolation. Once that is archived, sustainable development is also due to be archived. Philosophy is needed to be in practice in order to have an efficient way to approach sustainability. Mostly environmental sustainability is the one that is seen to be important, which includes the following aspects; water, energy, oil and other resources which are finite. The balance between the social, economic and environmental sectors yields sustainable development (Giddings et al., 2002). Sustainable development is classically defined as meeting the needs of the present generation without, in any way compromising the needs of future generations (IISD., 2003). Pragmatism requires us to predict, take actions and to be innovative in problem solving which is done through scientific research, this philosophy teaches us to be practical (Christopher., 2013).
that they are upgrading the recyclability of the products, this indicates that they are supporting the circular economy concept and attribute to it. Some concrete examples of environmental improvements and attributions to a circular economy are provided in the report. (Samsung, 2013)
Companies that carry out greenwashing commonly use the words, ‘green’, ‘energy efficient’, and ‘clean’ to expo...
The consumer packaged goods (CPG) market is one of the most important industries in the world because it provides people with things that are consumed and are constantly needed to be replaced, including to but not limited to food and clothing. Because this industry provides items necessary for well-being of individuals, this industry will always be significant. But as a result of the large size of the industry worldwide, the production and packaging of the goods has many negative effects on the environment, most significantly waste and pollution. Although, most of these negative impacts of the industry come from the packaging of the goods. The packaging for food and other CPGs usually include either plastic, paper, glass, or metal (Marsh). If recycled, the toll these packaging items have on the environment is minimalized, but that is often not the case because the consumer will forget or recycling is expensive; therefore the consequences of these items can be very detrimental to the environment.
The more experience you have putting these tips into practice, the more they will become instinct. And by making informed decisions and ensuring that the product’s claims are accurate, you can feel good about the choices you make and their positive impact on the environment. If more greenwashing means that marketers are increasingly responding to the demand for sustainable products, this could be a positive trend. If left unchecked, greenwashing creates significant risks. Consumers will give up on marketers and manufacturers, and give up on the hope that their spending might be put to good use. Recent developments suggest companies should be prepared for the new wave of measures. Greenwashing has become a buzz word for consumers and the media. Unfortunately, the rules are not always clear when it comes to responsible environmental marketing.
Sustainability is a concept with a diverse array of meanings and definitions – a widely used glamorous, ambiguous, ambivalent and vague concept that is used by different stakeholder groups in various ways. Presumably to avoid noodling over a terminology or to avoid the confrontation with a definition, most widely the concept is broken down a planning process (c.f. e.g. Döring & Muraca, 2010). That is why most common sustainability is understood as sustainable development.1
The results of environmental damage are increasingly seen and on account of it the consumer is becoming more and more aware. Consumer perception on environmental impact is changing and this is mostly true in the case of production and usage of lifestyle products.
“Sustainable Development: At its heart, sustainable development is the simple idea of ensuring a good quality of life for everyone, now and for generations to come. It is about living within the carrying capacity of the environment so that how we live, work and enjoy leisure activities, which do not harm or put undue pressures on the environment. It is about ensuring everyone has the opportunity to have a decent education, a quality environment that they take pride in, good health and a decent job (n.p, 2014)”
Companies sometimes label their products "eco-friendly" or "environmentally friendly" without them truly being so. This is called "greenwashing". Marketing campaigns perpetuate this practice, aimed at helping companies increase their product sales by appealing to ecologically conscious buyers as said by Holzer (2017). Self-proclamations should not be trusted immediately as it is skeptical without any proof to support that claim in the first place. To avoid purchasing "greenwashed" products, look for products approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Energy Star program or an ecologically conscious consumer-advocacy group such as the Green Good Housekeeping Seal says Holzer (2017). There are some qualifications in order to be able to call a product “eco-friendly”. Making a truly eco-friendly product keeps both environmental and human safety in mind. At the least, the product should not be poisonous. Another eco-friendly characteristic Another eco-friendly characteristic includes usage of organic or renewable resources which will not affect the environment. These resources or materials are procured without any chemical interventions. Products made from recycled materials contain glass, wood, metal or plastic reclaimed from waste products and made into something new. Biodegradable products break down through natural decomposition, which is less taxing on landfills and the ecosystem as a whole. With this, one can now differentiate an eco-friendly product from the rest. If it does not fit in the aforementioned characteristics then it is not friendly to the
Sustainable development refers to not only meet the needs of contemporary people, but also not compromising the ability of future generations to meet development needs.Sustainable development and environmental protection have established contact, not the same. Environmental protection is an important aspect of sustainable development. The core of sustainable development is development, but requires strict control of the population, improve population quality and protect the environment for the conduct of economic and social development under the premise of sustainable use of resources.
Green technology is the technology whose main aim is reduce the impact of human activities on the environment. In other words the target of green technology is to consume less natural resources, reduce the emission, produce goods with energy efficiency, take care of health and safety issues and reuse and recycle the goods after their usage.
In class we discussed what sustainable development meant to us; each group had its own definition. Our group’s definition was that sustainable development is for the long term for future generations, for the basic needs such as food, clothing, shelter, and job. The basic will increase over time and our resources will diminish, which why sustainable development is important. Sustainable development is important for future generations so that they end up with a world better than ours. Sustainable development is achievable if society works together to meet everyone’s basic needs and create a better world.
Sustainability simply defined to me as balancing act between the development of sustainability is necessary for both planet Earth and humans to survive. This is reinforced in the World Commission on Environment and Development report (1987) that sustainable development must meet the needs of the present without compromising the well-being of future generations”. The Earth Charter Organization widened the idea of sustainability to respect for a culture of peace, universal human rights, nature, and economic justice (What is sustainability?, n.d.).