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Rebound effects due to economic choices when assessing the environmental sustainability of wine
Benedetto, Graziella; Rugani, Benedetto; Vázquez-Rowe, Ian - In: Food Policy 49 (2014) P1, pp. 167-173
in the case of wine. In fact, neglecting the occurrence of REs in wine production and delivery leads to under- or over … stakeholders may react to the availability of a new product (e.g. wine produced through a process oriented to the reduction of CO2 … analyse some exemplificative cases applied to the supply and consumption of wine produced through technologies that reduce …
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Integrated product policy in the process of developing the pro-environmental consumer attitude in the given European Union countries
Andrykiewicz, Anna - In: Ekonomia i Prawo 13 (2014) 1, pp. 27-36
This article offers possibilities to reduce the negative affect industrial products have on the environment, for which products’ life span has significantly shortened within the last twenty years. The influence tools designed by the European Commission within the Integrated Product Policy...
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Lessons from the use of a long-term energy model for consequential life cycle assessment: The BTL case
Menten, Fabio; Tchung-Ming, Stéphane; Lorne, Daphné; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 43 (2015) C, pp. 942-960
The main objective of this study is to develop a methodology adapted to the prospective environmental evaluation of actions in the energy sector. It describes how a bottom-up long-term energy model can be used in a life cycle assessment (LCA) framework. The proposed methodology is applied in a...
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Quantifizierung des Einflusses der äußeren Produktgestaltung auf die Geschmacksbewertung und auf die Kaufbereitschaft bei Wein mittels eines Charakteristikamodells
Szolnoki, Gergely; Hoffmann, Dieter; Herrmann, Roland - In: Journal of International Agricultural Trade and Development 60 (2011) 1
Verbraucherbefragung kombiniert wird, zeigt starke Wirkungen der äußeren Produktgestaltung auf die Kaufbereitschaft bei Wein, wenn eine … substantial expansion of wine supply has induced a strong product proliferation on the market. It is not only the taste of wines … on the wine bottle, such as origin, grape variety or brands. Additionally, there is a strong trend towards using the …
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Life cycle assessment of energy generation from biogas—Attributional vs. consequential approach
Rehl, T.; Lansche, J.; Müller, J. - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16 (2012) 6, pp. 3766-3775
Many studies that apply life cycle assessment methodology avoid a strict differentiation between attributional (aLCA) and consequential (cLCA) life cycle assessment. The main distinction that can be made is that an aLCA approach describes a state of average production systems of an economic...
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Energy use and greenhouse gas emissions and related improvement options of the broiler chicken meat supply chain
Katajajuuri, Juha-Matti; Grönroos, Juha; Usva, Kirsi - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 17 (2014) 1, pp. 49-61
Energy consumption and the climate-change impact (i.e., carbon footprint) of a typical Finnish broiler chicken fillet product were studied using a supply-chain integrated life cycle assessment method. All essential production stages from parent stock and production of farming inputs to product...
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Carbon-Footprint Policy Of The Top Ten Global Retailers: Contribution To Sustainable Development
Bălan, Carmen - In: The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal 12 (2010) 27, pp. 52-65
The goal of the article is to study the policy of the most prominent ten global retailers relative to the reduction in their carbon footprint. This policy is an integral part of the environmental component of the organizational policy for sustainable development. The research has an exploratory...
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Trade-linked Canada–United States household environmental impact analysis of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions
Ferguson, Thomas M.; MacLean, Heather L. - In: Energy Policy 39 (2011) 12, pp. 8011-8021
We compare energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with total household expenditures and activities in Canada and US in 1997, the first detailed estimate of environmental burdens for Canadian households. We estimate direct burdens from published government data and indirect...
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The role of consumer purchase and post-purchase decision-making in sustainable seafood consumption. A Spanish case study using carbon footprinting
Vázquez-Rowe, Ian; Villanueva-Rey, Pedro; Moreira, Mª … - In: Food Policy 41 (2013) C, pp. 94-102
Sustainable consumption in the food sector is a desirable goal which is often difficult to achieve depending as it does on the interaction of a broad set of factors, such as market prices or consumer preferences. In the current study, a distinction has been made between pre-purchase consumer...
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The Importance of Considering Product Loss Rates in Life Cycle Assessment: The Example of Closure Systems for Bottled Wine
Kounina, Anna; Tatti, Elisa; Humbert, Sebastien; … - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 10, pp. 2673-2706
environmental performance of bottled wine. Wine loss refers to loss occurring when the consumer does not consume the wine contained … the wine unpalatable to a knowledgeable consumer. The decision of whether or not to drink the wine in such cases is guided … by subjective consumer taste perception and wine quality expectation (drinking the bottle or disposing of the wine down …
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