Are retailers bagging the carrier bag levy in England? An exploratory enquiry

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

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Jory, Surendranath R.¹  Benamraoui, Abdelhafid²  Madichie, Nnamdi O.³  Ruiz-Alba, Jose L.⁴  Chistodoulou, Ioannis⁴ 

[1] Univ Southampton, Southampton Business Sch, Dept Banking & Finance, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England

[2] Univ Westminster, Westminster Business Sch, Dept Accounting Finance & Governance, 35 Marylebone Rd, London NW1 5LS, England

[3] Bloomsbury Inst London, Dilke House,1 Malet St, London WC1E 7JN, England

[4] Univ Westminster, Westminster Business Sch, Dept Mkt & Business Strategy, 35 Marylebone Rd, London NW1 51S, England

关键词: Sustainability;    Carrier bag levy;    Retailers;    Business ethics;    Corporate social responsibility;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.12.003

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

This paper examines the business impact of the legislation in England requiring retailers to charge consumers for single-use carrier bags. The legislation impacts three key stakeholders - Government, retailers, and consumers. The primary focus of this study is, however, from the perspective of retailers and how this group of stakeholders may have benefitted from the charge. Retailers are using the collected revenues to promote their image in the marketplace and presenting themselves as corporate social responsible entities. For retailers, the charge provides an avenue for bolstering their carbon footprint as consumers are expected to reuse their plastic bags - i.e. the bag for life as they now have to pay for them. At the same time, the proceeds are helping some retailers to top up their coffers which to some extent implies that there is some misuse or abuse of the policy by retailers.

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