Competence Centre on Behavioural Insights

Sustainability labels convey information about different product attributes, such as its environmental impact, lifespan, or ethical performance. The labelling can be either positive...

The provisionally agreed (as of June 2024) packaging and packaging waste regulation requires EU Member States to implement harmonised waste-sorting labels. Applied to both packaging...

This study experimentally tests the effectiveness of possible new variants for car eco-labels and promotional material.

We present an experiment to evaluate the impact of providing digital access to food information via QR codes. We measure consumers’ willingness to access digital food information...

This policy brief presents the results of an online experiment with EU consumers. The objective was to assess the relative effectiveness of three sustainability labelling approaches: (1) positive labels...

This addendum of the JRC Science for Policy report “Front-of-pack nutrition labelling schemes: a comprehensive review” provides an update of the former publication regarding the effects of front-of-pack nutrition labelling...

This report presents the results of a literature review investigating alternative sources of food information available in the marketplace apart from packaging labels, and investigating how consumers use, understand...

The purpose of this project is to systematically review and synthesize empirical research regarding why consumers consider the origin of the food important, how and why it influences consumers’ choices...

Abstract This addendum of the JRC Science for Policy report “Front-of-pack nutrition labelling schemes: a comprehensive review” provides an update of the former publication regarding the effects of front-of-pack nutrition...