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Sustainable development outcomes of alternative consumer networks – A systematic review and logic model development 替代消费者网络的可持续发展成果--系统审查和逻辑模型开发
IF 3.7 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2024-09-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2024.100225
Birgit Teufer , Sonja Grabner-Kräuter , Christine Bachner

Alternative consumer networks (ACNs) have become increasingly important for promoting sustainable development. This study provides a conceptual clarification of ACNs and systematically reviews their impact on sustainable development. Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, we identified 218 peer-reviewed references that report on sustainability outcomes of ACNs at different levels, including determinants of motivation, contextual changes, behavioral changes, and social, ecological, and economic impacts. Our findings demonstrate that ACNs have a multifaceted influence on sustainability, highlighting the interconnected nature of various outcomes. This holistic approach captures the broad and significant role ACNs play in advancing sustainable practices across multiple dimensions of sustainability. We synthesized these results into a comprehensive logic model, which serves as a practical tool for systematically assessing the impact of ACNs. This model helps practitioners focusing on relevant outcomes and to develop and implement effective strategies tailored to their specific contexts. Additionally, it provides researchers with a structured framework for further study, facilitating a deeper understanding of the dynamic relationships between different sustainability outcomes.

替代消费者网络(ACNs)对于促进可持续发展越来越重要。本研究对 ACN 的概念进行了澄清,并系统地回顾了它们对可持续发展的影响。根据系统综述和荟萃分析首选报告项目(PRISMA)指南,我们确定了 218 篇同行评审参考文献,从不同层面报告了 ACN 的可持续发展成果,包括动机的决定因素、环境变化、行为变化以及社会、生态和经济影响。我们的研究结果表明,幼儿保育网络对可持续发展具有多方面的影响,突出了各种成果的相互关联性。这种整体方法捕捉到了可持续发展网络在推动可持续发展实践的多个方面所发挥的广泛而重要的作用。我们将这些结果综合成一个全面的逻辑模型,作为系统评估 ACN 影响的实用工具。该模型有助于实践者关注相关成果,并根据具体情况制定和实施有效战略。此外,它还为研究人员提供了进一步研究的结构化框架,有助于深入了解不同可持续性成果之间的动态关系。
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Understanding substitution impacts of harvested wood and processing residues to mitigate climate change: A case of Chattogram, Bangladesh 了解伐木和加工残留物对减缓气候变化的替代影响:孟加拉国 Chattogram 案例
IF 3.7 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2024-09-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2024.100224
Tarit Kumar Baul, Anashuwa Chowdhury Atri, Umma Salma, Ashraful Alam, Mohammed Jashimuddin
<div><p>In Bangladesh, the role of harvested wood (e.g. wood products and associated processing residues) to mitigate climate change is less known and often ignored. This study aims to understand the substitution impacts of harvested wood products and associated processing residues in Chattogram city area, Bangladesh. Additionally, we also explored sellers' and users' perceptions towards the use of wood biomass and associated effects, with users’ level of satisfaction with using different categories of products of wood, bamboo, steel, and plastic. The study only considered sawn wood from sawmills to the wooden furniture and building materials, and associated residues, but excluded carbon in the forest ecosystem. A survey, using three different types of pre-tested questionnaires consisting of open and close-ended questions, was carried out in 36 sawmills, 62 timber merchants, and 55 furniture manufacturers or shops, with their owners or managers in Chattogram City Corporation area, Bangladesh. We used the general displacement factors of 0.5, 0.45, 1, and 1.3 tC tC<sup>−1</sup> for processing residues, composite wood furniture, solid wood furniture, and building materials, respectively. The amount of wood products and associated residues and their avoided emissions due to substitution were presented in m<sup>3</sup> industry<sup>−1</sup> year<sup>−1</sup> and Mg industry<sup>−1</sup> year<sup>−1</sup>. Results revealed that the highest mean annual consumptions of timber (783.95 m<sup>3</sup> industry<sup>−1</sup> year<sup>−1</sup>) and processing residues (196.05 m<sup>3</sup> industry<sup>−1</sup> year<sup>−1</sup>) were in the sawmills and the lowest (60.56 and 0.66 m<sup>3</sup> industry<sup>−1</sup> year<sup>−1</sup>) in the furniture manufacturers. Altogether, the processing of round logs generated 36% residues of its mass from sawmilling to furniture manufacture. Sawn wood (of sawmills and timber merchants) consumed in the building houses produced the highest annual avoided emissions (1029.51 Mg CO<sub>2</sub> industry<sup>−1</sup> year<sup>−1</sup>). The development of efficient products with long lifespans, in addition to factors such as forest management, emissions, waste generation, and life cycle assessments of products likely play a significant role in determining the overall impact on displacement factors. The future study should focus on developing material flow analysis integrated with a life cycle assessment approach for various products for the construction and associated sectors, thus generating a country-specific displacement factor. The perception-based study documented that wood furniture and processing residues as bioenergy were perceived as a good substitute for non-wood furniture (e.g., steel, plastic) and fossil fuels (gas, oil) and thus lowering fossil emissions as wood products were perceived as user-and-environment-friendly and attractive. However, environmental awareness of both consumers and sellers about wood and bioe
在孟加拉国,伐木(如木制品和相关加工残留物)在减缓气候变化方面的作用鲜为人知,而且往往被忽视。本研究旨在了解孟加拉国 Chattogram 市地区伐木制品和相关加工残留物的替代影响。此外,我们还探讨了销售商和用户对使用木材生物质及其相关影响的看法,以及用户对使用木材、竹子、钢材和塑料等不同类别产品的满意程度。研究只考虑了从锯木厂到木制家具和建筑材料的锯材以及相关残留物,但不包括森林生态系统中的碳。我们使用三种不同类型的预先测试问卷(包括开放式和封闭式问题),对孟加拉国 Chattogram 市公司地区的 36 家锯木厂、62 家木材商、55 家家具制造商或商店的所有者或管理者进行了调查。我们对加工残留物、复合木家具、实木家具和建筑材料分别使用了 0.5、0.45、1 和 1.3 吨碳 tC-1 的一般转移因子。木制品和相关残留物的数量及其因替代而避免的排放量以 m3 工业-1 年-1 和 Mg 工业-1 年-1 表示。结果显示,锯木厂的木材年平均消耗量(783.95 立方米工业-1-年-1)和加工残渣年平均消耗量(196.05 立方米工业-1-年-1)最高,而家具制造商的消耗量(60.56 立方米工业-1-年-1 和 0.66 立方米工业-1-年-1)最低。从锯木到家具制造,圆木加工共产生了 36% 的剩余物。建筑房屋消耗的锯材(锯木厂和木材商)每年产生的避免排放量最高(1029.51 兆克 CO2 工业-1-年-1)。除了森林管理、排放、废物产生和产品生命周期评估等因素外,开发使用寿命长的高效产品也可能在决定对位移因素的总体影响方面发挥重要作用。今后的研究应侧重于针对建筑及相关行业的各种产品,结合生命周期评估方法,开展材料流分析,从而得出针对具体国家的位移系数。基于认知的研究表明,木制家具和作为生物能源的加工残留物被认为是非木制家具(如钢材、塑料)和化石燃料(天然气、石油)的良好替代品,从而降低了化石排放,因为木制品被认为是对用户和环境友好且有吸引力的。然而,消费者和销售者对木材和生物能源的使用以及森林退化的环境意识,对于将其从中性观念转变为积极观念至关重要。
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Boosting domestic rice production in Ghana: Analysis of consumer opinions, purchasing behavior and determinants among different income strata 促进加纳国内大米生产:不同收入阶层消费者的意见、购买行为和决定因素分析
IF 3.7 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2024-09-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2024.100222
Faizal Adams , Bernard Kwamena Cobbina Essel , Bavorova Miroslava , Joshua Korblah Agbenyor , Mashiru Abrokwa Ishak , Ntiamoah Prince , Ketu Abdulai , Boakye Samuel , Oppong Kwarteng Judith

Despite the fact that domestic rice production contributes significantly to the livelihood of millions of people in Ghana, it has been observed that consumers show a strong preference for expensive and imported rice over locally produced rice. The purpose of this study was to investigate the perception, purchasing behaviour and determinants of local rice consumption across three income households in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana. A total of 414 rice consumers were selected through a multi-stage sampling technique. Descriptive and inferential techniques, including perception analysis and ordered probit model, were used to analyse the data. The overall perception index of 3.61 denotes that consumers generally have a positive perception of local rice regarding health benefits (index = 4.44), affordability (index = 3.86), and cooking attributes (index = 3.48), despite its poor appearance (index = 2.80). The ordered probit model depicted heterogeneity of covariates as determinants of local rice consumption-based income strata of the household. For instance, various factors, including gender, age, occupation, and attributes of local rice such as affordability, nutrition, cooking attributes, and appearance, have a notable impact on the consumption of local rice among low-income households. In contrast, education, household decision-making, the place of purchasing local rice, and three perception attributes, namely affordability, nutrition, and cooking attributes, were found to be significant determinants of local rice consumption among middle-income households. According to the data, local rice consumption among high-income families was significantly predicted by gender, occupation, household size, and two perception attributes—affordability and nutrition. The study has practical implications for improving the competitiveness of local rice to increase its acceptance and consumption among consumers in the country.

尽管国内大米生产为加纳数百万人的生计做出了重大贡献,但据观察,与本地生产的大米相比,消费者对昂贵的进口大米表现出强烈的偏好。本研究的目的是调查加纳库马西大都市三种收入家庭对本地大米消费的看法、购买行为和决定因素。通过多阶段抽样技术,共选取了 414 名大米消费者。数据分析采用了描述性和推论性技术,包括感知分析和有序概率模型。总体感知指数为 3.61,表明消费者普遍对本地大米的健康益处(指数 = 4.44)、可负担性(指数 = 3.86)和烹饪属性(指数 = 3.48)持积极看法,尽管其外观较差(指数 = 2.80)。有序概率模型显示,协变量的异质性是基于家庭收入阶层的本地大米消费的决定因素。例如,各种因素,包括性别、年龄、职业和本地大米的属性,如经济实惠、营养、烹饪属性和外观,对低收入家庭本地大米的消费有显著影响。相比之下,教育程度、家庭决策、购买本地大米的地点以及三个感知属性,即经济实惠、营养和烹饪属性,则是中等收入家庭消费本地大米的重要决定因素。数据显示,性别、职业、家庭规模和两个感知属性(可负担性和营养)对高收入家庭的本地大米消费量有明显的预测作用。这项研究对于提高本地大米的竞争力,增加其在国内消费者中的接受度和消费量具有实际意义。
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Design and sustainability in the fashion industry: The example of independent labels in London 时装业的设计与可持续性:以伦敦的独立品牌为例
IF 3.7 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2024-09-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2024.100221
Galina Gornostaeva

The fashion industry is deemed to be notoriously unsustainable. Fashion brands and their multiple stakeholders recognize both environmental and social negative externalities that the industry generates. Fashion capitals like London accommodate innovative fashion businesses, which are expected to be sustainability pioneers. This paper evaluates which sustainability practices fashion brands in London accommodate and whether those with profound investments in sustainability achieve superior attractiveness to the customer. The research is based on data collected for 158 fashion brands. The database includes evaluations of environmental and social sustainability provided by the ‘Good on You’ platform and such characteristics as brands' affiliation with high-end design and the number of followers on Instagram as an indicator of their attractiveness to the customer. Analysis of data led to the typology of brands in London. Findings indicate that only one-third of researched businesses seriously place sustainability at the center of their business models. Even these attempts have not led to drastic changes in London's fashion industry outlook. Most successful in terms of sustainability firms are not associated with 'high-end' fashion. Customer appreciation is only sometimes on the side of sustainable firms. Policymakers and practitioners can use the results as a guide for a more critical appraisal of developments in sustainable fashion.

时尚产业被认为是臭名昭著的不可持续产业。时尚品牌及其多方利益相关者都认识到,该行业会对环境和社会造成负面的外部影响。伦敦等时尚之都容纳了创新的时尚企业,它们有望成为可持续发展的先锋。本文评估了伦敦的时尚品牌采取了哪些可持续发展的做法,以及那些在可持续发展方面进行了大量投资的品牌是否对顾客具有更强的吸引力。研究以 158 个时尚品牌的数据为基础。数据库包括 "Good on You "平台提供的环境和社会可持续发展评估,以及品牌与高端设计的关系和在 Instagram 上的粉丝数量等特征,以此作为品牌对顾客吸引力的指标。通过对数据的分析,对伦敦的品牌进行了分类。研究结果表明,只有三分之一的受访企业认真地将可持续发展作为其商业模式的核心。即使是这些尝试,也没有给伦敦的时尚产业前景带来巨大变化。在可持续发展方面最成功的企业与 "高端 "时尚无关。顾客的赞赏有时也会站在可持续发展企业这一边。政策制定者和从业者可以利用这些结果作为指导,对可持续时尚的发展进行更严格的评估。
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Exploring sustainable development perceptions among higher education students: An empirical study on knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours 探索高校学生的可持续发展观念:关于知识、态度和行为的实证研究
IF 3.7 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2024-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2024.100223
Susana Leal , João Nascimento , Andriani Piki , Adem Tekerek , Alper Güzel , Ana Loureiro , Catarina Gonçalves , Inês Messias , Joke Simons , Lorenz Teunen , Luís C.S. Barradas , Naomi Palmer , Tito Livio Mongelli , Zlatko Nedelko , Sandra Oliveira

Higher education institutions have a role to play in developing sustainability skills and changing students' attitudes and behaviour towards sustainability issues and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This article aims to explore the knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of higher education students towards sustainability and understand how these vary in line with gender, age, level of education, the field of study and familiarity with the SDGs. A questionnaire survey was carried out among higher education students. A sample of 716 students from different European countries and Türkiye was obtained. The results show that the relationship between students' knowledge of sustainability and their behaviour towards sustainability issues is partly mediated by their attitudes towards sustainability. The practical implications of this study are that it highlights the need to strengthen education on sustainable development and the SDGs in all areas and at all levels of higher education and to provide sound training in this field from the moment students enter higher education. Although knowledge and attitudes towards sustainability are well developed, higher education institutions must train students to change their behaviour.

高等教育机构在培养可持续发展技能、改变学生对可持续发展问题和可持续发展目标 (SDGs)的态度和行为方面可以发挥作用。本文旨在探讨高等院校学生对可持续发展的认识、态度和行为,并了解这些认识、态度和行为因性别、年龄、教育水平、学习领域和对可持续发展目标的熟悉程度而有所不同。对高等教育学生进行了问卷调查。调查样本包括来自不同欧洲国家和土耳其的 716 名学生。结果表明,学生的可持续发展知识与他们在可持续发展问题上的行为之间的关系部分地受到他们对可持续发展的态度的影响。这项研究的实际意义在于,它强调了在高等教育的各个领域和各个层次加强可持续发展和可持续发展目标教育的必要性,以及从学生进入高等教育的那一刻起就在这一领域提供良好培训的必要性。虽然对可持续发展的知识和态度已经形成,但高等教育机构必须培训学生改变他们的行为。
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The power of silent sustainability: Communication strategies for new sustainable products 无声可持续性的力量:新型可持续产品的传播战略
IF 3.7 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2024-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2024.100220
Ozge Turut

Consumers are interested in sustainable products but they exhibit wariness about their efficacy resulting in a reluctance to purchase. Consumers perceive a high level functional risk in utilitarian benefits sustainable alternatives can provide. For that reason, communication strategy is essential for the success of new sustainable products. We analytically investigate the optimal pre-launch communication strategy and specifically, explore the role of third party reviews of new sustainable products. Before launching its new sustainable product, a firm can reach out an expert or an influencer to test it and write an honest review which informs consumers about the green product's quality in the traditional performance dimension. The firm cannot interfere with the content of the review, but can affect the degree of its informativeness by its investment level in pre-launch communication. We find that pre-launch communication is always profitable, but the optimal level of informativeness can be short of full revelation depending on the market conditions. Based on our results, we make suggestions to both firms and policy makers, which will help reduce the green attitude-behavior gap. Then, we investigate how the availability of pre-launch communication via third party testing and reviewing affects firms' sustainability strategy decision. Our analysis reveals that, depending on the market characteristics, the presence of pre-launch communication may encourage firms to be bolder in their sustainability initiatives and engage in high environmental impact strategies without concerning to preserve the conventional functional performance, or conversely, make them more risk averse and pursue mediocre environmental impact strategies with strong caution about the conventional functional performance.

消费者对可持续产品很感兴趣,但对其功效表现出戒心,因而不愿购买。消费者认为,可持续替代品所能提供的功利性利益具有很高的功能风险。因此,传播策略对于新的可持续产品的成功至关重要。我们通过分析研究了上市前的最佳传播策略,特别是探讨了第三方对新的可持续产品的评价的作用。在推出新的可持续产品之前,企业可以联系专家或有影响力的人士对其进行测试,并撰写诚实的评论,让消费者了解绿色产品在传统性能维度上的质量。企业无法干涉评论的内容,但可以通过对发布前传播的投入程度来影响其信息量的大小。我们发现,发布前传播总是有利可图的,但根据市场条件的不同,最佳的信息程度可能达不到完全揭示的程度。基于我们的研究结果,我们向企业和政策制定者提出了建议,这将有助于缩小绿色态度与行为之间的差距。然后,我们研究了通过第三方测试和审查进行的发布前沟通如何影响企业的可持续发展战略决策。我们的分析表明,根据不同的市场特征,上市前沟通的存在可能会鼓励企业更大胆地采取可持续发展举措,并在不考虑保持传统功能性能的情况下实施高环境影响战略;或者相反,会使企业更加规避风险,并在对传统功能性能保持高度警惕的情况下实施环境影响一般的战略。
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Prologue for the virtual special issue on social entrepreneurship, creative territories, and responsible consumption 关于社会企业家精神、创意领地和负责任消费的虚拟特刊序言
IF 3.7 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2024-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2024.100217
Ivan Bozhikin, Janaina Macke

The Virtual Special Issue investigates the relationship between social entrepreneurship, creative territories, and responsible consumption. These three fields have grown quickly in the last two decades and have attracted the attention of many researchers. The issue contributes to current research by exploring various aspects of creative territories, responsible business and consumption, and social entrepreneurship. This editorial presents the five articles included in this Special Volume. Two papers are more strongly related to creative territories and sustainable supply chain innovation, while the other three focus on social entrepreneurship and responsible consumption in the footwear, healthcare, and processing industries. Furthermore, pathways for future research are formulated, calling for more dedicated research on the above three areas to create solid theory-building via sophisticated research methods.

本期虚拟特刊探讨了社会企业家精神、创意领地和责任消费之间的关系。这三个领域在过去二十年中发展迅速,吸引了众多研究人员的关注。本期杂志通过探讨创意领地、负责任的商业和消费以及社会企业家精神的各个方面,为当前的研究做出了贡献。这篇社论介绍了本特辑收录的五篇文章。其中两篇文章与创意领地和可持续供应链创新关系密切,另外三篇文章则侧重于鞋业、医疗保健业和加工业中的社会企业家精神和负责任消费。此外,本文还提出了未来的研究方向,呼吁对上述三个领域进行更深入的研究,通过先进的研究方法建立坚实的理论基础。
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Conspicuous consumption and conscientious conservation: Testing for a status-prosociality link through need for uniqueness and variety seeking 显性消费和自觉保护:通过对独特性和多样性的追求来检验地位与社会性之间的联系
IF 3.7 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2024-08-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2024.100219
Michał Folwarczny , Agata Gasiorowska , Valdimar Sigurdsson , Tobias Otterbring

Whereas the environmental impact of buying luxury goods is debated, there is evidence that purchasing such products—often referred to as conspicuous consumption—can be more sustainable than hoarding cheaper alternatives because luxury goods are more durable and are often passed down through generations, resulting in fewer resources being consumed by the average consumer. Contrary to popular beliefs that conspicuous consumption is inconsistent with environmental concerns, recent studies demonstrate that conspicuous consumption is sometimes positively associated with proenvironmentalism. However, less is known about the psychological mechanisms responsible for this counterintuitive association. In this research, we propose and find that conspicuous consumption orientation is positively related to proenvironmental consumption values, with this relationship being mediated by consumers' need for uniqueness and variety seeking. The proposed framework was tested and supported by a large-scale cross-sectional survey (N = 1400; 59.9% women), with data analyzed using structural equation modeling. Together, the current findings shed light on the processes that explain the link between conspicuous consumption and proenvironmental purchasing preferences, with the current results suggesting that consumers’ tendency to seek unique and varied options in the marketplace may be used to promote sustainable consumption.

尽管人们对购买奢侈品对环境的影响存在争议,但有证据表明,购买这类产品--通常被称为炫耀性消费--比囤积廉价替代品更具有可持续性,因为奢侈品更耐用,通常会代代相传,导致普通消费者消耗的资源更少。与显性消费与环境问题不符的普遍看法相反,最近的研究表明,显性消费有时与环保主义呈正相关。然而,人们对造成这种反直觉关联的心理机制却知之甚少。在这项研究中,我们提出并发现,显性消费取向与亲环境消费价值观呈正相关,而消费者对独特性和多样性的需求则是这种关系的中介。我们通过一项大规模的横截面调查(N = 1400;59.9% 为女性)对所提出的框架进行了检验和支持,并使用结构方程模型对数据进行了分析。目前的研究结果表明,消费者在市场上寻求独特和多样化选择的倾向可用于促进可持续消费。
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Generation Z's perception of food healthiness: The case of Kellogg's cereals – A qualitative study in Germany and Ireland Z 世代对食品健康的看法:以凯洛格麦片为例--在德国和爱尔兰进行的定性研究
IF 3.7 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2024-08-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2024.100218
Stephan G.H. Meyerding, Sophie Ahrens

One way to prevent diseases caused by unhealthy diets is to help consumers make better dietary choices. Knowledge about the consumer perception of food healthiness can help to understand which indicators are important for consumers to make healthy food choices.

Generation Z members are young consumers who can influence the market supply in the next few years. To better understand Generation Z's perception of healthy food, sample products from Kellogg's brand were used to conduct focus group discussions in Germany and Ireland. Eight young consumers, aged between 18 and 25 years, participated in each focus group discussion. Both focus group discussions were summarized and analyzed according to Mayring.

Essentially, what emerged was that both focus groups use the same indicators to evaluate the health value of a product. The indicators included the ingredient list, nutritional value table, packaging design, and additional information on the package. Noticeable differences in the subtopics were that young German consumers discussed the ingredient list in general and discussed the understanding and order of ingredients, whereas young Irish consumers discussed specific ingredients in more detail. In addition, German participants perceived the colours green, blue, and purple of product packaging as indicators of product healthiness, whereas Irish participants generally perceived darker colours as indicators. German participants generally perceived the ingredients of a product as the most important indicator, whereas Irish participants also considered the nutritional value information to be very important. Furthermore, a variety of foods was generally important in the German focus group, and origin and price were indicators in the Irish focus group. The study also shows that Generation Z consumers in Germany and Ireland are uncertain when evaluating a product, and thus, better consumer education is desired to improve the level of knowledge.

预防不健康饮食导致疾病的方法之一是帮助消费者做出更好的饮食选择。了解消费者对食品健康的看法有助于了解哪些指标对消费者选择健康食品非常重要。为了更好地了解 Z 世代对健康食品的看法,我们利用凯洛格品牌的样本产品在德国和爱尔兰开展了焦点小组讨论。每个焦点小组讨论都有 8 名年龄在 18-25 岁之间的年轻消费者参加。根据 Mayring 方法,对两个焦点小组的讨论进行了总结和分析。从本质上讲,两个焦点小组都使用相同的指标来评估产品的健康价值。这些指标包括配料表、营养价值表、包装设计和包装上的附加信息。小主题方面的明显差异是,德国年轻消费者对配料表进行了一般性讨论,并讨论了对配料的理解和顺序,而爱尔兰年轻消费者则对具体配料进行了更详细的讨论。此外,德国受试者认为产品包装上的绿色、蓝色和紫色是产品健康的标志,而爱尔兰受试者一般认为深色是产品健康的标志。德国受试者普遍认为产品的成分是最重要的指标,而爱尔兰受试者也认为营养价值信息非常重要。此外,在德国的焦点小组中,食品的多样性通常很重要,而在爱尔兰的焦点小组中,产地和价格则是指标。研究还表明,德国和爱尔兰的 Z 世代消费者在评估产品时存在不确定性,因此需要更好的消费者教育来提高他们的知识水平。
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Application of the Affinities Theory to the environmental sustainability of tourist destinations: The case of Ljubljana 将亲和力理论应用于旅游目的地的环境可持续性:卢布尔雅那案例
IF 3.7 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2024-08-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2024.100216
Luciano Barcellos-Paula , Aline Castro-Rezende , Anna María Gil-Lafuente

Sustainability has become a critical concern for many destinations seeking to revitalize their tourism industry while also dealing with issues stemming from climate change. To address these challenges, practical strategies to manage the harmful effects of the environmental crisis are necessary. Despite the critical role of sustainability, there still needs to be more practical solutions for implementing it in practice. The article aims to (i) broaden the discussion on sustainable tourism and solutions to reduce the impacts of climate change, and (ii) to understand the relationships of affinities between pro-environmental initiatives and the characteristics of the destination based on the perceptions of tourists who visit the city of Ljubljana. This study analyses tourist perception in an urban destination focusing on reducing carbon footprint and promoting sustainable development. Through a case study and the application of Affinities Theory, a specific algorithm to recognise affinity connections, a database with 372 international tourists who visited Ljubljana is utilised. This study has an explanatory goal and uses a comprehensive method (quantitative-qualitative). The findings confirmed that the characteristics of the destination most relevant to the tourist are Sustainable, Environmentally Friendly, and Safe. The research acknowledged practical approaches to improve the competitiveness and sustainability of tourism. The results could assist managers and policymakers in formulating sustainability-based strategies and reducing decision-making uncertainty. Also, it deepens the theoretical understanding of sustainable tourism and climate change mitigation strategies using a modelling and simulation method that other researchers can replicate in different contexts. This innovative research employs the Affinities Theory to assess Ljubljana's urban sustainability, examining how environmental practices can help reduce climate change's impact and how tourists perceive these practices.

可持续发展已成为许多旅游目的地在寻求振兴旅游业的同时应对气候变化问题的关键问题。为了应对这些挑战,有必要制定切实可行的战略来管理环境危机的有害影响。尽管可持续发展具有关键作用,但在实践中仍需要更多切实可行的解决方案。本文旨在:(i) 扩大关于可持续旅游业和减少气候变化影响的解决方案的讨论;(ii) 根据访问卢布尔雅那市的游客的看法,了解亲环境倡议与目的地特征之间的亲和力关系。本研究分析了游客对城市旅游目的地的感知,重点关注减少碳足迹和促进可持续发展。通过案例研究和应用亲和力理论(一种识别亲和力联系的特定算法),利用了一个包含 372 名访问卢布尔雅那的国际游客的数据库。本研究以解释为目标,采用综合方法(定量-定性)。研究结果证实,与游客最相关的目的地特征是可持续、环保和安全。研究确认了提高旅游业竞争力和可持续性的实用方法。研究结果有助于管理者和决策者制定基于可持续性的战略,减少决策的不确定性。此外,它还利用建模和模拟方法加深了对可持续旅游业和气候变化减缓战略的理论理解,其他研究人员可在不同情况下复制这种方法。这项创新性研究采用亲和力理论评估卢布尔雅那的城市可持续性,研究环境实践如何有助于减少气候变化的影响,以及游客如何看待这些实践。
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