Sustainable Production and Consumption

Sustainable production and consumption can be defined as production and use of products and services in a manner that is socially beneficial, economically viable and environmentally benign over their whole life cycle. The journal aims to provide a leading platform for publishing high-quality interdisciplinary papers on research and practice in this emerging field. It looks uniquely at the interactions between technology, consumption and policy to help identify more-sustainable solutions for both production and consumption systems.

The areas and topics covered by the journal include but are not limited to:

Concepts and approaches
Circular economy
Clean technology/cleaner production
Climate change mitigation
Consumer engagement and communication
Corporate social responsibility
Eco-efficiency
Ecosystem services
Ethical investment and consumption
Green/sustainable chemistry
Industrial ecology
Intra/Intergenerational equity
Life cycle management
Life cycle thinking
Life cycle sustainability assessment
Producer responsibility
Rebound effect
Supply chain management
Sustainable business models
Sustainable design
Sustainable lifestyles
Sustainable policies
Sustainable procurement
Sustainable products and services

Tools
Carbon and water footprinting
Analysis of consumer preferences and attitudes
Economic instruments
Integrated product policies
Internalisation of environmental and social costs
Life cycle assessment
Life cycle costing
Material flow analysis
Multi-criteria decision analysis
Scenario analysis
Social life cycle assessment
Stakeholder analysis
Sustainability indicators
System optimisation

Sectors
Chemicals
Construction and buildings
Energy
Financial
Food
Health
Manufacturing
Resources and feedstocks
Retail
Tourism
Transport and mobility
Waste
Water