According to a survey about sustainable consumption conducted by Rakuten Insight in Hong Kong in December 2023, around 44 percent of respondents who did not adopt any sustainable practices when purchasing items in the past 12 months said it was too expensive to do so. Additionally, 31 percent stated that they did not have enough information on hand to make sustainable choices.
Reasons against adopting sustainable consumption practices in Hong Kong as of December 2023
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Reasons against adopting sustainable consumption practices in Hong Kong as of December 2023
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"[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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Yihan Ma
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Rakuten Insight. (January 31, 2024). Reasons against adopting sustainable consumption practices in Hong Kong as of December 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 24, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1321033/hong-kong-reasons-for-not-adopting-sustainable-practices/
Rakuten Insight. "Reasons against adopting sustainable consumption practices in Hong Kong as of December 2023." Chart. January 31, 2024. Statista. Accessed April 24, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1321033/hong-kong-reasons-for-not-adopting-sustainable-practices/
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