Reports on studies conducted in The Netherlands on consumer attitudes to food products which involve the use of biotechnology. Finds that transgenic animals were not acceptable whereas genetically modified plants or micro‐organisms were likely to be accepted, especially when there are clear benefits for consumers. Also discovers that there is a strong demand for information to be provided, but this does not necessarily always have to appear on the label.

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This paper examines if eco-rating schemes improve environmental outcomes in the context of the international shipping industry. Shipping faces global environmental challenges and has recently witnessed the introduction of several eco-rating schemes aiming to improve the environmental performance of ships. Extending the private environmental governance literature into a mature service industry with global operations, the paper shows that concerns about eco-rating schemes' effectiveness also have relevance here. Shipping eco-rating schemes fall short of best practices for design and governance, and this hampers improvement efforts. The study has policy implications for the achievement of improved environmental outcomes in the shipping industry.

This article investigates how aeromobility is used as a core element in the development of new urban strategies of experience and transformation of urban spaces. Two examples have been selected and studied: the municipalities of Billund (Denmark) and Nyköping (Sweden). It is argued that both examples are not just showing a simple form of causality, where increased access to air travelling creates a new experience destination. They also illustrate the complex impact of the increasing prevalence of air travel on the spatial, social and economic development of the cities, and at the same time, how the spatial, social and economic reorganization contributes to the prevalence of air traffic, airports and air spaces.