Pro-Ecological Consumer Behavior versus Energy Reduction and Sustainable Consumption: A Case from Poland

Barbara Wyrzykowska (), Artur Czech, Anna Dąbrowska and Anna Rytko
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Barbara Wyrzykowska: Institute of Management, Warsaw University of Life Sciences—SGGW, Nowoursynowska 166 St., 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Artur Czech: Faculty of Management and Technical Sciences, Warsaw Management University, Kawęczyńska 36 St., 03-772 Warsaw, Poland
Anna Dąbrowska: Institute of Management, Warsaw School of Economics, Niepodległości 162 St., 02-544 Warsaw, Poland
Anna Rytko: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences—SGGW, Nowoursynowska 166 St., 02-787 Warsaw, Poland

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 17, 1-16

Abstract: The concepts of sustainable consumption and production increased in popularity after the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002. Moreover, the focus of attention was turned to the consumer and their key importance in achieving the goals of more sustainable practices. Hence, the main aim of this article is to present the influence of factors related to pro-ecological consumer behaviors on sustainable consumption including energy-use reduction. Epsilon regression was implemented as the research method. This statistical tool enabled the authors to carry out research on such complex phenomena and make the analysis immune to the high correlation among explanatory variables. Moreover, it allowed the authors to consider interactions in the set of diagnostic variables. The research presented in this paper is based on data drawn from the Barometer of Consumer Social Responsibility in Poland for 2022. As the final result of this research, a ranking of pro-ecological consumer behavior factors was constructed. On the one hand, not buying products using excessive packaging can be considered the most important factor of Polish pro-ecological consumer behaviors. On the other hand, trying to choose more ecological products with comparable prices can be regarded as the factor which has the smallest impact. Furthermore, the presented method also allowed for determining the contribution of individual factors to the pro-ecological behavior of consumers.

Keywords: consumers; environmental behavior; sustainable consumption; energy consumption; factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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