Open AccessIntention to Buy Sustainable Products Based on Consumer’s Information and Perceptions about “Green”: The Mediating Role of Attitudes
Author(s) -
Flávio Santino Bizarrias,
Jayne Nunes Santos,
Marlette Cássia Oliveira Ferreira,
Jussara da Silva Teixeira Cucato,
Jussara Goulart da Silva
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
environment social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2424-8975
pISSN - 2424-7979
DOI - 10.18063/esp.v3.i2.726
Subject(s) - sustainable consumption , sustainability , consumption (sociology) , construct (python library) , perception , structural equation modeling , business , sustainable development , marketing , process (computing) , environmental economics , economics , psychology , political science , sociology , computer science , ecology , social science , neuroscience , machine learning , law , biology , programming language , operating system
In the last decades, both research and practice in society related to environmental and sustainability issues have been on the global agenda. The great challenge is to reconcile the interests of consumers, organizations and the environmental preservation agenda, coupled with economic development in terms of consumption. Within this scenario, this study investigates the intention to buy sustainable products from the information and perceptions of consumers regarding environmental issues, when mediated by the attitudes towards sustainable products. To reach this goal a survey was applied to Brazilian citizens from a region linked to nature. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling, and the a series of regressions[1] trough the macro Process. The results indicate that the formation of attitudes is more influenced by information about sustainability than by the perceptions of the consumers. Moreover, the data reveal the crucial mediating role of the attitude towards sustainable products to construct an equally sustainable behavior in terms of consumption when measured by the intention to buy sustainable products. These results suggest that a phase of information generation on sustainability is in transition to a stage linked to the construction and solidification of beliefs.