Verbraucherorganisationen, Verbraucherpolitik und Nachhaltigkeit: Zum Beitrag von Organisationen auf sozial-ökologische Konsum- und Produktionsmuster

Current studies have demonstrated that sustainable consumption is influenced by the social and institutional embeddedness of actors. In this article German consumer organizations and German consumer policy are defined as being substantial parts of the institutional and organizational embeddedness of consumers and firms. The strategies of these consumer policy organizations are analyzed systematically. These analyses show that consumer organizations and consumer policy are central intermediaries of sustainable consumption and influence the motivations, the values, the knowledge and the coordination of actors in the market for sustainable products.