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1 | INTRODUCTION
With recent publications, such as the IPCC report (2021) outlining
the possible ominous scenarios caused by climate change, there is
growing environmental awareness and a call for consumers to shift
to greener behaviors. Indeed, due to this awareness, a 2020 US sur-
vey showed that about two-thirds of US adults think senior govern-
ment officials should prioritize environmental protection and that
more stringent environmental regulations are worth the financial
costs (Funk & Kennedy, 2020). In the EU, more than nine out of 10
citizens say that it is important for them to protect the environment,
and more than 8 out of 10 believe that EU laws are important in order
to protect the environment (European Commission, 2020). However,
despite consumers’ increasing concern for the environment, many
studies have demonstrated that they do not necessarily behave in
ways that help protect it (Kollmuss & Agyeman, 2002; Matthews &
Rothenberg, 2017).
Many consumers are unwilling to adopt green innovations be-
cause of uncertainties and risks related to product acquisition and
use. Some researchers have pointed out that the premium cost of
many green alternatives may deter consumers from adopting them
(Claudy et al., 2013; Hustvedt et al., 2013). In some cases, green
Received: 21 August 2021
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Revised: 12 March 2022
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Accepted: 21 March 2022
DOI: 10.1111/ijcs.12810
REVIEW PAPER
SPICe—Determinants of consumer green innovation adoption
across domains: A systematic review of marketing journals and
suggestions for a research agenda
Phil Justice Flores
1,2,3
| Johan Jansson
3,4
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1
Department of Business Administration,
Marketing, Lund University School of
Economics and Management, Lund
University, Lund, Sweden
2
Lund University Agenda 2030 Graduate
School, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
3
K2 – Sweden’s National Centre for
Research and Education on Public
Transport, Lund, Sweden
4
Department of Business Administration,
Umeå School of Business, Economics
and Statistics, Umeå University, Umeå,
Sweden
Correspondence
Phil Justice Flores, Department of
Business Administration, Marketing,
Lund University School of Economics and
Management, Lund University, 221 00
Lund, Sweden.
Email: phil.flores@fek.lu.se
Abstract
Over the last decade, the growth in demand for green innovations has become ap-
parent. This can be linked to increased consumer awareness of the environmental
problems that the world is facing. This review presents the determinants of consumer
green innovation adoption across domains identified in marketing literature. We in-
cluded and synthesized 47 articles published between 2010 and July 2021 in top
marketing journals. After identifying the determinants, we grouped them into four
categories: (1) Social, (2) Personal, (3) Innovation, and (4) Contextual and external level
determinants, or what we refer to as the SPICe determinants. This categorization is
based on the source of the motivation, which is social, individual, innovation-related,
or contextual. We found a lack of focus on the consumer aspects in green innovation
adoption studies, highlighting the need for more research regarding what motivates
consumers to adopt these new environmental products. Furthermore, we showed that
no sole determinant could predict green innovation adoption alone. Consequently, we
outlined several agendas and questions that future studies could tackle and explore.
KEYWORDS
consumer behavior, innovation adoption, sustainable consumption, systematic review