Special Issue "Sustainable Consumer Behavior and Food Marketing"

Oliver Meixner, Petra Riefler and Karin Schanes are guest editors of the Special Issue „Sustainable Consumer Behavior and Food Marketing“ of the Journal Sustainability. The Special Issue is now published as a book. 

The global food system accounts for emissions amounting up to 18 Gt CO2 equivalent per year, representing 34 % of total GHG emissions and the environmental impact of food consumption is one of the largest of all private consumption areas. It is estimated, that about one-third of households’ total environmental impact (including water and energy consumption, water and soil pollution, GHG emissions) is caused by food and drink consumption. Therefore, the environmental impact can be considerably reduced if food consumption patterns change. Enhancing more sustainable eating and drinking practices is a topic of increasing importance, across all stages along the food supply chain. Accordingly, the scientific research on sustainability of food supply chains has grown steadily over the past decade, highlighting the important role of food consumption and production. The Special Issue is covering different aspects related to sustainable food consumption and production and presents 12 quantitative and qualitative contributions mainly focusing on the analysis of consumers’ food consumption behavior and supplemented by related topics.

ISBN 978-3-0365-2594-5 (Hbk); ISBN 978-3-0365-2595-2 (PDF) 
https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-0365-2595-2