According to a survey by Rakuten Insight on sustainable consumption conducted in February 2022, 42 percent of Chinese consumers who did not adopt sustainable practices attributed it to a lack of information. Despite this, 17 percent of respondents who did not go sustainable claimed it was too complicated.
Leading reasons for not adopting sustainable practices when shopping in China as of February 2022
multi-choice question; among respondents who did not adopt any sustainable practices in the past 12 months
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Survey question:
"[If you have not adopted any sustainable practices when purchasing items in the last 12 months], why have you not adopted sustainable consumption practices? (choose up to three options that apply)"
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Rakuten Insight. (June 22, 2022). Leading reasons for not adopting sustainable practices when shopping in China as of February 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 07, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1321013/china-reasons-for-not-adopting-sustainable-practices/
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