Edenbrandt, Anna and Lagerkvist, Carl-Johan
(2021).
Is food labelling effective in reducing climate impact by encouraging the substitution of protein sources?
Food Policy. 101
, 102097
[Research article]
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Abstract
This study investigates consumer willingness to substitute high-emissions meat products with lower-emissions protein products, including blends of meat and vegetables. Survey data, including a choice experiment, are combined with data on the respondents' actual purchase behaviour. The traffic light carbon label has an effect on choice behaviour, as it increases the willingness to purchase lower-emissions protein products such as chicken and meat substitutes. We further find that the willingness to purchase these lower-emissions products is largest among individuals who are already purchasing most sustainably. We discuss policy implications from the expected impacts of carbon labels, and how such labels affect different types of consumers.
Authors/Creators: | Edenbrandt, Anna and Lagerkvist, Carl-Johan | ||||||
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Title: | Is food labelling effective in reducing climate impact by encouraging the substitution of protein sources? | ||||||
Series Name/Journal: | Food Policy | ||||||
Year of publishing : | 2021 | ||||||
Volume: | 101 | ||||||
Article number: | 102097 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 7 | ||||||
Publisher: | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | ||||||
ISSN: | 0306-9192 | ||||||
Language: | English | ||||||
Publication Type: | Research article | ||||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||||
Version: | Published version | ||||||
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 5 Social Sciences > 502 Economics and Business > Economics | ||||||
Keywords: | Carbon label, Climate label, Choice analysis, Stated preferences, Purchase behaviour | ||||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-113081 | ||||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-113081 | ||||||
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ID Code: | 25071 | ||||||
Faculty: | NJ - Fakulteten för naturresurser och jordbruksvetenskap | ||||||
Department: | (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Economics | ||||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||
Deposited On: | 27 Aug 2021 09:25 | ||||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 27 Aug 2021 09:31 |
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