TY - JOUR A1 - Spangenberg, Joachim H. A1 - Lorek, Sylvia T1 - Who cares (for whom) JF - Frontiers in Sustainability Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-160675 PB - Frontiers Media ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Borghoff, Lisa Marie A1 - Strassner, Carola A1 - Herzig, Christian T1 - Organic Juice Processing Quality from the Processors’ Perspective: A Qualitative Study JF - foods N2 - Organic food quality is based on processing. While the EU organic production regulation focuses on agricultural production, private standards provide more detailed information about further processing. For the development of organic processing, practitioner perspectives can provide valuable input. To get insight into practitioner perspectives, we conducted semi-structured expert interviews with nine employees of seven partly organic juice processing companies from Germany and Austria. Interview topics were (i) quality of organic juice processing in general, (ii) assessment of specific processing techniques, (iii) product quality of organic juice and (iv) flow of information between producer and consumer. We conducted a thematic analysis. We found that the experts’ understanding of process quality mostly includes more aspects than the EU organic production regulation. It covers the whole food chain plus aspects of social and environmental sustainability. The experts prefer directly bottled juice of local raw materials but chiefly accept juice made from concentrate of exotic raw materials because of environmental concerns. Organic juice is preferred when it is cloudy and natural fluctuations are interpreted as an indicator of natural quality. The experts report that consumer information is challenging because of low food literacy. Raising this might help reduce the number of processed juices on the market. KW - organic food processing KW - organic food quality KW - juice processing KW - expert interviews KW - Germany Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-156994 SP - 1 EP - 18 PB - MDPI ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Borghoff, Lisa Marie A1 - Strassner, Carola A1 - Herzig, Christian T1 - Processors' understanding of process quality: a qualitative interview study with employees of organic dairies in Germany and Switzerland JF - British Food Journal N2 - Purpose: Organic food processing must include organic principles to be authentic. This qualitative study aims to understand the processors' understanding of organic food processing quality. Design/methodology/approach: This study is based on semi-structured expert interviews with eight employees of six purely or partly organic dairies from Germany and Switzerland. Interview themes are (1) quality of organic milk processing in general, (2) assessment of specific processing techniques, (3) product quality of organic milk and (4) flow of information between producer and consumer. The interviews have been audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim and thematically analysed. Findings: (1) Experts prefer minimal processing; some prefer artisanal processing, whilst others stress the advantages of mechanisation. (2) High temperature short time (HTST) pasteurisation and mechanical processing techniques are accepted; ultra-high-temperature (UHT) milk processing is partly rejected. (3) Traditional taste and valuable ingredients should be present in the final product. Natural variances are judged positively. (4) Consumers' low level of food technology literacy is challenging for communication. Research limitations/implications: The results cannot be generalised due to the qualitative study design. Further studies, e.g. qualitative case analyses and studies with a quantitative design, are necessary to deepen the results. Practical implications: The paper shows which processing technologies experts consider suitable or unsuitable for organic milk. The paper also identifies opportunities to bridge the perceived gap between processors' and consumers' demands. Originality/value: The study shows the challenges of processors in expressing the processors' understanding of process quality. KW - organic milk processing KW - quality perception KW - expert interviews KW - qualitative text analysis Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-157019 SN - 0007-070X SP - 1 EP - 32 PB - Emerald Publishing ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Spangenberg, J. H. A1 - Lorek, S. T1 - Sozio-ökonomische Aspekte nachhaltigkeitsorientierten Konsumwandels JF - Aus Politik und Zeitgeschiche, Beilage zur Wochenzeitung „Das Parlament“ N2 - Um die Rolle des Haushaltskonsum bei einer nachhaltigen Produktions- und Konsumweise bewerten zu können, ist eine neue Methodik jenseits der gängigen volks- oder hauswirtschaftlichen Ansätze notwendig. Umweltindikatoren und Akteursmatrizen erlauben eine Abschätzung des Beitrags der Haushalte zur Umweltbelastung. Auch im Rahmen integrierter Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien kommt dem Konsum ein hoher Stellenwert zu, in Verbindung mit anderen zentralen Handlungsfeldern und ihren Instrumenten. Bei den derzeitigen Konsummustern erhöht Wohlstand die Umweltbelastung, aber nachhaltiger Konsum kann auch zu Wohlfahrtgewinnen führen. Y1 - 2001 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-7741 IS - 8. Juni 2001 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Spangenberg, J. H. A1 - Lorek, S. T1 - Indicators for environmentally sustainable household consumption JF - Int. J. Sustainable Development N2 - The objective of this paper is to identify those areas of consumption, in which private households can make significant contributions to environmental sustainability, and to present a transparent and comprehensive set of indicators for them. The analysis of the environmental impacts of households focuses on consumption clusters that permit to depict different life spheres of private households. Two criteria guided the investigation of the relevance of these clusters: · The significance of the consumption cluster, and · The potential influence of households. Resource consumption was chosen as simplified, but reliable representation of environmental pressure dynamics. Growing resource consumption goes together with growing environmental pressures and vice versa, although not necessarily proportionally. The key resources analysed are energy and material consumption, and land use. Based on this analysis, three priority fields for action by households were identified: construction and housing, food/nutrition and transport (in this order). All other consumption clusters can be considered environmentally marginal, providing combined saving potentials of less than 10% of the total resource consumption. Finally, from description of the respective roles of actors based on anecdotal evidence a semi-quantitative "actor matrix" is presented indicating the relative influence of different actors per consumption cluster. KW - Sustainability KW - Indicators KW - Key resources KW - Actors centred approach KW - Material Flows Y1 - 2001 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-7764 SN - 0960-1406 VL - 4 SP - 101 EP - 120 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fuchs, D. A1 - Lorek, S. T1 - Sustainable Consumption Governance in a Globalizing World JF - Global Environmental Politics 2:1, February 2002 N2 - The influence of globalization on the sustainability of consumption is a frequent topic in academic and political debates. Despite this, the scientific understanding of this influence and, even more so, of the consequences for governance strategies in pursuit of sustainable consumption are still weak. In this paper, we therefore inquire into the specific channels of the influence of globalization on the sustainability of consumption. Based on our analysis, we develop guidelines for sustainable consumption governance. Y1 - 2002 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-7754 IS - 2:1, February 2002 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Spangenberg, J. H. A1 - Lorek, S. T1 - Environmentally sustainable household consumption: from aggregate environmental pressures to priority fields of action JF - Ecological Economics N2 - Unsustainable consumption patterns of the North (or rather of the global affluent consumers class) have been identified by Agenda 21 as one of the key driving forces behind the unsustainable development. However, neither accounting based on the system of national accounts SNA nor household economics provide the proper instruments to assess the environmental impact of household decision making. Eco-efficiency assessments as familiar in the business sector provide no appropriate tool for households. As an alternative an environmental space based assessment scheme is suggested covering the major pressures on the environment caused by household decisions. The methodology is used twice: once to analyse the environmental relevance of the main activity clusters of household consumption and once to identify the dominant acts of consumption within each cluster. The latter provide the basis for deriving environmental performance indicators. A rough analysis of household influence potentials permits to identify housing, eating and mobility as the three priority fields for action for minimising the environmental impact of households. Extending the influence analysis actor matrixes are derived allocating influence and thus responsibility for environmental pressures to different groups of economic agents. KW - Sustainable consumption KW - Consumption clusters KW - Environmental space KW - Indicators KW - Land use Y1 - 2002 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-7775 VL - 43 IS - 2-3 SP - 127 EP - 140 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fuchs, Doris A1 - Lorek, Sylvia T1 - Sustainable Consumption Governance - A History of Promises and Failures JF - Journal of Consumer Policy N2 - What are the implications of the current international political, and economic settings for consumer policy, and, in particular, those regarding sustainable consumption? In terms of improvements in the efficiency of consumption, the settings have induced efforts to this effect and show potential for further progress. In terms of necessary changes in consumption levels and patterns, however, little progress has been made since the Rio Summit nor is there likely to be any in the near future. These two dimensions of sustainable consumption need to be differentiated, as there is a substantial amount of controversy regarding our ability to achieve sustainable consumption on the basis of improvements in efficiency alone. The paper traces these differences with respect to the work of the major international governmental organizations (IGOs) engaged in developing sustainable consumption governance. It argues that the lack of commitment to strong sustainable consumption among IGOs can be explained by their ‘‘weakness’’ as actors in global governance and the existence of strong opposing interests among consumers and business actors. KW - sustainable consumption KW - governance Y1 - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-106377 UR - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10603-005-8490-z SP - 261 EP - 288 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Church, Chris A1 - Lorek, Sylvia T1 - Linking policy and practice in sustainable production and consumption: an assessment of the role of NGOs JF - Int. J. Innovation and Sustainable Development N2 - The paper looks at NGOs activities in Sustainable Production and Consumption and obstacles being faced. It identifies lessons for policymakers seeking to engage civil society and makes recommendations on how academics can co-operate more effectively with civil society. Insights are drawn from recent studies on stakeholder involvement in the international political process and a series of surveys and semi-structured interviews. The authors identify four challenges. Effort should (1) be planned more strategically, (2) link sustainable consumption to current priorities, (3) ensure better links between global and local and (4) NGOs have to better link to other interest groups. KW - Sustainable Consumption KW - NGOs KW - governance Y1 - 2007 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-106402 SN - 240 VL - 2 IS - 2 SP - 230 EP - 240 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Tukker, Arnold A1 - Cohen, Maurie A1 - de Zoysa, Uchita A1 - Hertwich, Edgar A1 - Hofstetter, Patrick A1 - Inaba, Atsushi A1 - Lorek, Sylvia A1 - Sto, Eivind T1 - The Oslo Declaration on Sustainable Consumption JF - Journal of Industrial Policy N2 - Actual initiatives to cultivate more sustainable modes of consumption have not materialized and there are indications that an implementation gap is becoming manifest. Research must begin to systemically integrate initiatives to promote improvements in quality of life, to distinguish long-term structural consumption trends, and to identify the social mechanisms and cultural aspects of consumer behavior and household decision making. Y1 - 2008 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-106389 VL - 10 IS - 1-2 SP - 9 EP - 14 ER -