Provider strategies and the greening of consumption practices: Exploring the role of companies in sustainable consumption

The New Middle Classes: Globalizing Lifestyles, Consumerism and Environmental Concern

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 81-100

  Spaargaren, G ^a   Van Koppen, C S A K ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consumer empowerment; Corporate strategies; Direct and indirect environmental impacts; New middle classes; Sustainable consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155130828     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9938-0_5     Document Type: Chapter

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