PMID- 34690898 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20211026 IS - 1664-1078 (Print) IS - 1664-1078 (Electronic) IS - 1664-1078 (Linking) VI - 12 DP - 2021 TI - Theory-Based Roadmap for Assessing Sustainability in the Collaborative Economy. PG - 752867 LID - 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.752867 [doi] LID - 752867 AB - This study aims to investigate the current state of sustainability for the collaborative economy (CE). By utilizing the triple bottom line as a founding conceptual framework, the study summarizes and discusses the sustainability of the CE from three dimensions: environment, economy, and society. The study further proposes some targeted measures and suggestions to measure the level of sustainability of the CE and CE platforms. The result shows that the CE has partially fulfilled some of its initial promises pertaining to sustainability, such as creating new job opportunities, economic growth, the efficient use of space and physical resources, as well as social mixing. However, the current sustainability benefits remain much smaller than some claim and hope for. Therefore, governments, platforms, and the public should work together to solve current challenges pertaining to the CE to tap its sustainability potential. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Sun and Ertz. FAU - Sun, Shouheng AU - Sun S AD - Laboratory of Research on New Forms of Consumption (LaboNFC), Department of Economics and Administrative Sciences, University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, Saguenay, QC, Canada. FAU - Ertz, Myriam AU - Ertz M AD - Laboratory of Research on New Forms of Consumption (LaboNFC), Department of Economics and Administrative Sciences, University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, Saguenay, QC, Canada. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20211006 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Psychol JT - Frontiers in psychology JID - 101550902 PMC - PMC8527002 OTO - NOTNLM OT - collaborative economy OT - economy OT - environment OT - sharing economy OT - society OT - sustainability OT - sustainable development OT - triple bottom line COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/10/26 06:00 MHDA- 2021/10/26 06:01 PMCR- 2021/10/06 CRDT- 2021/10/25 06:24 PHST- 2021/08/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/09/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/10/25 06:24 [entrez] PHST- 2021/10/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/10/26 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/10/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.752867 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Psychol. 2021 Oct 6;12:752867. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.752867. eCollection 2021.