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PROTECT LABOUR FORCE As mentioned in Part A, workers in mass manufacturing factories are subjected to wage inequities and health problems. Sustainable shopping also contributes to the fight for the fairness of those workers. If you refuse to use inexpensive, mass-produced products, companies, plants will not cut production costs. The worker will also have a better working environment. COST SAVING Sustainability and minimalism go hand in hand, because all it takes is just to buy what you need. A great place to start is to buy your clothes from environmentally friendly brands and look for sustainability. Although these costs may initially be higher than those of fast fashion garments, they are often designed from higher quality materials to last longer. Besides, instead of buying something new on every occasion. You can check around your house, find some way to coordinate between the outfits you have. And so you will not need to buy a new set of clothes, the cost of clothing will also decrease. In addition, shopping at local stores and doing home cooking also saves you a great deal of the cost for imported food or eating at restaurants.
Roles of stakeholders in sustainable shopping GOVERNMENT Promoting sustainable shopping requires support from government and state agencies. This means that the government can guarantee all the basics of good governance; economic and financial capacity, security and law, and the elimination of corruption. Important alternatives government can execute may include: • Support for research and development of sustainable production and improvement of regulations and standards, subsidy changes and taxation. • Transform government shopping towards sustainable shopping. • Provide policy stability • Helping consumers to head towards sustainability and challenge unsustainable shopping. This includes introducing incentive policies that encourage consumers to purchase more sustainable products. State subsidies for non-sustainable products should be revoked. • Infrastructure investment alignment: The government does not always own or build infrastructure in its own country. However, they are the key to deciding what to build and where. Therefore, the government needs to assess the environmental damage and the impact of the project on natural resources. • Strengthen communication on sustainable production and consumption, from production companies to consumers.
