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An Evaluation of Sustainable Consumption in the German Meat Market

  • The effects of global warming, the depletion of non-renewable resources, the loss of biodiversity and a growing population, has affected nature and humanity over the past decades. Unless we change course in how we produce and consume, severe consequences for life on this Planet in the future are likely to follow. Based on that background, this paper looks at one area of consumption, namely food, and analyses a particular market within this area which causes high environmental pressures, i.e. the meat market. After having laid the theoretical foundation of sustainable consumption, an overview of the problems arising in the food sector in general and the meat market in particular is given. An in-depth analysis of the consumption of meat in one country, namely Germany, follows. Germany has been chosen as an exemplary for a country showing an excessive consumption of meat. This contributes to the problems linked to the meat market. The past development of the consumption of meat is evaluated and forms the basis for predicting a possible development of meat consumption in Germany until 2025. Based on the findings, conclusions are drawn about a possible trend towards sustainable consumption in the German meat market.

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Author:Jana Voth
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:832-epub4-6960
Series (Serial Number):Forum NIL (1/2015)
Document Type:Working Paper
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2015/06/19
Tag:Meat market, Germany; Sustainable consumption
Sustainability
Page Number:62
Institutes:Wirtschafts- und Rechtswissenschaften (F04) / Fakultät 04 / Schmalenbach Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Dewey Decimal Classification:300 Sozialwissenschaften / 330 Wirtschaft
Open Access:Open Access
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell-Keine Bearbeitung