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The impact of voluntary sustainability adjustments on greenhouse gas emissions from food consumption – The case of Denmark
Dalarna University, School of Culture and Society, Economics. University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark; Lund University; Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Lund, Sweden; n.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8608-7976
University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
2024 (English)In: Cleaner and Responsible Consumption, E-ISSN 2666-7843, Vol. 12, article id 100164Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Sustainable development
SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production, SDG 13: Climate action
Abstract [en]

In this study we ask how a range of environmental sustainability adjustments that consumers find it easy to adoptaffect the carbon footprint of their food consumption. The study is based on information about real purchases offood products and responses to a questionnaire about the various sustainability adjustments that the studyparticipants apply and their concern about climate change. Based on principal component and regressionanalysis the results from the study indicate that sustainability adjustments such as organic consumption, buyingdomestically produced food and eating seasonal produce, as well as concern about climate change, are associatedwith a reduced carbon footprint from food consumption. The largest reductions were found for organic consumers.The results suggested that most committed organic consumers have a carbon footprint that is about onethird smaller than that of consumers who seldom buy organic food products. The results also indicate that thesevoluntary sustainability adjustments are not sufficient to secure conformity with today’s goals for reducedgreenhouse gas emissions.

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2024. Vol. 12, article id 100164
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Carbon footprint, Greenhouse gas emissions, Food consumption, Consumer behavior, Sustainability actions, Spillover effects
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Economics
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Forskargrupp/Seminariegrupp, Näringsliv och samhälle
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-47907DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2023.100164ISI: 001146820500001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-47907DiVA, id: diva2:1830868
Available from: 2024-01-24 Created: 2024-01-24 Last updated: 2024-08-30Bibliographically approved

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