Barkemeyer R., Young C.W., Chintakayala P.K., Owen A. (2023). Eco-labels, conspicuous conservation and moral licensing: an indirect behavioural rebound effect. Ecological Economics, 01/02/2023, vol. 204, part A, p. 1-12.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107649
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107649
Titre : | Eco-labels, conspicuous conservation and moral licensing: an indirect behavioural rebound effect (2023) |
Auteurs : | R. Barkemeyer ; C.W. Young ; P.K. Chintakayala ; A. Owen |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Ecological Economics (vol. 204, part A, February 2023) |
Article en page(s) : | p. 1-12 |
Langues : | Anglais |
Langues du résumé : | Anglais |
Catégories : |
Catégories principales 04 - DEVELOPPEMENT LOCAL ET REGIONAL ; 4.3 - Appellations liées au Territoire. Produits du Terroir. QualitéThésaurus IAMM LABEL DE QUALITE ; VALORISATION ; ECOLABEL ; CONSOMMATION ; DURABILITE ; ETIQUETAGE DES PRODUITS |
Résumé : | Sustainable consumption is a growing niche with an increasing number of initiatives aimed at lowering domestic environmental consumption footprints. Third-party assured product eco-labelling has emerged as a key governance mechanism to promote sustainable consumption. However, does the purchasing of eco-labelled products really support a transition towards more sustainable consumption? In this paper, we explore eco-labelling through the lens of the rebound literature. While theorizing of the rebound effect originated in energy economics and has long been centred on eco-efficiency, we extend its rationale to products that are associated with a price premium in return for added environmental quality attributes. Reporting on two inter-related studies into the link between purchasing of environmentally friendly products and different types of environmental resource consumption, we find that eco-labelled products flourish in more affluent economies that are characterized by higher levels of overall resource consumption; and that willingness to consume environmentally friendly products is positively related to higher individual carbon, water and material footprints. Hence, we argue that eco-labelling in its current form is inextricably linked to higher _ rather than lower _ levels of resource consumption. Consequently, the governance mechanism that underpins eco-labelling is associated with an indirect behavioural consumer rebound effect. |
Cote : | Réservé lecteur CIHEAM |
URL / DOI : | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107649 |