Food Purchasing Decisions and Environmental Ideology: An Exploratory Survey of UK Shoppers

Barker, Margo E.; Wong, Francis; Jones, Christopher R.; Russell, Jean

doi:10.3390/su11226279

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“…Considering the preferences of consumers, which is the largest sample considered in the survey, our findings of the higher importance of social and ethical issues and animal welfare issues in comparison to health and safety and food quality issues is contrary to the findings of a study in the analysis of the importance of different food shopping criteria in Sheffield, England [62]. The authors found that attributes related to food quality and safety were valued higher than animal welfare and fair trade (ethical issue).…”

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A Hybrid Fuzzy TOPSIS Method to Analyze the Coverage of a Hypothetical EU Ecolabel for Fishery and Aquaculture Products (FAPs)

2020

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This study presents a hybrid fuzzy technique for order preference by similarity of the ideal solution (TOPSIS) method (FTOPSIS) to analyze the coverage of a hypothetical EU ecolabel for fishery and aquaculture products (FAPs) by integrating a synthetic indicator to determine the level of acceptance for the inclusion of different types of information apart from environmental issues, considering different stakeholders and other segments of analysis. Data were obtained from a public consultation of the EU on “ecolabels for FAPs”. The results indicate that ecolabels should not only include environmental issues but also other types of information, with social and ethical issues being the most relevant, followed by animal welfare issues, health and safety issues and food quality issues. The findings also show that consumers, producers and stakeholders who are more interventionist and support the fact that public bodies and governments should be involved in the control of eco-labeling are more accepting of including additional information apart from environmental issues. Synthetic indicators (SIs) have also been found to be mostly inelastic, except for the owners of ecolabels on social and ethical issues. The implications of the future implementation of the EU ecolabel for FAPs are discussed based on the findings.

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A Hybrid Fuzzy TOPSIS Method to Analyze the Coverage of a Hypothetical EU Ecolabel for Fishery and Aquaculture Products (FAPs)

2020

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“…The mediating role of EI will be further discussed later in the section. Whilst some studies report the differences in which anthropocentric and biospheric values are associated with GPPI, they also claim that green marketing strategies can be better or only implemented in a market segment that largely shares anthropocentric values (Barker et al, 2019; DellaSala, 2020; ÖZdemİR, 2020). Therefore, the present study informs green marketing strategists to focus more on EI to enhance GPPI amongst individuals with anthropocentric values.…”

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Anthropocentric, biospheric and egobiocentric environmental values and green product purchase intention: The mediating effect of environmental identity

Perera

Daronkola

Johnson

2022

J of Consumer Behaviour

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This study investigates how the relationship between environmental values (anthropocentric, biospheric and egobiocentric) and green product purchase intention is mediated by environmental identity. Asurvey conducted online involving 564 Australians informs the findings. Data analysis is performed using AMOS, a structural equation modelling package. Out of the three environmental values, egobiocentric values have the strongest influence on environmental identity followed by anthropocentric values, whilst biospheric values do not affect environmental identity. Whilst environmental identity fully mediates the relationship between anthropocentric and egobiocentric values and green product purchase intention, it does not mediate the relationship between biospheric values and green product purchase intention. Biospheric values have a direct relationship with green product purchase intention. The study provides valuable insights on developing green marketing strategies by revealing that unlike individuals with anthropocentric and egobiocentric values, individuals with biospheric values cannot be promoted to purchase green products as a form of environmental identity expression. | INTRODUCTIONMany environmentally conscious consumers prefer to purchase green products that usually claim to have minimal environmental effects.According to Durif et al. (2010, p. 27), "a green product is a product whose design and/or attributes (and/or production and/or strategy) use recycling (renewable/toxic-free/biodegradables) resources and which improves environmental impact or reduces environmental toxic damage throughout its entire life cycle". In the market, green products usually are named with regular terms such as eco-friendly, environmentally safe, biodegradable and so forth (Tan & Lau, 2011). They often appear with eco-labels that provide specific information conveying green features (Thøgersen et al., 2010). For example, a dishwashing brand could convey that it is free of chlorine and phosphates on its label. It is reported that 9 in 10 Australian consumers are now more likely to purchase green products (The Fifthestate, 2021). In the US, the green product market is estimated to be worth $150 billion (Food Business News, 2021). Clearly, the green product market shows promising growth, which is a highly welcome development for achieving sustainable development goals (United Nations, 2021).Green product purchase intention (GPPI) is defined as consumers' willingness to purchase green products (Ferraz et al., 2017;Thøgersen et al., 2010). Given the growth of the green product market, conducting more in-depth investigations into GPPI in general (i.e., purchase intentions of products claiming environmental benefits in general) is timely because it could better inform green marketing strategic

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“…The literature has examined both altruism and anthropocentrism in studies measuring attitudes towards the environment [ 48 ], consumer pro-environmental and ethical purchase intentions [ 50 ] and FAW [ 51 ]. Hence, understanding the role that altruism and anti-anthropocentrism play is important to assessing the drivers of CH meat choices amidst growing competition with plant-based meat or protein alternatives.…”

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Altruism and anti-anthropocentrism shape individual choice intentions for pro-environmental and ethical meat credence attributes

Anders,

Malzoni,

2023

PLoS ONE

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Food consumption patterns are changing as consumers are becoming more aware and interested in sustainable and ethical food production practices. The growing disconnect between primary (livestock) agriculture and society reinforces the importance of research examining the motivations behind consumer purchase behaviors. However, evidence that links latent consumer psychometric factors and observed heterogeneity in concerns for agriculture to individual food purchase intentions remains scarce. We employ large-scale survey data and an advanced Structural Equation Modelling approach to identify and estimate the direct and indirect effects of latent fundamental values and observed consumer characteristics on individuals’ attitudes and purchase intentions for certified humane (CH), organic, and non-hormone added labeled meat products. Our findings suggest that human values, including self-transcendence and openness to change, drive farm animal welfare concerns and individuals’ choices of certified meat products. Information and engagement in social media positively affect individuals’ perceptions and concerns for farm animal welfare. Individuals guided by altruistic and anti-anthropocentric norms are more oriented towards sustainable and ethical food shopping behaviors.

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Food Purchasing Decisions and Environmental Ideology: An Exploratory Survey of UK Shoppers

Cited by 16 publications

References 56 publications

A Hybrid Fuzzy TOPSIS Method to Analyze the Coverage of a Hypothetical EU Ecolabel for Fishery and Aquaculture Products (FAPs)

A Hybrid Fuzzy TOPSIS Method to Analyze the Coverage of a Hypothetical EU Ecolabel for Fishery and Aquaculture Products (FAPs)

Anthropocentric, biospheric and egobiocentric environmental values and green product purchase intention: The mediating effect of environmental identity

Altruism and anti-anthropocentrism shape individual choice intentions for pro-environmental and ethical meat credence attributes

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