 Barriers to the adoption of sustainable standards by consumer goods companies: a conceptual modelDenise De Abreu Sofiatti Dalmarco and Kavita Miadaira Hamza International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, 2022, vol. 16, issue 1, 82-108 Abstract: Sustainable standards are a potential way to leverage sustainable production, but there are several barriers to their adoption on a larger scale. Several of these barriers are already known, but to date, no study has sought to consolidate them. To fill this gap, we conducted fifteen interviews with Brazilian managers of consumer goods companies, certification/standardisation bodies, and suppliers of raw materials. The analysis resulted in a consolidated table of barriers and a conceptual model that establishes the relationships between different stakeholders and the respective barriers. We found that consumer goods companies face barriers that are mainly related to their relationships with suppliers and standardisation bodies, in addition to internal issues. Our study contributes to a better understanding of how the corporate environment takes into account sustainable standards and can be useful to distinct stakeholders. Keywords: sustainable supply chain management; marketing management; sustainable labels; VSSLs; voluntary sustainability standards and labels; barriers; stakeholders. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:16:y:2022:i:1:p:82-108 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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