Title: An analysis of sustainable production and consumption challenges: using PEST-AHP approach

Authors: Shivam Goyal; Dixit Garg; Sunil Luthra

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, 136119, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, 136119, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, State Institute of Engineering and Technology (Also known as Government Engineering College), Nilokheri, 132117, India

Abstract: With the increase in pollution level, everyone, i.e., government, producers or consumers, all are bound to work for sustainability. Sustainable production and consumption (SPC) is the utmost need of the nation to promote the concept of sustainable development. But, there are various barriers in the way of SPC. The aim of this research work is to find all these barriers in the way of SPC. In this work, by political, economic, social, and technological (PEST) analysis, 15 barriers towards SPC adoption has been found from literature survey and expert's input. Analytical hierarchy process (AHP) methodology has been applied to find the relative weights and rank all the barriers. Sensitivity analysis has been performed to check the robustness of the output obtained. This work will be very useful for government, policy makers, researchers, practitioners and managers in decision making to adopt SPC practices and will result in sustainable development.

Keywords: sustainable production and consumption; SPC; challenges; political, economic, social, and technological; PEST; analytical hierarchy process; AHP; sensitivity analysis.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2020.111413

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, 2020 Vol.37 No.3, pp.407 - 426

Received: 01 Dec 2018
Accepted: 17 Feb 2019
Published online: 25 Nov 2020 *

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