Finnish consumer perceptions of carbon footprints and carbon labelling of food products

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 285-293

  Hartikainen, Hanna ^a   Roininen, Taneli ^a   Katajajuuri, Juha Matti ^a   Pulkkinen, Hannele ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Consumer perception; Food; Labelling; Product carbon footprint

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD PRODUCTS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LABELING; SURVEYS;

BUYING DECISIONS; CARBON LABELLING; CARBON LABELS; CONSUMER PERCEPTION; FOCUS GROUPS; POSITIVE ATTITUDE; PRODUCT CARBON FOOTPRINTS; SEMI-STRUCTURED;

CARBON FOOTPRINT;

EID: 84901321648     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.09.018     Document Type: Article

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