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Consumers’ purchase behavior towards green beauty care products

Masteroppgave(MSc) in Master of Science in Business, Marketing - Handelshøyskolen BI, 2021Consumers are increasingly looking for a more sustainable consumption. In the past years, a green trend has emerged in the beauty care market. However, even if consumers claim to want more green products, an attitude-behavior gap can be observed and the green beauty care segment remains a niche market. Purpose The purpose of this study is to understand the attitude-behavior gap is this particular market. Why does the green beauty care market remain a niche segment despite the fact that consumers say they want to consume greener and more natural products? Research design To answer this question, we designed a qualitative study. For this purpose, we created an interview guide that we tested before conducting interviews with consumers and one interview with a specialist to have a professional point of view. Findings Our main findings are that most consumers do not buy green beauty care products because their main argument when buying beauty care products is efficiency, and they do not perceive green products as being as efficient as chemical beauty care products. But other factors such as relationship with brands, habits or availability can help explain the existence of the attitude-behavior gap. Keywords Beauty care, cosmetics, green, sustainable, natural, attitudebehavior gap, consumption habits, efficienc

Policy packages for modal shift and CO2 reduction in Lille, France

This paper proposes different policy scenarios to cut CO2 emissions caused by the urban mobility of passengers. More precisely, we compare the effects of the ‘direct tool’ of carbon tax, to a combination of ‘indirect tools’ – not originally aimed at reducing CO2 (i.e. congestion charging, parking charges and a reduction in public transport travel time) in terms of CO2 impacts through a change in the modal split. In our model, modal choices depend on individual characteristics, trip features (including the effects of policy tools), and land use at origin and destination zones. Personal “CO2 emissions budgets” resulting from the trips observed in the metropolitan area of Lille (France) in 2006 are calculated and compared to the situation related to the different policy scenarios. We find that an increase of 50% in parking charges combined with a cordon toll of €1.20 and a 10% travel time decrease in public transport services (made after recycling toll-revenues) is the winning scenario. The combined effects of all the policy scenarios are superior to their separate effects

Raylene L. Ramsay, French Women in Politics. Writing Power, Paternal Legitimization and Material Legacies

La faible représentation des femmes dans la vie politique française a longtemps été considérée comme un French paradox : malgré la vitalité des revendications féministes, malgré les avancées obtenues dans le domaine social, leur absence dans les différentes instances de gouvernement est criante. à ce paradoxe initial, l’adoption de la loi sur la parité de 2000 en a ajouté un second : la France est devenue l’un des pays les plus novateurs en matière de législation, en voulant assurer l’égal ac..

Raylene L. Ramsay, French Women in Politics. Writing Power, Paternal Legitimization and Material Legacies

La faible représentation des femmes dans la vie politique française a longtemps été considérée comme un French paradox : malgré la vitalité des revendications féministes, malgré les avancées obtenues dans le domaine social, leur absence dans les différentes instances de gouvernement est criante. à ce paradoxe initial, l’adoption de la loi sur la parité de 2000 en a ajouté un second : la France est devenue l’un des pays les plus novateurs en matière de législation, en voulant assurer l’égal ac..

Towards a paradigm SWITCH: Integrating urban water management in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

A prime objective of an integrated, holistic approach is to deliver more effective provision of water resource services carrying minimum risks and improved sustainability. This is the core mission of the 6th EU Framework project, “Sustainable Water Management to Improve Tomorrow’s Cities’ Health” (SWITCH). The focus of the innovative management approach will be centred in demonstration cities such as Belo Horizonte in Brazil, through the formation of strategic Learning Alliances (LAs) comprising organisations having a shared interest in and vision of future urban water management. The paper explores both the LA formation and the challenges to be faced in the negotiating process which will be concerned with expected issues and “pay-offs”, as well as opportunities and difficulties especially related to feasibility as opposed to sustainability

Tim Causer, Margot Finn, et Philip Schofield, dirs., Jeremy Bentham and Australia: Convicts, utility and empire

Ce volume collectif accompagne, à quelques mois d’intervalle, la publication de l’édition critique des textes consacrés par Bentham à l’Australie (Panopticon versus New South Wales and other writings on Australia) chez UCL Press sous la direction de Tim Causer et Philip Schofield. Les versions numériques des deux ouvrages sont disponibles en accès ouvert sur le site de l’éditeur. Bentham consacre un premier essai au système pénal en Australie en 1791, à peine six ans après le début des dépor..