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Why does the responsibility solely fall on the product owner? Is it because the product owner is using the product for their own benefit? Is it not true, though, that the product manufacturer is also benefiting from the product’s usage? Why does this benefit not confer any responsibility?

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Because the consumer in many places have choices on how much pollution they create.

You can give up your trips to Bali and use the money to live closer to work, for example.

You can use a bicycle instead of a car for short trips.

You can decide not to eat food that it's been shipped halfway around the world unless that is the most responsible option available to you.

You can use the disposable grocery bags and not those environmentally damaging reusable ones.

And do on...

And manufacturers have many choices in what they produce. Your answer explains why consumers have responsibility for their actions. You haven’t explained why, in your opinion, manufacturers can benefit from CO2 emissions but have zero responsibility for their choices.

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