Sustainable consumption: green consumer behaviour when purchasing products
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Sustainable Consumption: Green Consumer Behaviour when Purchasing Products
The ‘attitude–behaviour gap’ or ‘values–action gap’ is where 30% of consumers report that they are very concerned about environmental issues but they are struggling to translate this into purchases. For example, the market share for ethical foods remains at 5 per cent of sales. This paper investigates the purchasing process for green consumers in relation to consumer technology products in the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sustainable Development
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0968-0802,1099-1719
DOI: 10.1002/sd.394