Carbon footprint assessment for a local branded pure milk product: a lifecycle based approach

Zhao, Rui; Xu, Ye; Wen, Xiangyu; Zhang, Ning; Cai, Jiapei

doi:10.1590/1678-457x.02717

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“…The research results have policy implications for low-carbon living. This study may provide impetus for the design of a community "carbon credit" incentive program (Zhao et al, 2018b). Through such a policy, the public can obtain credits to offset their carbon footprints through a number of environmentally friendly activities, such as green consumption, low carbon transport, waste sorting, and recycling (Starkey, 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

Carbon Emission Assessment of an Urban Community

Zhao¹

2019

Appl. Ecol. Env. Res.

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This study constructs a community carbon emission assessment system based on the greenhouse gas emissions inventory of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The system contains three activities, namely, building service, transport, and waste treatment and disposal. A street community in Ya'an, Sichuan, China is taken as a typical case for the study, and its carbon emissions during 2015-2017 are measured to demonstrate the practical application of the proposed assessment system. The results indicate that electricity consumption, transport, and natural gas consumption contribute the most carbon emissions in the community, accounting for 40.3%, 25.6%, and 25.1% of the total emissions on average over the 3 years. The study has policy implications for low carbon consumption, and thus, can promote sustainable community development. Limitations regarding the measurement are given to lay the foundations for future research.

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confidence: 99%

Carbon Emission Assessment of an Urban Community

Zhao¹

2019

Appl. Ecol. Env. Res.

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“…Both carbon-labeled and non-carbon-labeled products were auctioned. The information on milk carbon emissions can be found in Zhao et al [ 28 , 35 ].…”

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“…The figure at the upper-right corner of the carbon label indicates the carbon emissions across the product’s lifecycle. This study estimated its emissions to be approximately 200 g for carbon-labeled products, due to the time and cost restrictions on the experimental milk’s carbon emissions throughout its lifecycle, according to previous studies [ 28 , 56 ].…”

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“…Its related carbon footprint emerges in the life cycle of input production, dairy production, dairy processing, transportation, marketing, and waste disposal. Among them, input and dairy production (the raw milk stage) account for the largest carbon emissions [ 27 , 28 ]. Given that university students are typically familiar with milk attributes, such as nutritional components and taste [ 12 ], this study exclusively focuses on (fluid/liquid) cow’s milk (abbreviated to “milk” hereafter).…”

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University Students’ Purchase Intention and Willingness to Pay for Carbon-Labeled Food Products: A Purchase Decision-Making Experiment

Zhao

Yang

Liu

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Carbon labeling describes carbon dioxide emissions across food lifecycles, contributing to enhancing consumers’ low-carbon awareness and promoting low-carbon consumption behaviors. In a departure from the existing literature on carbon labeling that heavily relies on interviews or questionnaire surveys, this study forms a hybrid of an auction experiment and a consumption experiment to observe university students’ purchase intention and willingness to pay for a carbon-labeled food product. In this study, students from a university in a city (Chengdu) of China, the largest carbon emitter, are taken as the experimental group, and cow’s milk is selected as the experimental food product. The main findings of this study are summarized as follows: (1) the purchase of carbon-labeled milk products is primarily influenced by price; (2) the willingness to pay for carbon-labeled milk products primarily depends on the premium; and (3) the students are willing to accept a maximum price premium of 3.2%. This study further offers suggestions to promote the formation of China’s carbon product-labeling system and the marketization of carbon-labeled products and consequently facilitate low-carbon consumption in China.

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“…Continuous increases in global dairy production and trade have led to concerns about the accompanying higher greenhouse gas emissions . Milk and dairy products have higher carbon footprints than other foods. , The contribution of ruminant animal husbandry and global milk production to GHG emissions, − with CH 4 and N 2 O accounting for 70–90%, , has become a major concern in COP26. , Extensive research on the carbon footprint of raw milk and dairy products has been conducted in European countries and the United States, not only at the farm and industry levels − but also at regional and country levels. , …”

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Dairy Trade Helps to Alleviate Global Carbon Emission Pressure

Mao

et al. 2022

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Global dairy production, consumption, and trade are growing rapidly, driven by population and per capita income growth and increasing health concerns mainly from developing countries, which has aroused concerns about the related carbon emission (mostly in the form of methane) increase. If all of the dairy products consumed were produced locally/domestically in the developing countries/economies (a counterfactual scenario), the carbon emissions in 2018 would be 28 Mt CO2-equiv higher than its status quo (a factual scenario). The present study indicates that unlike in many global trade cases in which carbon leakages are from developed to developing countries, global dairy trade is characterized by net embodied carbon flows from developed to developing countries/economies due to the fact that there is an overwhelming one-way-flow of dairy products from developed to developing countries/economies. The differences in the carbon emission factors between the developed and developing countries/economies provide an opportunity that global dairy trade and production specialization can help to reduce carbon emissions from increasing dairy product demand, and the total reduction potential is estimated to be about 414 Mt CO2-equiv from 2018 to 2030. Free trade agreements such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership will incentivize larger carbon emission reduction benefits through promoting dairy trade.

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Carbon footprint assessment for a local branded pure milk product: a lifecycle based approach

Cited by 16 publications

References 46 publications

Carbon Emission Assessment of an Urban Community

Carbon Emission Assessment of an Urban Community

University Students’ Purchase Intention and Willingness to Pay for Carbon-Labeled Food Products: A Purchase Decision-Making Experiment

Dairy Trade Helps to Alleviate Global Carbon Emission Pressure

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