The economic, environmental and social performance of European certified food

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107244
• Publication Date: 2021-10-06T10:04:16Z
• Authors: Valentin Bellassen; Marion Drut; Mohamed Hilal; Antonio Bodini; Michele Donati; Matthieu Duboys d...; Jelena Filipović; Lisa Gauvrit; José M. Gil; Viet Hoang; Agata Malak-Rawli...; Konstadinos Mattas; Sylvette Monier-D...; Paul Muller; Orachos Napasintu...; Jack Peerlings; Thomas Poméon; Marina Tomić Maksan; Áron Török; Mario Veneziani; Gunnar Vittersø; Filippo Arfini
• Keywords: Carbon Footprint; Sample (material)

Objectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::12 - Producció i Consum Responsables<br/>To identify whether EU certified food – here organic and geographical indications – is more sustainable than a conventional reference, we developed indicators covering the three sustainability pillars. Original data was collected on 52 products at farm, processing and retail levels, allowing the estimation of circa 2,000 indicator values. Most strikingly, we show that, in our sample, certified food outperforms its non-certified reference on most economic and social indicators. On major environmental indicators – carbon and water footprint – their performance is similar.<br/>