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The restrictions and lockdowns resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the rise of sustainabilityfocused business practices. The aim of this study was twofold: to explore how consumer adoption of sustainable business practices changed during the pandemic, and to examine whether a rebound effect was to be expected once the pandemic was over. The authors used descriptive statistics, as well as factor and cluster analysis on a sample of 622 recipients to investigate the above areas. The results showed that consumers’ openness to the practices studied increased overall, apart from sharing solutions (accommodation, transport). However, there also seemed to be a rebound expected in the adoption of sustainable business practices after the pandemic, already partly observed, for example in terms of material consumption and missed trips. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Carbon costs impact both the input side of economic sectors, as fossil inputs are used as raw materials, and the output side, as CO2 emissions are paid for in the form of emission allowances. The effectiveness of climate policies depends heavily on the total cost of fossil inputs and emissions, but the input side has typically been ignored so far. The aim of this paper is to present a model that quantifies the total private costs associated with the carbon use of economic sectors. The model presented in this paper is based on an environmentally extended input-output analysis. Total private carbon costs include costs associated with fossil inputs, including both energy and non-energy use, as well as costs associated with carbon emissions. China provides an instructive example, as its economy is heavily dependent on fossil energy sources. The results of the presented model highlight the problem of conflicting energy and climate policies. Reductions in input-side costs may offset the rising costs of carbon emission costs enforced by the climate policy. This article represents a stride in that direction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]