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{"title":"The role of information and taste in consumer preferences for aquaponic tomatoes: An experimental study","authors":"Janine Macht,&nbsp;Jeanette Klink-Lehmann,&nbsp;Jana Kilimann,&nbsp;Monika Hartmann","doi":"10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100265","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100265","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>By combining vegetable and fish production in a closed-loop system, aquaponics is a promising technology to contribute to sustainable food production. However, information about consumer preferences for aquaponic products is limited and most studies measure willingness to pay hypothetically. The present study aims to fill that gap by conducting a non-hypothetical incentive-compatible experimental auction study with 287 students. We followed a 3∗3∗2 experimental design eliciting (expected) liking, willingness to buy and pay for three different tomatoes (conventional, organic, and aquaponic) in three different rounds (blind tasting, information, and tasting &amp; information), testing for two information treatments. The results reveal that supplementing information with tasting can increase liking, willingness to buy, and willingness to pay for aquaponic products. Thus, taste is an important factor in the success of aquaponic products. In addition, communicating the benefits of aquaponic production might be a crucial strategy to obtain premiums for aquaponic food, similar to organic products. Moderation analyses suggest that providing additional information on aquaponics is particularly relevant for consumers interested in purchasing environmentally friendly food and for those curious about novel food products like aquaponic tomatoes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34617,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner and Responsible Consumption","volume":"17 ","pages":"Article 100265"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143601207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What propels the transition? Understanding push-pull-mooring influences on switching from improper E-waste handling to formal recycling","authors":"Muhammed Sajid ,&nbsp;Myriam Ertz","doi":"10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100264","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100264","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the factors influencing consumers' intentions to switch from improper handling to e-waste recycling. Utilizing the theoretical framework of Push-Pull-Mooring (PPM) theory, this research adopts a mixed-methods design. Initially, a qualitative study identifies the push, pull, and mooring factors affecting consumers' switching intentions. Subsequently, the second phase of the research develops and quantitatively tests a framework based on these findings using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The results indicate that perceived environmental risk and climate change-related health risk perception are push factors in this context. Additionally, government initiatives are identified as pull factors, while perceived convenience is a mooring factor. This research significantly enriches the literature on e-waste recycling and offers practical insights for enhancing e-waste recycling initiatives in developing countries. The study’s comprehensive approach provides a robust basis for understanding and promoting better e-waste management practices in similar contexts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34617,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner and Responsible Consumption","volume":"17 ","pages":"Article 100264"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143579948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How the war in Ukraine and attitudes towards it influenced electricity saving behaviour and electricity consumption?","authors":"Genovaitė Liobikienė ,&nbsp;Julius Liobikas","doi":"10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100261","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100261","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The war in Ukraine triggered a big energy crisis, which particularly escalated in the winter of 2023 throughout all Europe. The crisis was a good opportunity for policymakers to encourage people to save electricity in the household. The aim of this paper is to analyse the changes in electricity saving behaviour and electricity consumption in Lithuania comparing the periods of the month preceding the war in Ukraine in 2022 and the peak of the energy crisis, which occurred in the winter of 2023. Furthermore, the paper examines how the attitudes related to the war influenced these behaviours. The results revealed that since the beginning of the war the level of electricity saving behaviour and electricity consumption increased but both insignificantly. However, the factors contributing to electricity saving behaviour and to actual electricity consumption were revealed to be different. Electricity saving behaviour was mostly determined by concerns about climate change and the war in Ukraine together with attitudes towards the increased energy expenses. As to actual electricity consumption, only concern about the military conflict and sceptical attitudes towards the energy crisis significantly but negatively influenced the levels of electricity consumption. Thus, this paper reveals that the war in Ukraine motivated people to perform electricity saving behaviour only due to the increased price, but the actual electricity consumption was not affected.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34617,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner and Responsible Consumption","volume":"16 ","pages":"Article 100261"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143551232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"“The moderating role of legal enforcement in ESG's impact on corporate crash risk: Evidence from Asian stock market”","authors":"Woraphon Wattanatorn ,&nbsp;Tatre Jantarakolica","doi":"10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100259","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100259","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) scores serve as an index that indicates the extent to which listed companies operate an eco-friendly and cleaner production process, are responsible to society, and are transparent and accountable with their shareholders and investors. This study investigates the impact of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices on stock price crash risk, with a particular focus on the influence of law enforcement. Using a comprehensive dataset from major Asian markets, spanning 2011 to 2022, we assess how ESG practices influence financial stability. Our findings reveal that higher ESG scores significantly reduce stock price crash risk, highlighting the importance of sustainability in corporate strategies. Moreover, the study explores the interaction between ESG practices and the legal environment, highlighting the critical role of robust legal frameworks in enhancing ESG practices' effectiveness.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34617,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner and Responsible Consumption","volume":"16 ","pages":"Article 100259"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143529774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluating circular economy strategies and practices in households: A self-assessment tool","authors":"Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva,&nbsp;Tomás B. Ramos","doi":"10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100262","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100262","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Household daily activities, such as food acquisition, housing, and mobility, are closely linked to sustainability impacts, including climate change, raw material use, quality of life, and waste production. Multiple studies have been conducted to understand circular economy assessment in products, private or public organizations, eco-industrial parks, and cities. However, there is still a lack of knowledge regarding the assessment of circular economy practices implemented at the household level, including current strategies, and indicators. Thus, the present work aims at developing a self-assessment tool to assess and report the implementation of circular economy-based strategies and practices at the household level, including the definition of related consumption activities and indicators. This study is supported by a two-stage methodology, based on a mixed-method approach, focusing collaboration with residents'/family representatives, through a questionnaire survey and semi-structured interviews. The main findings from the survey enabled the identification of householders’ consumption priorities, encompassing different circular economy related strategies and practices. This allowed a qualitative triangulation with an integrative literature review, resulting in a set of 38 household circular economy indicators that enable self-assessment and foster circular economy at the consumer level. Then, the developed tool was evaluated by a selection of interviewed stakeholders to gain insights into its usage, leading to the identification of several practical recommendations to enhance understandability and operability, including technicalities and language related issues. The developed self-assessment tool could encourage individuals and families to start considering voluntary CE evaluations and reporting, particularly as municipalities and other relevant stakeholders begin to recognize and request this information. This research contributes to the ongoing debate regarding the role of a circular household in the transition to sustainability, including its inherent assessment, and communication.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34617,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner and Responsible Consumption","volume":"16 ","pages":"Article 100262"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143551234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Examining green packaging, branding, and eco-labeling strategies: The case of young consumers' perceptions and responses in F&B industry","authors":"Tai Nguyen Quoc,&nbsp;Nhan Nghiem Phuc,&nbsp;Ngoc-Hong Duong","doi":"10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100258","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100258","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Green packaging, branding, and eco-labeling are among the rising green marketing initiatives from food industry businesses that promote a sustainable brand image to potential consumers; this study examines the relevance of these two green marketing strategies on Vietnamese young consumers' attitudes and behaviors regarding their food choices. Based on the Stimulus – Organism – Response (S-O-R) model, the current research investigates factors affecting young Vietnamese consumers' perceptions of these green marketing strategies. To validate the model, 308 responses from a face-to-face survey were analyzed using the partial least squares method structural modeling (PLS-SEM). The findings suggest that while green packaging and branding may not significantly affect cognitive attitude, eco-labeling can be a powerful marketing tool for businesses to use on their products. This research finding offers actionable insights for companies to reconsider their marketing strategies regarding green products in the Vietnamese food market.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34617,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner and Responsible Consumption","volume":"16 ","pages":"Article 100258"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143512559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Profiles of green and non-green consumers: A three-country study","authors":"Terhi-Anna Wilska ,&nbsp;Eero Rantala ,&nbsp;Jussi Nyrhinen","doi":"10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100260","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100260","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34617,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner and Responsible Consumption","volume":"16 ","pages":"Article 100260"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143551231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"More green thoughts than actions: Insights from marketing instructors at a Canadian University","authors":"Anh Thu Nguyen ,&nbsp;Paul Berger ,&nbsp;Ellen Field","doi":"10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100257","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100257","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sustainability discourse provides directions for sustainable development in the global context; education should be transformed to address sustainability concerns. Many universities have adopted a sustainability focus and university instructors play a vital role in inculcating sustainability principles in students, but in business education there is little research on how marketing instructors interpret sustainability or how that affects their teaching. This qualitative case study used semi-structured interviews and content analysis of course syllabi to gain the insights of marketing instructors at a university in Canada; specifically, how they interpret sustainability, how they integrate sustainability into their marketing instruction, and the perceived factors affecting their teaching practices. Thematic analysis with NVivo identified a dilemma; business worldviews limit what marketing instructors think about sustainability and whether and how they teach it in marketing courses. If marketing instructors are not teaching about sustainability, it is a missed opportunity to transform production, consumerism and marketing. As universities are increasingly trying to implement sustainability integration in teaching and learning, this research provides useful implications for marketing instructors, educational leaders, business schools, professional associations and textbook publishers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34617,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner and Responsible Consumption","volume":"16 ","pages":"Article 100257"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143422714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Everyday circular literacy in Singaporean households: Informal relational pedagogies in teaching and learning about circular R-behaviours","authors":"Qian Hui Tan,&nbsp;Brenda Yeoh","doi":"10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100256","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100256","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Despite the state's emphasis on formal environmental education, informal settings for fostering circular literacy cannot be understated. Whereas environmental literacy has been well researched in the literature, circular literacy, which involves teaching/learning about R-behaviours that close circularity loops have been overlooked so far. Drawing on empirical data from interviews with members of Singaporean households, this paper situates circular literacy in the domestic sphere and beyond. While household members are not trained educators, we argue that they are capable of mobilising a range of informal relational pedagogical/parenting styles that range from implicit to explicit instruction and didactic to dialogic approaches, alongside field-based and craft-based learning. Relational pedagogies rest on the belief that effective learning is a product of caring and meaningful relationships. We also contend that self-reflexivity is woven into these relational pedagogical exchanges in the hopes of optimising educational and/or relational outcomes. A key educational outcome relates to the promotion of circular R-behaviours, especially those higher up the waste hierarchy, such as refuse, reduce and reuse. At the same time, we outline the limits of such pedagogical approaches in cultivating circular dispositions and R-behaviours. Overall, this paper seeks to advance the scholarship on informal relational pedagogies and circular R-behaviours by addressing how thoughtful relational engagements are instructive in enabling circular literacy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34617,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner and Responsible Consumption","volume":"16 ","pages":"Article 100256"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143438112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Green loyalty? Unveiling consumer preferences in sustainable temporary loyalty programs","authors":"Caspar Krampe ,&nbsp;Anne-Jeth de Groot ,&nbsp;William Hurst","doi":"10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100253","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100253","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Almost every food retailer offers them – temporary loyalty programs (TLPs). TLPs aim to enhance customer loyalty by offering enticing, product-based incentives. However, an emerging concern arises regarding the sustainability impact of these programs, and consumers have started questioning the sustainability of TLPs offered by retailers. This concern is primarily driven by the mounting consumer interest and awareness surrounding sustainability, requesting retailers to include sustainability dimensions in their TLPs and their sustainability strategy. Using conjoint analysis, this study investigates which of the three sustainability dimensions influences consumers' decision to participate in a TLP. As consumers often weigh sustainability attributes against other attributes, the competing TLP attributes of price, reward timing and brand were also included in this study. A total of 469 consumers were integrated in the data analysis. The results display that consumers have a higher intention to participate in a TLP when it focuses on the dimension of social sustainability, integrates a low-price level, delayed rewards, and provides unbranded rewards. However, as indicated by the results of a segmentation analysis, four heterogeneous consumer segments are identified, displaying an environmental sustainability-driven segment, a segment that favours no sustainability but delayed rewards, a consumer segment that favours social sustainability, and finally a segment that is price driven and in favour of delayed rewarded TLP products. Hence, the result indicates a need for more personalised TLPs that can greatly benefit from green data and technology communication approaches. The findings of this study are of relevance as they increase understanding of consumers’ preferences for sustainability in TLPs; while providing stakeholders fruitful (data-driven) direction to cope with sustainability demands expressed on the consumer side without putting their business at risk.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34617,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner and Responsible Consumption","volume":"16 ","pages":"Article 100253"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143474795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}