Islamic Values and Sustainable Consumption : A Bibliometric Analysis

The world's population has increased dramatically over the past few decades, and consumer consumption has increased as well. Waste creation is an additional environmental issue that has resulted from this. The substantial growth in waste production can be linked to higher living standards, more disposable income, and greater product and service consumption. According to reports, one-third of the food produced today is wasted for a variety of reasons. If the world's population increases to 9.5 billion people by 2050, the amount of minerals needed to supply demand will fill three planets. There is growing concern about natural disasters worldwide due to human interference in the ecosystem. Global climate change has resulted in an increase in the frequency of natural disasters such as climate change, landslides, floods, cyclones, droughts, and more. The year 2023 serves as an illustration of how the environment has been out of balance. Numerous natural disasters struck the year; around 70,000 people were killed in storms, cyclones, flooding, and wildfires in several countries like Turkey, Syria, Morocco, Afghanistan, Nepal, Libya, Malawi, the Republic of Congo, Myanmar, Rwanda, and Hawaii. The impacts of climate change are making already-occurring hazard events more frequent and severe. People's health is negatively impacted by environmental challenges everywhere in the world. For example, common environmental problems, notably air and water pollution, are to blame for the rise in the prevalence of cancer, heart, lung, and respiratory diseases; poor birth outcomes, especially in populations who are more vulnerable, such children and the elderly. Environmental degradation is a problem that the world is currently confronting, as the description above makes evident, and it is one that is highly expensive.

Organizations and consumers alike are growing more ecologically sensitive. Environmental activism, strict legislation, and consumer adoption of green products can all greatly minimize environmental deterioration. Numerous models of sustainable development and economic growth, such as the sharing economy, doughnut economy, and circular economy, were developed to address global concerns like inequality, poverty, and climate change. These models, however, were not influenced by conventional worldviews that prioritize values. In order to contribute to the formation of a new sustainability discourse, this systematic literature review attempts to gather insights on the many concepts, practices, and drivers for Islamic sustainable development. In addition, it seeks to characterize new directions in sustainable development and investigate the feasibility of using Islamic development models to advance human-centered, inclusive, and pro-poor development. Every religion that is embraced by people worldwide instructs its adherents to preserve the environment. It is found in the sacred writings of many religions, including Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judaism, that adherents have an obligation to protect and honour the environment and all living things in their immediate vicinity. The growing corpus of published works on marketing research and sustainable consumption is a sign of the scientific community's growing interest in these areas. Nevertheless, there is still a dearth of comprehensive and well-organized research on the growth of this industry.

The study's primary goal was to compile previous research using bibliometric analysis and provide the results in an understandable way. According to the report, there has been a notable increase in research on sustainable consumption. The study's key finding is that, despite the fact that Islam promotes sustainability, researchers in Islamic countries, including Qatar, have little to no influence over the spread of sustainable consumption through their work.