SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

In the new millennium, sustainable consumption is essential in reaching sustainable development. Understanding the variety of areas of sustainability and its different application is very important and broadly discussed in the current literature. However, there is a lack of research on sustainable consumption as a new venue in diverse areas. Academic research on this phenomenon has proliferated significantly over the last decades that extended to the past thirty years. Accordingly, the current study presents a literature review of published articles in selected scientific journals during the past fifteen years since 2007. The study was carried out with carefully designed research questions with adopting the review protocol to conduct the review, and finally, through the review, indented gaps and further insight has discussed.