The Ethical Consumer - A Global Perspective

Countries covered: Global Although many of today’s consumers intend to shop for food and drinks ethically, the reality is often somewhat different. However, many suppliers across the world (encompassing both large and small-scale producers) have still entered into the ethnical food and drinks market, attempting to capitalise on these trends. Sales of ethical foods remain low compared with the overall market, but most sources expect the share taken by this sector to increase over the coming years. The Ethical Consumer - A Global Perspective is a new publication from LFI, which discusses the growing trend towards ethical consumerism in many of the world’s more developed countries. The report analyses major sectors such as organic and Fairtrade, as well as discussing the growing importance of other ethical foods, such as vegetarian foods, sustainably-sourced fish and seafood, and locally-sourced foods which can help to reduce a consumer’s carbon footprint. Many of the world’s leading companies active in this area are profiled, and recent new product activity is reviewed.

Additional Information

In recent years, a number of ethical issues have become apparent within the world’s food and drinks industry. These are having an increasing impact upon purchasing and consumption patterns in the developed regions of North America and Western Europe in particular. In addition to taking a greater interest in the food they eat, consumers in these parts of the world are also becoming increasingly mindful of the impact upon the environment their consumption patterns may have.

This new report from LFI examines the main ethical issues such as organic and Fairtrade, and analyses how the markets have developed over the last decade. In most instances, growth for these sectors has outpaced the industry as a whole, whilst new areas such as sustainably-sourced seafood are now opening up.

Key features:

• Analysis of current and future trends in the ethical foods market
• Comparisons with the mainstream food and drinks market worldwide
• Analysis of the world’s major suppliers
• Discussion of key product innovations
• Forecasts up to 2010

Helping you to:

• Track developments in a growing and dynamic market
• Gain an understanding of consumer attitudes towards prevailing ethical issues
• Assess the competitive situation in each market sector
• Keep up to date with latest new product activity
• Identify future areas of opportunity
• Leading Suppliers of Ethical Foods, 2006-2007
• Important Ethical Issues in the UK, 2006
• Purchasing of Organic Foods in the US, 2006
• Production of Organic Milk in Western Europe, 2006
• Global Organic Baby Foods Market by Value, 2006
• UK Organic Breakfast Cereals Market by Value, 2002-2006
• Innovations in the UK Organic Confectionery Market, 2006-2007
• Global Fairtrade Foods Market by Sector, 2006
• Sector Shares of European Fairtrade Foods Market by Value, 2006
• US Fairtrade Imports by Sector, 2006
• Levels of Vegetarianism in Western Europe, 2006
• US Meat Alternatives Market by Value, 2002-2006
• Global Free-Range Eggs Market by Value, 2006
• French Label Rouge Poultry Market by Value, 2002-2006
• Global MSC Fish & Seafood Market by Value, 2005-2006

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