Carbon labeling and consumer attitudes

Guenther, Meike; Saunders, Caroline; Tait, Peter R.

doi:10.4155/cmt.12.50

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“…These results indicate regulatory practices are in line with previous reports by providing evidence that environmental regulations have played a critical role in making business practices more sustainable [6,7,18]. Customers tend to be primarily concerned with the traditional factors of quality and price; however, customers have increasingly demanded carbon reductions, as reported in a carbon labeling study [28].…”

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Antecedents and Consequences of Firms’ Climate Change Management Practices: Stakeholder and Synergistic Approach

Lee

Kim

2015

Sustainability

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There is a growing pressure for firms to address global warming issues, but firms differ in adopting and implementing management practices in response to climate change. The aim of this study is to assess stakeholder pressure and firms' responses to climate change, and their effect on emission reduction and operational performance. A survey was conducted and then empirically analyzed using regression analysis. This study shows that financial investors and regulatory agencies are the most influential stakeholders for adopting and implementing climate change management practices. Process efficiency and low-carbon product development are the most adopted carbon management practices while organizational engagement and carbon offsetting are not preferred. This article provides evidence that some firms' climate change management practices lead to improved operational performance such as cost reduction and enhanced delivery and flexibility, as well as improved climate change performance including carbon emission and energy consumption reductions. This study provides guidance for policy makers and firm managers on how to identify, design and manage global warming issues within the business arena.

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Antecedents and Consequences of Firms’ Climate Change Management Practices: Stakeholder and Synergistic Approach

Lee

Kim

2015

Sustainability

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“…3; labelling scheme in these studies locations. Whereas Japans' carbon labelling system has been in place since 2008 covering over 460 products and services, and the UK system was launched in 2008 covering around 4,000 products and services (Guenther et al, 2012). This disparity may result in differing levels of consumers' awareness of the connection between food products and carbon emissions, resulting in less developed preferences for this attribute.…”

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“…There is an increasing expectation that products have environmental sustainability credentials in production (Guenther, Saunders, & Tait, 2012) such as information about climate change impacts (Rousseau & Vranken, 2013). Groceries account for about a third of total environmental impact and emissions arising from European Union countries, making reduction of carbon intensity of high volume grocery products a potential major contributor in meeting climate targets (Upham, Dendlar, & Bleda, 2011).…”

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“…This study estimates consumer values for carbon labelling of fruit in both the United Kingdom (UK) and Japan, where carbon labelling schemes are currently applied to food products. While carbon labelling schemes have been launched in several countries (Guenther et al, 2012) we chose the UK and Japan as representing early adopters of carbon labelling schemes, having culturally diverse populations, and with significant demand for fruit products. Consumer demand for carbon labelling in the UK has been found to be relatively strong (Gadema & Oglethorpe, 2012).…”

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Valuing Preferences for Environmental Sustainability in Fruit Production by United Kingdom and Japanese Consumers

Tait¹,

Saunders²,

Guenther³

2015

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Reduction of carbon intensity of high volume grocery products is potentially a major contributor in meeting climate targets. In a choice experiment concerning fruit purchase decisions in the United Kingdom and Japan, this study estimates consumer willingness to pay for sustainability attributes of production alongside vitamin content, including water use efficiency, waste and packaging, and carbon emissions. Results indicate that sustainability attributes significantly influence consumers' fruit purchase decisions. Preferences are found to be very similar between countries, with reduction of carbon emissions the most valued sustainability attribute by both UK and Japanese consumers and increased vitamin content the least. This study's findings provide implications for carbon emission labeling development in the context of international food supply chains, and primary sector strategy encouraging initiatives to improve environmental performance domestically.

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“…Although a few studies [37][38][39][40] considered that the retailer price has an influence on consumers' buying behaviour of carbon-labelled products, the manufacturer's and retailer's pricing strategies and the low-carbon investment decision have not been fully investigated yet.…”

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Pricing and Low-Carbon Investment Decisions in an Emission Dependent Supply Chain under a Carbon Labelling Scheme

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Abstract:A low-carbon policy attracts the interests of businesses, consumers, and policy makers. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how a carbon labelling scheme could be integrated into operational decision-making for manufacturers and retailers. Three game theoretic models of a supply chain with one manufacturer and one retailer are built to investigate a manufacturer and retailer's pricing and investment decision for products with different initial carbon footprints considering consumer environmental awareness. Through a systematic comparison and numerical analysis, the results show that a carbon labelling scheme can significantly reduce the overall carbon emission supply chain and have an initially negative impact on the manufacturer and retailer's profits. However, in the medium-long run, manufacturers and retailers could yet achieve profitability through continuously investing in low-carbon technology.

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Carbon labeling and consumer attitudes

Cited by 44 publications

References 6 publications

Antecedents and Consequences of Firms’ Climate Change Management Practices: Stakeholder and Synergistic Approach

Antecedents and Consequences of Firms’ Climate Change Management Practices: Stakeholder and Synergistic Approach

Valuing Preferences for Environmental Sustainability in Fruit Production by United Kingdom and Japanese Consumers

Pricing and Low-Carbon Investment Decisions in an Emission Dependent Supply Chain under a Carbon Labelling Scheme

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