Impact of eco-labelling on the implementation of sustainable production and consumption

Wojnarowska, Magdalena; Sołtysik, Mariusz; Prusak, Anna

doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2020.106505

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“…In summary, these results show that the higher the income level, the more willingness to pay for environmentally friendly goods is expressed by the respondent. This finding is not surprising and was reported earlier by Laroche et al [33], Schumacher [22], Kianpour [34], Wojnarowska et al [9] and others [35][36][37].…”

Section: Demand-side Study Of Ecolabeled Goods In Russia (Results Of the Survey)supporting

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“…Srinivasan and Blomquist, in their study [25], found that the buyer's age and income significantly affect their willingness to pay for ecolabeled goods. Wojnarowska and co-authors [9] interviewed 250 consumers to identify the essential factors in making a purchase decision and concluded that economic factors are more important than environmental ones. Di Martino and colleagues also used a survey to assess the various impact of pro-environmental attitude, knowledge and ecolabeling information on purchasing decisions [26].…”

Section: The Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Evidence Of The Problems In Ecolabeling: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is well-known from the literature that ecolabeling can complement more conventional policy instruments such as taxes and subsidies in stimulating more sustainable development of the economy [3,8,9]. Ecolabeling increases consumer awareness and leads to the emergence of new environmentally friendly goods, technologies and production systems [6,10,11].…”

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Ecolabeling as a Policy Instrument for More Sustainable Development: The Evidence of Supply and Demand Interactions from Russia

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Ecolabeling can complement more conventional policy instruments such as taxes and subsidies to stimulate more sustainable development of the economy. However, in practice, ecolabels may not always comply with legal requirements in terms of reliability, accuracy and clarity, and sometimes deliberately mislead the consumer. In Russia and many other developing countries, the problem of inaccurate information on the environmental properties of goods and services is still not recognized. The only regulatory document that currently defines the basic principles for developing and using environmental labels and declarations is the national versions of international standards ISO 14020/14021/14024/14025-Environmental Labels Package. This paper contributes to the literature in two main dimensions. It assesses the degree of prevalence of ecolabeling in the Russian market of everyday goods and the reliability and informational content of frequently used labels (supply-side research). Second, it estimates the consumers’ awareness and reaction to ecolabeled products (demand-side research). The most obvious finding to emerge from this study is that low consumer awareness keeps the level of greenwashing low, but at the same time does not stimulate eco-innovations. We suggest developing smartphone applications that allow buyers to check the compliance of ecolabels on a product with ISO standards directly during the shopping process. We propose to use this approach as a cost-effective and straightforward way to simultaneously raise consumer awareness of ecolabeling and reduce the likelihood of greenwashing.

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Section: Demand-side Study Of Ecolabeled Goods In Russia (Results Of the Survey)supporting

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“…The higher it is, the more important it is, and influence increases. It can be expressed as follows (Wojnarowska et al, 2021):…”

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The main purpose of the article is to present, based on the literature on the subject, the essence of the innovative potential and innovative activity of a company as generators of innovative processes. Design/methodology/approach: The study used the methodology developed by Eurostat and OECD, as presented in the Oslo Manual. Findings: The empirical part presents, using statistical data, the innovative activity of Polish industrial enterprises in the years 2017-2019. Originality/value: The survey of industrial and service enterprises was conducted between 2017 and 2019, and its results were published in 2020. The results of the study can be used in strategic decisions of enterprises in the field of innovative activities of Polish industrial enterprises.

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“…structural nudges of consumer selection towards low-impact foods or the adoption of institutional food procurement policies that make lowimpact foods more available [22][23][24] or actively, e.g. information and/or education campaigns, and ecolabeling [25,26]. One largely consumer-driven, market-based approach to dietary change has been the development of low-impact food alternatives that provide consumers with a similar qualitative experience (e.g.…”

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Historical food consumption declines and the role of alternative foods

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The adoption of sustainable new foods could potentially reduce the environmental burden of human food production if they can reduce demand for products with higher environmental impact. However, there is little empirical evidence for how frequent food consumption declines are when new foods are introduced, limiting our knowledge of the potential for such introductions to drive food system transformations. Using 53 years of global food supply data for 99 crop, livestock, and seafood commodities in 159 countries, we use regression analyses on 12,883 time series to detect sustained declines in apparent national food consumption, as well as corresponding consumption increases of other food commodities. First, we show that sustained declines in the consumption of any food item are rare, occuring in 9.6% of time series. Where declines are present, they most frequently occur in traditional plant-based staples, e.g., starchy roots, and are larger compared to animal-source foods, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where much of the future increase in food demand is expected to occur. Second, although declines were rare, we found national production rather than trade was identified as the most common proximate driver of declines in consumption, suggesting that shifts in diets have the potential to translate into reduced environmental impacts from food production. Third, we found consumption increases were nearly twice as common as declines, but only 8% of declines (from within 4% of total time series) occurred parallel to incline events within the same food group, suggesting limited interchangeability. An examination of case studies suggests that new foods can facilitate food system transitions, but strong relative disadvantages for existing foods across aspects of technology, markets, policy and culture need to exist in parallel to support for new foods across the same factors. Where existing foods are already produced in highly efficient systems, a lack of systematic disadvantage may provide a barrier to alternative foods driving change.

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Impact of eco-labelling on the implementation of sustainable production and consumption

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