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Article Dans Une Revue Ecological Economics Année : 2022

The economic, environmental and social performance of European certified food

Paul Muller

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To identify whether EU certified food – here organic and geographical indications – is more sustainable than a conventional reference, we developed 25 indicators covering the three sustainability pillars. Original data was collected on 52 products at farm, processing and retail levels, allowing the estimation of circa 2000 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. Although certified food is 61% more expensive, the extra-performance per euro is similar to classical policy interventions to improve diet sustainability such as subsidies or taxes. Cumulatively, our findings legitimate the recent initiatives by standards to cover broader sustainability aspects.
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hal-03376106 , version 1 (13-10-2022)

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Valentin Bellassen, Marion Drut, Mohamed Hilal, Antonio Bodini, Michele Donati, et al.. The economic, environmental and social performance of European certified food. Ecological Economics, 2022, 191, ⟨10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107244⟩. ⟨hal-03376106⟩
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