Environmental Concerns Prompting Consumers To Switch Diets
A sizeable number of consumers that are changing what they eat say they are doing so for environmental reasons, a study by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has found.
The group surveyed some 27,000 people across 23 countries, asking them if they were changing or planning to change their diet. Of the 22,000 that answered ‘yes’, 43% said that it was down to environmental reasons, alongside health and price.
The biggest shift in diet is away from red meat, the study found, with 39% of shoppers cutting their consumption of meats such as beef and lamb over the past two years, and 37% saying they are eating more vegetables.
One in ten respondents said that they were eating more seafood, but three in ten said that they are eating less. More than a quarter (27%) said that they would eat more seafood in the future if they knew that it wasn’t causing harm to the oceans.
The study also found that seafood consumers are increasingly concerned about the state of the world’s oceans, with 48% saying they are concerned about overfishing, and 35% concerned about the impact of climate change.
Close to two thirds (64%) said that they feel an ‘increased desire’ to protect the marine environment, while more than half said that they had a good understanding of the importance of sustainable fishing practices – ESM reported.
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