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Carbon footprint (CF) labels on agri-food products represent one of the most important tools to convey information to consumers about the greenhouse gases emissions associated with their purchase behaviour.
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Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are exerting growing pressure on firms to eliminate product components (such as palm oil) that are harmful to the environment (such as rainforests) or replace such components with NGO-certified sustainable components. Under which conditions does NGO pressure...
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This paper investigates carbon emissions materiality with regards to financial statements and investigates potential methods of accounting for carbon emission rights. We investigate whether some of the largest U.S. companies should be required to discuss and quantify greenhouse gas emissions, as...
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The article aims to show the main current directions in terms of environmental liabilities assessment and accounting. Much has been done in the last couple of decades to address the environmental issues. Still, there is much arguing if the standards are developing as fast as the humans'...
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A concise analysis of global experience in the field of environmental labelling of road vehicles with an emphasis on differentiating access to low-emission zones is given. The main principles of the introduction and application of a unified system of environmental labelling of road vehicles are...
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Food choices contribute to the climate crisis, cause species loss, impair water and air quality, and accelerate land use degradation. The causes of these environmental costs are many - the livestock industry, diet, agricultural practices like pesticides and fertilization, and large-scale food...
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Carbon footprint labels have been shown to lead consumers to choose food products with lower CO2 emissions, but an unresolved issue is what proportion of food products must be labeled for labeling to be effective. We asked 1,081 American consumers to shop in an experimental online grocery store...
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