EU fact of the week
date: 29/11/2019
More than half of EU consumers have environmental impact in mind when shopping
Amid growing awareness of climate warming and global plastic contamination, an increasing proportion of EU consumers consider the environmental impact of their purchases. The more environmentally conscious EU consumers are those in southern (59%) and eastern European countries (57%). A clear majority of retailers (71%) think that environmental claims made for products or services in their sector are reliable. These are some of the findings of the 2019 edition of the Consumer Conditions Scoreboard by the European Commission, published on 28 November. It also showed that the overall gap in consumer conditions is narrowing between the different regions of the EU; that consumers are more aware about their environmental footprint; and that consumer rules enable trust in the marketplace.