How does consumer knowledge affect environmentally sustainable choices? Evidence from a cross-country latent class analysis of food labels

Peschel, Anne Odile; Grebitus, Carola; Steiner, Bodo; Veeman, Michele M.

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2016.02.162

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“…Nowadays, there are only a few CF labels that have continued in the marketplace. However, as mentioned by Peschel et al (2016) and Grebitus et al (2015), Eurobarometer survey's results have found 72% of EU citizens agreeing that CF information on products should be mandatory (European Commission 2009). More recently, about 90% of EU citizens have declared that buying environmentally friendly products can bring real benefits to the environment (European Commission 2012).…”

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Consumer stated preferences for dairy products with carbon footprint labels in Italy

Canavari

Coderoni

2020

Agric Econ

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Carbon footprint (CF) labels on agri-food products represent one of the most important tools to convey information to consumers about the greenhouse gases emissions associated with their purchase behaviour. Together with the growing interest of consumers in CF labels, the subject has gained attention also in the scientific literature, and formal evaluations of consumer response to carbon labelling have been published. Studies in this area aim at analysing consumers' preferences for buying products with a lower CF label or their willingness to pay (WTP) for these products. The objective of this paper is twofold. First, the study proposes a review of the literature that so far has analysed consumer WTP for CF label, focusing on Italian consumers. Second, it uses the results of two surveys of consumers' attitudes towards dairy products with a lower CF label to analyse the factors determining a positive stated WTP. Results point out that a positive WTP for lower CF products is more likely to be declared by respondents who believe that buying products with less environmental impact can combat climate change. Conversely, highly pricesensitive consumers are less likely to be willing to pay more for CF-labelled products.

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Consumer stated preferences for dairy products with carbon footprint labels in Italy

Canavari

Coderoni

2020

Agric Econ

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“…For example Peschel et al (2016) found that, while less knowledge might make one less likely to make an environmentally friendly choice, better knowledge might not make one significantly more likely to choose it either as people tend to balance between factors such as price and the environment. Kaiser and Fuhrer (2003) and Redman and Redman (2014) also found limited impact of objective or declarative knowledge alone and argued that it needed to converge with other domains of knowledge (procedural, social, and effectiveness) in order to affect behaviour.…”

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“…Outside the food waste literature there have been a number of studies across environmental (Kaiser and Fuhrer 2003;Redman and Redman 2014;Peschel et al 2016), health (Wardle et al 2000;Worsley 2002;Grunert et al 2010) and food safety (Meysenburg et al 2014) fields that have shown that objective or declarative knowledge is a necessary but not sufficient condition for behaviour. For example Peschel et al (2016) found that, while less knowledge might make one less likely to make an environmentally friendly choice, better knowledge might not make one significantly more likely to choose it either as people tend to balance between factors such as price and the environment.…”

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confidence: 99%

Impact of consumers’ understanding of date labelling on food waste behaviour

2017

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This research analyses the impact that the level of understanding of date marking (among other influences) has on the food waste behaviour of consumers in the European Union focusing on a comparison between European Union countries. The data were extracted from the Dataset Flash Eurobarometer 425: Food waste and date marking (European Commission in Flash eurobarometer 425: food waste and date marking, European Commission, Brussels, 2015) and structural equation models to estimate the strength of these influences on behaviour. The results show that socio-demographics (age; education; occupation); behavioural control (perceptions regarding the need for better and clearer information about 'best before' and 'use by' date labelling on food products; frequency of checking date labels when shopping and preparing meals); and understanding of 'best before' and 'use by' labels have significant effects on behaviours related to lower food waste (use of senses instead of labels to decide whether to eat or throw away food e.g., nonperishable foods from own kitchen cupboard with no 'best before' date indicated on the label which were not bought recently; or food products which must be used within a certain number of days after opening and are past that; and the need for 'best before' dates on non-perishable foods, such as rice, pasta, coffee or tea). The stated understanding of date labelling is a key influence in all models and explains a consistent fifth (ceteris paribus) of the variance in behaviour.

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“…Several strategies are used to influence consumers’ food consumption behaviour, including policies, prices, and information (Niva, Vainio, & Jallinoja, 2017; Vainio, ). Regarding these strategies, information provision is considered vital as knowledge is necessary, although not a sufficient condition for making food choices (Peschel, Grebitus, Steiner, & Veeman, ; Vainio, ; Verbeke, ). According to Verbeke (), information assists consumers in deriving satisfaction from food products and knows the origin and environmental, ethical, and technological conditions under which these products are produced and processed.…”

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Profiling consumers based on information use and trust in a developing economy

Asante-Addo

Weible

2020

Int J Consumer Studies

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In the wake of the intense debate about the effect of poultry imports on domestic poultry industries in sub‐Saharan Africa, information campaigns have evolved to encourage the consumption of domestic poultry meat products. Nevertheless, consumers use numerous channels to find information, and thus, the extent to which resources should be allocated to these channels to reach segments of consumers is vital. The purpose of this paper is to identify consumer groups based on use and trust in information sources and then profile the segments using sociodemographic variables, purchase motives, and meat consumption. Face‐to‐face interviews were used to collect data amongst 500 urban consumers in Ghana, which were analysed with factor analysis and two‐step cluster analysis. Results show that consumers frequently use personal sources of information about chicken. Cluster analysis revealed three consumer segments: cautious consumers (18.2%), enthusiastic consumers (53.0%), and optimistic consumers (28.8%). The segments differed significantly regarding the type of information searched for, sociodemographic characteristics, purchase motives, and chicken meat consumption patterns. The findings can aid actors and institutions seeking to increase the consumption of domestic poultry meat in developing targeted communication strategies that suit the characteristics, motivations, and information needs of different consumers.

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How does consumer knowledge affect environmentally sustainable choices? Evidence from a cross-country latent class analysis of food labels

Cited by 173 publications

References 54 publications

Consumer stated preferences for dairy products with carbon footprint labels in Italy

Consumer stated preferences for dairy products with carbon footprint labels in Italy

Impact of consumers’ understanding of date labelling on food waste behaviour

Profiling consumers based on information use and trust in a developing economy

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