Report Green Alliance & CIEMAP : What people want from a resource efficient economy
Report : What people want from a resource efficient economy
Green Alliance and CIEMAP
To make a successful transition to a low carbon, resource efficient economy, businesses and governments need to understand what people value and want from the products and services they use.
This report presents findings from research carried out by the Centre for Industrial Energy, Materials and Products (CIEMAP) on public attitudes towards policies intended to improve resource efficiency.
The analysis is based on a detailed, representative survey and focus group data collected between 2016 and 2018.
Go for quick wins first by improving the design and lifetimes of products
Ambition in these areas is already strongly supported by the public.
Policies which encourage the design of resource efficient products could reduce the embodied emissions of products by nearly 20 per cent. This saving could rise to nearly 40 per cent if used in combination with policies that extend product lifetimes and encourage product sharing.
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