Flash Eurobarometer 367 (Attitudes of Europeans towards building the single market for green products)

Attitudes towards the single market for green products.<br>Topics: self-rated knowledge about environmental impact of bought and used products; importance of each of the following aspects with regard to purchasing decisions: product’s impact on the environment, price, quality, brand; purchasing behaviour concerning environmentally friendly products: frequent purchase, occasional purchase, intention to buy in the future, not sure to buy in the future, no more purchase, no purchase and no intention, no knowledge about environmentally friendly products; attitude towards selected statements on environmentally friendly products: good value for money, as effective as regular products, right thing to do, easily available, sets a good example, environmentally friendly, recognition of friends and family, easy to differentiate from other products, environmental concerns are exaggerated; trust in products labelled as environmentally friendly; willingness to pay more for environmentally friendly products; personal measures taken to protect the environment; most important measures with regard to solving environmental problems in the own country; impact of lower taxes on environmentally friendly raw material and products on the environment in the own country; appropriateness of information on product labels in the own country regarding their environmental impact; preferred place of information on environmental aspects; awareness of exaggerated or misleading statements about beneficial product effects in the last twelve months; trust in producers’ claims about environmental benefits of products; trust in companies’ reports on own environmental performance; attitude towards an obligation for companies to publish reports about the company’s and / or the products’ environmental performance; safety of consuming food products after the ´best before´ date; frequency of eating meat per week; willingness to do the following for environmental reasons: replace most of consumed meat by vegetables, eat less meat but of certified origin, replace beef or pork by poultry or fish; assumed impact of information regarding the environmental effect of the construction on the purchase of a house or an apartment; self-rated knowledge about the lifespan of purchased products; attitude towards the indication of the lifespan on products; willingness to pay for extended product guarantee up to five years: no willingness, up to 5 % more, between 6 to 10 % more, between 11 to 20 % more, more than 20 % more; decision not to have a faulty product repaired because of the costs in the last twelve months.

Demography: age; sex; nationality; age at end of education; occupation; professional position; region; type of community; own a mobile phone and fixed (landline) phone; household composition and household size.

Additionally coded was: respondent ID; country; type of phone line; weighting factor.