Can a meta sustainability label facilitate more sustainable consumer choices?

Goal Management in Sequential Choices: Consumer Choices for Others Are More Indulgent than Personal Choices

What are the differences in exerting self-control in sequential choices when consumers choose for others (family or friends) rather than for themselves? Sequential choices represent an opportunity to manage the pursuit of one’s multiple personal goals. Consumers typically manage these personal goals by combining indulgent and virtuous choices. When choosing for others, however, this is not the ...

Nutrieconomic model can facilitate healthy and low-cost food choices.

OBJECTIVE Promotion of healthy eating can no longer be postponed as a priority, given the alarming growth rate of chronic degenerative diseases in Western countries. We elaborated a nutrieconomic model to assess and identify the most nutritious and affordable food choices. DESIGN Seventy-one food items representing the main food categories were included and their nationally representative pri...

What Is Sustainability? Quantifying Sustainability Achieving a Sustainable Marine Environment

Adjustable Green Defaults Can Help Make Smart Homes More Sustainable

Smart home technologies offer exciting opportunities to promote more efficient uses of energy. For instance, programmable thermostats, centralized lighting controls, and rooftop solar panels all have potential for energy conservation and efficiency. However, these technologies alone will not guarantee energy savings. Whereas previous research on smart homes has focused on the technologies thems...

The Sustainability of ' ' Sustainable Consumption