Interdisciplinary Program Office (IPO) Sustainability Seminar Series Spring 2022 - Attitude and behavior of Hong Kong consumers towards sustainable consumption
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The definition of sustainable consumption was defined in 1994, and there were heated discussions on sustainable consumption over the past decades. However, the current patterns of consumption across the world are not really sustainable. Hong Kong is known to be a high consumption city, and Government has initiated a series of strategies and action plans to develop Hong Kong into a more sustainable city in recent years. However, are these successful? Do the stakeholders in the community support and participate? Do our consumers aware of the concept of sustainable consumption and translate it into behavior and action? The Consumer Council conducted a baseline survey in 2015 followed by a tracking study in 2020 to understand the awareness and behavior of consumers towards sustainable consumption. The seminar will discuss the key findings of the Consumer Council’s Sustainable Consumption Behavior Study, as well as the Sustainable Consumption Indexes (SCIs), which are constructed based on the latest survey results for assessing the change of Hong Kong consumers’ attitude and behavior of sustainable consumption from 2015 to 2020.
Professor Dr. Nora Fung-yee Tam is currently the Chair Professor of Environmental Science and Conservation in the Hong Kong Metropolitan University and the Emeritus Professor in the City University of Hong Kong. She obtained her PhD in Environmental Sciences from University of York (UK), MSc from University of Sheffield (UK), MPhil and BSc (1st Hons) from Chinese University of Hong Kong. Before joining OUHK, she was the Chair Professor of Biology in Department of Chemistry and Director of Futian-CityU Mangrove R&D Centre, City University of Hong Kong, and received the title of Emeritus Professor at retirement. Prof. Tam has >30 years of research experiences on ecology and conservation of wetlands and pollution control. She is one of the most cited researchers in environmental sciences and is also one of the world’s top 2% scientists. She has extensive publication records, over 380 original SCI journals articles, 10 books and 30 book chapters, trained more than 30 PhD graduates and numerous master graduates. Prof. Tam has close connections with government, private sectors and green groups. She is currently the chairman of the Research & Testing Committee and Sustainable Consumption group of the Consumer Council, the Environmental Impact Assessment Committee of the Advisory Council on Environment, and the Management Committee of Marine Ecology Enhancement Fund of the Airport Authority of Hong Kong.