Acknowledging and understanding the role that information may play in affecting consumer assessment of eco-marketed products is a key step in improving the effectiveness of eco-labeling initiatives. Consumers who hold preferences for environmentally preferred products may be unable to express their preferences for such goods under current eco-information campaigns. The emerging use of eco-label...

The bio-thermodynamic structures of a mixed native species plantation, a conifer plantation and an Acacia mangium plantation in Southern China were quantified over a period of 15 years based on eco-exergy methods. The efficiencies of structural development and maintenance were quantified through an integrated application of eco-exergy and emergy methods. The results showed that the storage of e...

In order to solve environmental issues, transition form conventional business to environmentally conscious business (Eco-business) is eagerly required. In order to promote Eco-business, it will be effective to support finding out Eco-business ideas. To do so, this paper takes an approach that provides business designer with general rules and prerequisites extracted from existing Eco-businesses....

Departments of *Biosignal Research and ¶Enzyme Biochemistry, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan; †Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba 278-8510, Japan; ‡Department of Anatomy, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan; and §Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical...

1Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA 2Department of Pediatrics and Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA 3The Stem Cell Program, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA 4Departamento de Neurologı́a, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago 8330033, Chile 5Department of Geriatric Medicine, ...

Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan 1)National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki 509-5292, Japan 2)Center for Promotion of Computational Science and Engineering, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokyo 110-0015, Japan 3)Physics Department, University of California San Diego, CA 92093-0354, USA 4)Department of Nuclear Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyo...

Although there is increasing use of eco-labeling, conditions under which eco-labels can command price premiums are not fully understood. In this article, we demonstrate that the certification of environmental practices by a third party should be analyzed as a strategy distinct from—although related to—the disclosure of the eco-certification through a label posted on the product. By assessing ec...