Effects of environmental impact labels on the sustainability of food purchases: A randomised controlled trial in an experimental online supermarket

Effects of environmental impact labels on the sustainability of food purchases: A randomised controlled trial in an experimental online supermarket

Providing consumers with product-specific environmental impact information for food products (ecolabels) may promote more sustainable purchasing, needed to meet global environmental targets. This UK study (N = 1051 participants) investigated the effectiveness of different ecolabels using an experime...

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Main Authors:	Potter, C, Pechey, R, Clark, M, Frie, K, Bateman, PA, Cook, B, Stewart, C, Piernas, C, Lynch, J, Rayner, M, Poore, J, Jebb, SA
Format:	Journal article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science 2024

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