The sharing economy promotes sustainable societies

Zhifu Mi; D'Maris Coffman

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09260-4

The sharing economy promotes sustainable societies

Nat Commun. 2019 Mar 14;10(1):1214. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09260-4.

Authors

Zhifu Mi¹, D'Maris Coffman²

Affiliations

¹ The Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management, University College London, London, WC1E 7HB, UK. z.mi@ucl.ac.uk.
² The Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management, University College London, London, WC1E 7HB, UK. d.coffman@ucl.ac.uk.

Abstract

A simultaneous improvement in both ecological and economic efficiency is necessary to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The new sharing economy has potential to promote the needed shifts in collective consumption behaviour, but better governance models are urgently required.