9. Sustainable Consumption Flashcards
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Why SC?
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- Environmental impact of products significantly increases at the point of consumption
- Population is growing so more people use more products and generate more waste emission
- Population is becoming richer and more people can afford unnecessary commodities
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Role of Governments
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- Breaking the link between economic growth and environmental pollution
- Improving resource efficiency
- Focusing on areas when enviro damage is greatest
- Examining whole lifecycle of a product through design, production, use and disposal, to help reduce effects on enviro
- Enabling consumers to receive more info on products and services
- Government utilising range of tools including taxes, voluntary agreements, subsidies, regulation and information campaign to stimulate innovation and investment to provide cleaner technology
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Role of People
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- Lifestyles determine to a high level the consumption of a number of goods that are not directly related to the fulfilment of essential needs
- Leisure, comfort, clothing, personal care and home & interior are responsible for one third of dustbin waste and they’re increasing
- Clear need to reduce the impacts of lifecycle consumption habits on society and resources to ensure equitable availability of resources for all around the world
- Education and training play and important role in achieving SC by creating a more critical and responsible attitude towards consumerism
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Role of Businesses
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- By developing more eco-friendly products and production systems. Referred to as sustainable innovation.
- By shaping the cultural context through responsible marketing and design of products for changing consumer behaviours towards sustainable consumption:
a) Choice Influencing – helping consumers make better choices about the product they buy and how they use them.
b) Choice Editing – shifting the field of choice for mainstream consumers: cutting out unnecessarily damaging products and getting real sustainable choices on the shelves - By developing sustainable business model through innovative approaches such as ‘Product Service Systems’
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Product Service System
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A sustainable business model that represents a step change in the way customers interact with the producer with the focus on developing services to meet the needs of the consumer without actually selling them the physical object
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Benefits of Product Service System
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Product durability and life-extension have more of a central focus in the product development process to reduce the longer-term casts associated with manufacturer maintenance
Less materials used and products created, reducing overall environmental load
Greater control over product returns
The value of end-of-life ‘design for X’ paradigms can be exploited by the manufacturers
