Sustainability labelling schemes: the logic of their claims and their functions for stakeholders

By Johannes de Boer. 2003

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Subfields: Marketing, Strategy and Management

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Beyond organic: Consumer interest in new labelling schemes in the Central Coast of California (2006, background): “On the other hand, consumer preferences cannot be accurately ascertained through their purchasing behaviour, either, given the confounding factors such as taste or brand ( de Boer, 2003 ).”
The role of corporate sustainability performance for economic performance: A firm-level analysis of moderation effects (2010, background): “…other interested stakeholders about the environmental quality and social benefits of products and processes through information dissemination, labelling and other means of signalling increasingly becomes important for firms to realize economic benefits (Boer, 2003; Karl & Orwat, 1999; Riley, 2001).”
Dynamic Adjustment of Eco-labeling Schemes and Consumer Choice – the Revision of the EU Energy Label as a Missed Opportunity? (2012, methodology): “One method of signaling that has received increasing attention from academics, policy makers and industry professionals is environmental or eco‐labeling (Thogersen, 2000; De Boer, 2003; Pedersen and Neergaard, 2006; Rubik et al., 2007).”
Eco-Premium or Eco-Penalty? Eco-Labels and Quality in the Organic Wine Market (2012, background): “This third-party certification lends credibility to the eco-labels (D’Souza, Taghian, Lamb, & Peretiatko, 2006; Leire & Thidell, 2005; Nilsson, Tunçer, & Thidell, 2004), but may result in eco-labels that do not meet the needs of consumers (de Boer, 2003; Rex & Baumann, 2007; Stern, 1999).”
The influence of eco‐labelling on consumer behaviour – results of a discrete choice analysis for washing machines (2006, background): “Previous literature on eco-labelling has often taken a conceptual or descriptive approach, discussing the relevance of eco-labels from marketers’, consumers’ and policymakers’ perspectives (Gallastegui, 2002; de Boer, 2003; OECD, 1991).”
Public attitudes towards the environmental impact of salmon aquaculture in Scotland (2006, background): “From the consumers’ perspective, the label helps them to make more informed choices (Jenkinson, 1997), specifically by acting as a symbol for exposing differences between production practices according to their sustainability ( de Boer, 2003 ).”