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Sustainable Production and Consumption Analysis Lab
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The lab uses economics to analyze the sustainability of production and consumption.
AboutAbout the lab
Analyzing sustainable production and consumption.
The lab studies, from an economics perspective, what "sustainable production and consumption" that takes the environment and society into account should look like.
The lab holds that a society of mass production and mass consumption gives rise to problems such as climate change, air pollution, and child labor, and that a transition to a sustainable society is necessary.
The research is divided into sustainability analyses of production activities, consumer behavior, and supply chains.
On the lab's website, it is introduced under the name "Nakaishi Lab."
Key terms
- SDGs
- The Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015. The 12th goal is "Responsible Consumption and Production"
- Sustainable consumption and production (SCP)
- Patterns of sustainable production and consumption that are key to sustaining the lives of present and future generations.
- Supply chain
- The complex flow through which goods are produced and reach consumers as final goods. With globalization, it now extends across national borders
NewsLab news
A co-authored paper has been accepted by Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
A paper by a faculty member received an Encouragement Award from the Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies
ResearchResearch themes
The lab starts from the view that a socioeconomic system based on mass production and mass consumption brings environmental and social problems as side effects, and that an urgent transition to a sustainable system is needed. It analyzes the patterns of sustainable consumption and production (SCP) set out in SDGs Goal 12, "Responsible Consumption and Production," from the perspectives of production activities, consumer behavior, and supply chains.
*Illustrative imageSustainability Analysis of Production Activities
Fossil-fuel-based production causes global warming and air pollution, and production that pursues economic efficiency too far also risks social problems such as child labor. The lab explores how to realize sustainable styles of production.
*Illustrative imageSustainability Analysis of Consumer Behavior
Environmentally friendly products and services tend to be expensive, and sustainable production cannot continue without the support of consumers. The lab explores how to make consumption habits such as saving electricity and recycling take root among consumers.
*Illustrative imageSustainability Analysis of Supply Chains
Because supply chains are complex, problems such as child labor in the production of final goods are hard for consumers to see. The lab explores how to make these environmental and social burdens visible and connect the behavior of producers and consumers.
MembersFaculty
The lab consists of faculty members and students at the doctoral, master's, and undergraduate (fourth-year and third-year) levels.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorTomoaki Nakaishi
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Scheck In - (1)” Rob / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Sustainability Analysis of Production Activities: “Millville, New Jersey - Textiles. Millville Manufacturing Co. (Woman standing at long row of bobbins.) - NARA - 518676” Lewis Hine / Public domain (cropped)
- Sustainability Analysis of Consumer Behavior: “Edmonton Green shopping centre market” Philafrenzy / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Sustainability Analysis of Supply Chains: “MAERSK HANOI Container Ship (Port Koper SIKOP, 2023)” Petar Milošević / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Sustainable Production and Consumption Analysis Lab): “Container Ship at the Hai Phong International Container Terminal 01” Nathan.cima / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Supply Chain Decarbonization Lab): “Aerial view of Manila Port's International Container terminal” Patrick Roque / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Supply Chain Decarbonization Lab (Shigemi Kagawa)): “Recycling and Garbage Bin in Municipal Park” SAF1999 / CC0 (cropped)
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