TY - GEN
T1 - Eco-business and its influence on the environmental awareness of the traders of a supply market
T2 - 21st LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education and Technology, LACCEI 2023
AU - Olivera, Carlos Alberto Castañeda
AU - Atunca, Elizabeth Garay
AU - Alfaro, Elmer Gonzales Benites
AU - Torres, Rita Jaqueline Cabello
AU - Roña, Juan Manuel Ipanaque
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Environmental awareness is a worrying factor that needs to be strengthened by raising public awareness in order to reduce environmentally damaging habits and attitudes. To this end, the research studied the influence of eco-business on the environmental awareness of traders in the "Ancieta" supply market in Lima, Peru. To assess the influence of eco-business, awareness-raising activities were carried out and evaluated on the basis of questionnaires for both a pre-test and a post-test in 59 traders. These awareness programs were related to environmental practices (efficient use of electrical energy, reduction of single-use plastic, recovery of used vegetable oil and waste management) and types of consciousness (conative, cognitive, active and affective). The results of the pretest showed that 91.5% of the merchants had a low level of environmental practices and in the posttest they obtained high and very high levels, corresponding to 84.7% and 15.3%, respectively. Concerning environmental awareness, initially, 86.4% of the merchants presented a low level of environmental awareness and in the post-test they obtained high and very high levels corresponding to 42.4% and 57.6%, respectively. Finally, it is concluded that eco-business had a positive influence on traders, suggesting that awareness programs are a strategy to improve workers' environmental awareness.
AB - Environmental awareness is a worrying factor that needs to be strengthened by raising public awareness in order to reduce environmentally damaging habits and attitudes. To this end, the research studied the influence of eco-business on the environmental awareness of traders in the "Ancieta" supply market in Lima, Peru. To assess the influence of eco-business, awareness-raising activities were carried out and evaluated on the basis of questionnaires for both a pre-test and a post-test in 59 traders. These awareness programs were related to environmental practices (efficient use of electrical energy, reduction of single-use plastic, recovery of used vegetable oil and waste management) and types of consciousness (conative, cognitive, active and affective). The results of the pretest showed that 91.5% of the merchants had a low level of environmental practices and in the posttest they obtained high and very high levels, corresponding to 84.7% and 15.3%, respectively. Concerning environmental awareness, initially, 86.4% of the merchants presented a low level of environmental awareness and in the post-test they obtained high and very high levels corresponding to 42.4% and 57.6%, respectively. Finally, it is concluded that eco-business had a positive influence on traders, suggesting that awareness programs are a strategy to improve workers' environmental awareness.
KW - awareness programmes
KW - eco-business
KW - environmental awareness
KW - environmental education
KW - traders
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85172375441
T3 - Proceedings of the LACCEI international Multi-conference for Engineering, Education and Technology
BT - Proceedings of the 21st LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education and Technology
A2 - Larrondo Petrie, Maria M.
A2 - Texier, Jose
A2 - Matta, Rodolfo Andres Rivas
PB - Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions
Y2 - 19 July 2023 through 21 July 2023
ER -