Bioconversion of Hemicellulose from Sugarcane Biomass Into Sustainable Products

The Green Information Systems research stream was initiated by leading information systems researchers to address climate change through information and communications technology. This paper responds to a call for practical research into the design of information systems that support consumers in their decision making in favour of sustainable products. We apply an exploratory approach to improve understanding of regional trust cues in the energy sector and how these could drive the sector’s decentralisation. We explore the still emerging phenomenon of regional text and imagery on digital user interfaces via a multi-method process including quantitative and qualitative content analysis. Our findings suggest that regional energy providers systematically employ regional textual and pictorial trust cues on their websites. We further lay the ground for future experimental work on this matter by defining terms and concepts and systematically capturing design elements. We outline practical implications for designing user interfaces in the energy sector and discuss how this could drive the sector’s platformisation and sustainabilisation. In addition, we discuss implications for consumers who could become the target of regional washing attempts, in other words providers applying regional cues to create a regional company image in the absence of actual regionality.

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Assessing sustainability marketing from macromarketing perspective: a multistakeholder approach

World Journal of Entrepreneurship Management and Sustainable Development ◽

10.1108/wjemsd-02-2019-0017 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (4) ◽

pp. 287-305 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Soha Abutaleb ◽

Noha El-Bassiouny

Keyword(s):

Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽

Planned Behavior ◽

Purchase Intentions ◽

Marketing Strategies ◽

Content Type ◽

Quantitative Research Methods ◽

Sustainable Products ◽

Government Role ◽

The Government ◽

The Impact

PurposeThe paper examines three main stakeholders in the market and their roles toward achieving sustainability marketing. Those stakeholders are consumers, companies and policymakers. The current study is examining consumers’ attitudes toward sustainability marketing and their purchase intentions of sustainable products through the use of theory of planned behavior. The paper is also examining the role of companies and policymakers in encouraging consumers to consider sustainability in their purchasing decisions.Design/methodology/approachConcurrent research study is applied, where qualitative and quantitative research methods are conducted at the same time for different purposes with equal weights. Qualitative interviews were applied with fast-moving consumer goods companies and policymakers, while quantitative surveys were applied with Egyptian consumers.FindingsThe results showed that companies are taking serious and effective steps in transforming their marketing strategies into sustainable marketing ones. The government role is still limited as there are no strict laws and regulations that force companies and factories in Egypt to develop sustainability marketing strategies. Consumers’ attitudes were highly affected by firms' sustainable practices as well as subjective norms that led to influencing their intentions toward purchasing sustainable products.Originality/valueAlthough the topic of sustainability marketing is considered by a plenty of researchers in the academic discipline, there are no studies that have combined the main three stakeholders' roles in achieving sustainability marketing in one study. The study highlights the impact of government role and firms' role on consumers' attitudes and purchase intentions toward sustainable products, especially convenient products. This was done through the adoption of the theory of planned behavior.

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Using Data Mining to Help Design Sustainable Products

Computer ◽

10.1109/mc.2011.257 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 44 (8) ◽

pp. 103-106 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Manish Marwah ◽

Amip Shah ◽

Cullen Bash ◽

Chandrakant Patel ◽

Naren Ramakrishnan

Keyword(s):

Data Mining ◽

Sustainable Products ◽

Using Data

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Validating Perceived Sustainable Design Features Using a Novel Collage Approach

Journal of Mechanical Design ◽

10.1115/1.4052584 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-46

Author(s):

Nasreddine El Dehaibi ◽

Ting Liao ◽

Erin F. MacDonald

Keyword(s):

Natural Language Processing ◽

Natural Language ◽

Language Processing ◽

Sustainable Design ◽

Design Method ◽

Online Reviews ◽

Design Features ◽

Sustainable Products ◽

Low Correlation ◽

Social Environmental

Abstract Designers are challenged to create sustainable products that resonate with customers, often focusing on engineered sustainability while neglecting perceived sustainability. We previously proposed a method for extracting perceived sustainable features from online reviews using annotations and natural language processing, testing our method with French press coffee carafes. We identified that perceived sustainability may not always align with engineered sustainability. We now investigate how designers can validate perceived features extracted from online reviews using a relatively new design method of collage placement where participants drag and drop products on a collage and select features from a drop-down menu. We created collage activities for participants to evaluate French press products on the three aspects of sustainability: social, environmental, and economic, and on how much they like the products. During the activity participants placed products along the two axes of the collage, sustainability and likeability, and labeled products with descriptive features. We found that participants more often selected our previously extracted features when placing products higher on the sustainability axis, validating that the perceived sustainable features resonate with users. We also measured a low correlation between the two-axes of the collage activity, indicating that perceived sustainability and likeability can be measured separately. In addition, we found that product perceptions across sustainability aspects may differ between demographics. Based on these results, we confirm that the collage is an effective tool for validating sustainability perceptions and that features perceived as sustainable from online reviews resonate with customers when thinking of various sustainability aspects.

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How can open innovation contribute to circular economy adoption? Insights from a literature review

European Journal of Innovation Management ◽

10.1108/ejim-01-2021-0022 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Gessica Mina Kim Jesus ◽

Daniel Jugend

Keyword(s):

Circular Economy ◽

Open Innovation ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Joint Effort ◽

Content Type ◽

Environmentally Sustainable ◽

Scientific Databases ◽

Sustainable Products ◽

Practical Implications

PurposeDespite the potential of open innovation (OI) to reduce barriers to the adoption of the circular economy (CE), little is known about the integration of the two themes and how OI could contribute to a more sustainable economy. The objective of this study is to investigate how OI can contribute to the adoption of the CE.Design/methodology/approachThis study adopts a systematic review of the literature sampled from the Scopus and Web of Science scientific databases.FindingsThe main findings of the study are (1) the utilization of OI within CE is still a recent phenomenon, one which emphasizes the collaboration between stakeholders and the co-creation approach; (2) the collaboration of stakeholders can be applied to align the objectives of interested parties, in a joint effort to resolve the environmental problems of the three levels of CE and (3) an action-creation approach can be adopted as a strategy to encourage the participation of consumers in the development of environmentally sustainable products, which may favor the transition to the CE.Originality/valueThe article presents the state of the art on the CE guided by OI, highlighting the opportunities and challenges of the correlation between the two themes. The article also shows the theoretical and practical implications for an OI-driven circular economy.

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Carbon footprint considerations for biocomposite materials for sustainable products: A review

Journal of Cleaner Production ◽

10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.10.099 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 208 ◽

pp. 785-794 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Juan P. Correa ◽

Juan M. Montalvo-Navarrete ◽

Miguel A. Hidalgo-Salazar

Keyword(s):

Carbon Footprint ◽

Sustainable Products

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Effect Relationships on Sustainable Development of Palm Oil Production for Independent Smallholder Farmers toward Sustainable Certification System

Journal of Sustainable Development ◽

10.5539/jsd.v10n1p24 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 24

Author(s):

Nurliza Nurliza ◽

Eva Dolorosa

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Palm Oil ◽

Smallholder Farmers ◽

Oil Production ◽

Global Market ◽

Government Support ◽

Small Farmers ◽

Certification System ◽

Sustainable Products ◽

Sustainability Challenges

Palm oil is currently the most widely used vegetable oil in the world and its usage is also expected to double by 2020. However, there are some social and environmental impacts of palm oil plantation. Some complications resulted from the plantation may go as far as mass objections to the production of palm oil. On the contrary, demand for palm oil is still vast and constantly rising. In Indonesia, independent small farmers are the most important stakeholders since they are 43% of the whole Indonesian palm oil producers and have become the biggest spotlight of Indonesian palm oil development, including challenges and problems in which they will have to face to substantially increase their role in the global market as well as maintaining sustainability. Challenges today need to be engaged with innovation and inventions in a more productive and effective way. Enhancing independent small farmers will not only enlarge their contribution to sustainability practices, but also ensuring the sustainable products supplied to the market. Thus, supporting sustainable palm oil production is the way forward. Based on this current issue, this research identifies key point relationships (direct and indirect) on sustainable development factors which are based on Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil Certification System (ISPO), these identified key points will be the primary target to be improved and government support in fostering the sustainability of palm oil industry will be profoundly necessary.

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