Sustainable Consumption and Circular Economy
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 5347
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
While more and more individuals are aware of the need to contribute to the reduction of pollution and waste, many are abandoning circular consumption. A situation that requires more research has thus developed whereby the consumer’s attitudes and intentions do not match and, therefore, their unethical decisions are not in line with the principles of circular economy.
In recent years, especially in less advanced countries, circular consumption has gained more attention from customers. For example, there is an emerging trend to consume more second-hand purchased goods, either online or from second-hand sellers. Such apps as Vintage, Amazon or eBay online platform have been regularly advertised on TV and other platforms, but the extent to which second-hand sellers and online shopping through these or similar types of apps are used by consumers is unclear. Research questions such as “How do consumers use/ (not use) second-hand sellers, their apps and other online platforms?” remains unanswered in the literature so far. In this context, this Special Issue aims to offer some possible solutions for tackling the above issues and to produce academic studies that uncover various reasons for sustainable consumption both offline and online environments.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, ethical issues of circular consumption in the context of both offline and online environments, consumer attitudes towards second-hand goods, entrepreneurial initiatives towards ethical consumption, and also sustainable consumption in developed, developing and emerging markets.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Laura Šalčiuviené
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- sustainable consumption
- internet
- psychological factors influencing morally questionable behaviour
- ethical attitudes
- ethical behaviour
