Country Differences in Sustainable Consumption: The Case of Organic Food

By John Th⊘gersen. 2010

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Exploring pro-environmental food purchasing behaviour: An empirical analysis of Italian consumers (2018, background): “Purchasing green products may also be influenced by subjective norms, which can be defined as perceived social pressure for a person to perform a behaviour or not (Thøgersen, 2010).”
This apple is too ugly for me!: Consumer preferences for suboptimal food products in the supermarket and at home (2017, background): “Yet, consumer acceptance of organic foods (Thøgersen, 2010) and the exposure of consumers to sustainable initiatives vary between the countries (e.g. NGO’s pushing the issue of food waste onto the societal agenda), which may generate slight differences between countries in our study.”
What drives political consumption in Europe? A multi-level analysis on individual characteristics, opportunity structures and globalization (2012, background): “To overcome ‘the unfortunate individualistic and individualizing bias’ of existing research (Thøgersen, 2010: 171), explanations relying on individuals’ resources and motivations have been extended by social movement theories of economic, political and cultural opportunities as well as a…”
Varieties of Environmental Labelling, Market Structures, and Sustainable Consumption Across Europe: A Comparative Analysis of Organizational and Market Supply Determinants of Environmental-Labelled Goods (2011, methodology): “In the next section, a conceptual model is outlined which allows one to distinguish analytically between supply- and demand-side explanations in the market as well as in the political/organizational dimension of environmental labelling (Thøgersen 2010).”
Green Consumerism: Moral Motivations to a Sustainable Future (2015, background): “Some of these barriers to green consumerism may be addressed by restructuring the landscape in which green consumer choices are currently made [35].”
Consciousness for sustainable consumption: scale development and new insights in the economic dimension of consumers’ sustainability (2013, background): “At the micro level (Simpson and Radford 2011), consumer sustainability is shaped by personal values such as universalism achievement (Thøgersen and Ölander 2002; Thøgersen 2010), personal norms (Stern and Dietz 1994), social norms (Minton and Rose 1997), attitudes (Thøgersen 2005), and beliefs (Tann”
Why Might Organic Labels Fail to Influence Consumer Choices? Marginal Labelling and Brand Equity Effects (2012, background): “2007) and of consumption (Thøgersen 2010).”
U.S. Sustainable Food Market Generation Z Consumer Segments (2019, background): “Thus, advocating the adoption of eco-friendly food consumption behavior, such as choosing products that have been manufactured in an eco-friendly way [8–10], is seen as a viable means of moving toward sustainable development [3,11,12].”
Transforming Consumption: From Decoupling, to Behavior Change, to System Changes for Sustainable Consumption (2015, background): “Eco-labels can be effective and are needed; however, they need to be better integrated and contextualized within complex decision-making environments of mainstream consumers (92, 102, 103).”
Self-identity and internal environmental locus of control: Comparing their influences on green purchase intentions in high-context versus low-context cultures (2020, neutral): “…preferred conceptual framework in several environmental contexts, such as organic food choice (Dean et al., 2012; Tarkiainen and Sundqvist, 2005; Thøgersen, 2010), recycling behaviour (Davies et al., 2016; Oreg and Katz-Gerro, 2006; Terry et al., 1999; Tonglet et al., 2004), and purchase…”
Religion and motives for sustainable behaviors: A cross-cultural comparison and contrast (2015, methodology): “…influence of religion within a culture (thereby greatly reducing cultural bias) as well as the global and more generalizable influence of religion across cultureswas examined (thereby reducing the influence ofmacro factors such as sustainable legislation and cultural attitudes) (Thogersen, 2010).”
Sustainable food consumption: an overview of contemporary issues and policies (2013, background): “For European consumers, the most important reason for buying organic food is the belief that it is healthier (Willer & Kilcher, 2012) and there is apparently little difference among European countries in motivation for organic food consumption (Thøgersen, 2009; 2010).”
The Importance of Consumer Trust for the Emergence of a Market for Green Products: The Case of Organic Food (2015, neutral): “…make this case particularly suitable for this purpose: (1) The organic food market is probably the most successful ‘‘green’’ products market worldwide (Thøgersen 2010), and (2) while the organic food market in Thailand is still in its infancy,1 Thailand’s National Organic Agricultural Development…”
Green food consumption intention, behaviors and influencing factors among Chinese consumers (2013, background): “The food culture and the culture’s level of environmental concern play key roles in sustainable consumption (Thogersen, 2010).”