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Sustainable consumption: at the cross-road of environmental and consumer policies

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  • Oksana Mont
  • Carl Dalhammar

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Although the need for new systems of production and consumption is constantly stressed in policy discussions, the sustainable consumption concept has not been largely translated into practice. The efforts of environmental policy makers to pay more attention to the consumption side are still rather meagre, and there is little integration of environmental issues into consumer policy. This paper addresses these problems by providing an overview of consumption-related EU policies and by evaluating strategies of consumer and environmental organisations in this field. It is discussed how sustainable consumption can be better addressed by converging efforts of consumer and environmental organisations.

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  • Oksana Mont & Carl Dalhammar, 2005. "Sustainable consumption: at the cross-road of environmental and consumer policies," International Journal of Sustainable Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 8(4), pages 258-279.
  • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijsusd:v:8:y:2005:i:4:p:258-279
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    1. V. Mak & E. Terryn, 2020. "Circular Economy and Consumer Protection: The Consumer as a Citizen and the Limits of Empowerment Through Consumer Law," Journal of Consumer Policy, Springer, vol. 43(1), pages 227-248, March.
    2. Vermeulen, W.J.V. & Kok, M.T.J., 2012. "Government interventions in sustainable supply chain governance: Experience in Dutch front-running cases," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 83(C), pages 183-196.
    3. Arzu Şener & Oya Hazer, 2008. "Values and sustainable consumption behavior of women: a Turkish sample," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 16(5), pages 291-300.
    4. Gustavo Pineiro-Villaverde & María Teresa García-Álvarez, 2020. "Sustainable Consumption and Production: Exploring the Links with Resources Productivity in the EU-28," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(21), pages 1-13, October.
    5. Jorge Alberto Vargas-Merino & Cristian Armando Rios-Lama & Miguel Humberto Panez-Bendezú, 2023. "Sustainable Consumption: Conceptualization and Characterization of the Complexity of “Being” a Sustainable Consumer—A Systematic Review of the Scientific Literature," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(10), pages 1-23, May.
    6. Khosroshahi, Hossein & Dimitrov, Stanko & Hejazi, Seyed Reza, 2021. "Pricing, greening, and transparency decisions considering the impact of government subsidies and CSR behavior in supply chain decisions," Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Elsevier, vol. 60(C).

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