Elgar Companion to Consumer Behaviour and the Sustainable Development Goals

Edited by Lucia A. Reisch, Professor of Behavioural Economics and Policy, and Director of the El-Erian Institute for Behavioural Economics and Policy, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK and Cass R. Sunstein, Robert Walmsley University Professor and Director of the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy, Harvard Law School, Harvard University, USA

• ContentsPreface xvAcknowledgements xviiPART I FOUNDATIONS1 Advancing sustainable consumption: SDG 12, behavioural science, andthe work of the United Nations 2Aiswarya Sunil, Mary MacLennan, and Lucia A. Reisch2 Sustainable consumption in history: water, energy, waste and mobility 18Heather Chappells and Frank TrentmannPART II POLICIES FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION3 Promoting sustainable consumer behaviour with sustainability labelling 40John B. Thøgersen4 Education for sustainable development and sustainable consumption:the role of sufficiency 55Maike Gossen and Ulf Schrader5 Consumer wisdom and the UN Sustainable Development Goals 72Michael Luchs6 Fat and green taxation, inequalities and consumer response 90Elena Benedetti, Beatrice Biondi, Sara Capacci and Mario MazzocchiPART III REGULATION AND THE LAW7 Disclosure rules and educational background 104Christine Jolls8 AI and climate: challenges for regulation 127Philipp Hacker and Amelie Sophie Berz9 The legal production of meat eaters 147Lisa Heinzerling10 Achieving zero hunger: using behavioural insights and contractualregulation for the achievement of UN SDG 2 164Kai P. Purnhagen11 Bright side and dark side of the moon: consumer rights andresponsibilities under EU law 174Hans-W. MicklitzPART IV FOCUS ON FOOD12 Nudging for more sustainable and healthy food choices:a dual-processing approach with a time perspective 189Klaus G. Grunert and Sophie Hieke13 Sustainable food for all: challenges and potentials of the German publiccatering sector 203Benjamin Hennchen and Martina Schäfer14 Consumer behaviour change and market transition towards plant-rich eating 222Jessica Aschemann-Witzel and Maartje Wurzer-Mulders15 Sustainable food consumption: behavioural drivers and barriers 235Meike Janssen and Wencke Gwozdz16 Contributions of food waste interventions assessed in a citizen science project 257Nina Langen and Mariam Nikravech17 Unveiling Argentina’s meat demand 270María Victoria Ortiz and Cecilia ReynaPART V SHIFT, AVOID, IMPROVE, AND NUDGE18 The value of repair in the light of SDG 12: using latent profile analysisto identify consumer repair types in Germany 286Hannah Tamara Maurer, Vita Eva Maria Zimmermann, and Peter Kenning19 Same same, but sustainable: the impact of digital recommendations onsustainable fashion consumption 313Marlene Münsch, Jana Diels, Hannah Horschke, and Christian Thorun20 Sustainable consumption and production in the sports sector: a casestudy on designing cricket gear for the circular economy 340Lilian Sanchez-Moreno and Martin Charter21 Employer-based short-term savings accounts 355Sarah Holmes Berk, John Beshears, Jay Garg, James J. Choi, and David Laibson22 Sustainable finance and the Sustainable Development Goals:a nudge-resistant zone? 383Ellen Quigley23 Culture and investment decisions: how cultural finance may support theUnited Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals 398Haili Wu

‘This Companion provides an excellent and compelling overview of various policies that can influence consumer behavior and enhance sustainability goals. Particularly appealing is the breadth and types of policies considered, ranging from taxation to correct for externalities all the way to nudges to deal with internalities.’