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Prioritising sustainable consumption patterns: key decisions and environmental gains

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  • Josef Kaenzig
  • Olivier Jolliet

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How does one improve the personal environmental balance of housing, private transportation, nutrition, consumer goods and services? Innovatively, this paper concentrates primarily on the potential environmental gains, by identifying the key decisions for the environmental impact and then deriving sustainable consumption patterns. Financial considerations are also addressed as potential savings are compared to the total impact per person per year, so as to highlight priorities for action. By adopting a series of consumption patterns coinciding as closely as possible with the present Swiss lifestyle, the environmental impact of a consumer can be reduced by one third, at no extra cost.

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  • Josef Kaenzig & Olivier Jolliet, 2007. "Prioritising sustainable consumption patterns: key decisions and environmental gains," International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 2(2), pages 140-154.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:2:y:2007:i:2:p:140-154
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    1. Josef Kaenzig & Damien Friot & Myriam Saadé & Manuele Margni & Olivier Jolliet, 2011. "Using life cycle approaches to enhance the value of corporate environmental disclosures," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 20(1), pages 38-54, January.

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