Consumption

May 15 2012
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People and the planet: Royal Society Report

The Royal Society has published a new report arguing that the most developed and the emerging economies must stabilise consumption levels, then reduce them, to help the poorest 1.3 billion people to escape absolute poverty through increased...

April 25 2012
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ITC Technical Paper: Product Carbon Footprinting Standards in the Agri-food Sector

The International Trade Centre (ITC) has published a new technical paper on Product Carbon Footprinting Standards in the Agri-Food Sector. The paper aims to guide exporters of agricultural products through the process of product carbon footprinting (...

March 25 2012
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Paper: critique of ‘green growth’

This discussion paper questions the idea that ‘greener’ economic growth can achieve the reductions in GHG emissions that are necessary – a point that was also powerfully made by Tim Jackson in his 2009  book...

February 29 2012
Report on UK dairy sector GHG emissions

The UK dairy sector has published its first report which looks at the carbon footprints of a selection of British dairy farms with a view to establishing a baseline against which progress can be measured.   The study reveals very substantial...

February 29 2012
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Danish Environmental Protection Agency: Policies to promote SCP via the food retail sector


The Danish EPA has compiled guidance for policy-makers aiming to promote SCP in the food retailing sector. It states that  “Government has an important enabling role to play in using policy levers to support the development of a business...

February 29 2012
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Paper: Gender as a factor in an environmental assessment of the consumption of animal and plant-based foods in Germany

Meier T and Christen O (2012). Gender as a factor in an environmental assessment of the consumption of animal and plant-based foods in Germany, The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment  DOI: 10.1007/s11367-012-0387-x

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January 24 2012
Paper on the effects of resource efficiency on GHG emissions

This paper looks at both production and consumption side resource efficiency measures focusing on a range of measures as summarised in this table:

Reference and abstract as follows:

Barrett J and Scott K (2012). Link between climate...

January 24 2012
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JRF report: Sustainable income standards: Towards a greener minimum?

This report published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation asks whether changes towards ‘greener’ forms of consumption are compatible with preserving a minimum acceptable standard of living. Previous analysis of the Minimum Income Standard for the UK (...

January 24 2012
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JRF report: Climate change and sustainable consumption: what do the public think is fair?

This study was written by Tim Horton and Natan Doron and published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.  Through a series of focus groups, it explores ways that people's sense of fairness around sustainable consumption and climate change could be...

November 28 2011
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Publication: 'Achieving a Healthy Sustainable Diet: An Integrated Approach’ – a series of papers published in the Nutrition Bulletin

The December edition of the journal Nutrition Bulletin, published by the British Nutrition Foundation, examines the complex nutrition and health factors associated with the challenge of achieving a sustainable and secure food supply. ...