Exploring pro-environmental food purchasing behaviour: An empirical analysis of Italian consumers

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 172, Issue , 2018, Pages 3367-3378

  Laureti, Tiziana ^a   Benedetti, Ilaria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental attitudes; Environmental concerns; Multilevel models; Organic food; Sustainable consumption; Theory of planned behaviour

Indexed keywords

BREWERIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FERTILIZERS; HEAVY METALS; WINE;

ENVIRONMENTAL EMISSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL LOADS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PLANTING PATTERNS; RED WINE;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 85038853641     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.11.086     Document Type: Article

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