Flash Eurobarometer 256 (Europeans’ attitudes towards the issue of sustainable consumption and production)

Attitudes towards sustainable consumption and production.<br>Topics: self-rated knowledge about environmental impact of personally used products; importance of each of the following aspects on purchasing decision: environmental impact, price, quality, brand; influence of ecolabels on personal purchasing decisions; most important information to be given by ecolabels; attitude towards ecolabels indicating the carbon footprint; most important contribution of retailers to promote environmentally friendly products; best suited taxation system to promote environmentally friendly products; action with the highest impact on solving environmental problems: purchase of products from eco-friendly production, purchase of energy efficient home appliances, use less water, minimize waste, travel less and adopt sustainable modes of transport; awareness of the EU ´Flower´ ecolabel; trust in products carrying the EU ecolabel; trust in the reporting of companies on their environmental and social performance; importance of energy efficiency in purchasing decision; attitude towards a voluntary environmental code of conduct of retailers.

Demography: sex; age; age at end of education; occupation; professional position; type of community.

Additionally coded was: respondent ID; interviewer ID; language of the interview; country; date of interview; time of the beginning of the interview; duration of the interview; type of phone line; call history; region; weighting factor.