Summary of definitions for GPB and related concepts
| Concept | References | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Environmentalism | Stern (2000) | Propensity to take action with pro-environmental intent |
| Environmentally significant behaviors | Stern (2000) | Behavior that is undertaken with the intention to change (benefit) the environment |
| Green Buying Behaviors | Moser (2016) | [purchasing] Actions carried out with the aim of optimizing the environmental consequences to meet the needs of current and future generations |
| Green Consumerism | Stern (2000) | Purchasing practices that consider the environmental impacts of production processes, for example, purchasing recycled products or organically grown foods |
| Green Purchasing Behaviors | Peattie (2004) | Purchasing and consuming of products that have minimal impacts on the environment |
| Green Purchasing Behaviors | Sheng et al. (2019) | Purchase of environmentally friendly products that are recyclable and conservable, as well as beneficial for and benevolent to the natural environment |
| Pro-environmental behaviors | Kollmuss and Agyeman (2002) | Behavior that consciously seeks to minimize the negative impact of one's actions on the natural and built world |
| Pro-environmental behaviors | Peattie (2004) | Action of an individual or group that contributes to the sustainable use of natural resources |
| Pro-environmental purchase behavior | Nguyen et al. (2016) | Purchasing products that are environmentally beneficial |
| Sustainable consumer behaviors | Hosta and Zabkar (2021) | Behavior based on awareness of the long-term consequences of an individual behavior for the natural or social environment |
| Sustainable consumer behaviors | White et al. (2019) | Actions that result in decreases of the adverse environmental impacts, as well as decreased utilization of natural resources across the lifecycle of the product, behavior, or service |
| Sustainable consumption | Wu et al. (2016) | Providing services and related products to satisfy the basic needs of human and to improve people's life quality while reducing the use of natural resources and toxic materials, and minimizing the waste and pollutants generated by services and products |
| Concept | References | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Environmentalism | Propensity to take action with pro-environmental intent | |
| Environmentally significant behaviors | Behavior that is undertaken with the intention to change (benefit) the environment | |
| Green Buying Behaviors | [purchasing] Actions carried out with the aim of optimizing the environmental consequences to meet the needs of current and future generations | |
| Green Consumerism | Purchasing practices that consider the environmental impacts of production processes, for example, purchasing recycled products or organically grown foods | |
| Green Purchasing Behaviors | Purchasing and consuming of products that have minimal impacts on the environment | |
| Green Purchasing Behaviors | Purchase of environmentally friendly products that are recyclable and conservable, as well as beneficial for and benevolent to the natural environment | |
| Pro-environmental behaviors | Behavior that consciously seeks to minimize the negative impact of one's actions on the natural and built world | |
| Pro-environmental behaviors | Action of an individual or group that contributes to the sustainable use of natural resources | |
| Pro-environmental purchase behavior | Purchasing products that are environmentally beneficial | |
| Sustainable consumer behaviors | Behavior based on awareness of the long-term consequences of an individual behavior for the natural or social environment | |
| Sustainable consumer behaviors | Actions that result in decreases of the adverse environmental impacts, as well as decreased utilization of natural resources across the lifecycle of the product, behavior, or service | |
| Sustainable consumption | Providing services and related products to satisfy the basic needs of human and to improve people's life quality while reducing the use of natural resources and toxic materials, and minimizing the waste and pollutants generated by services and products |
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