Motivations for promoting the consumption of green products in an emerging country: Exploring attitudes of Brazilian consumers

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 106, Issue , 2015, Pages 507-520

  Ritter, Ágata M ^a   Borchardt, Miriam ^a   Vaccaro, Guilherme L R ^a   Pereira, Giancarlo M ^a   Almeida, Francieli ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Green consumption; Green market; Green products; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MOTIVATION; SUPPLY CHAINS; SURVEYS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; GREEN CONSUMPTION; GREEN MARKETS; GREEN PRODUCTS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84938205873     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.11.066     Document Type: Conference Paper

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