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    Disentangling Consumers’ CSR Knowledge Types and Effects
    (MDPI (Basel, Switzerland), 2022-09-22) Avis M; Konopka R; Gregory-Smith D; Palakshappa N; Trinh G; Sharp A; Driesener C
    This paper examines consumers’ objective knowledge of corporate social responsibility (CSR) for brands over different product categories, and investigates whether objective knowledge influences attitudes to CSR, and the relationships between demographics and objective knowledge. The research uses an innovative approach to examining consumer CSR knowledge via (largely) unprompted recall. The analysis uses independent judges to score actual consumer objective knowledge of the CSR of well-known brands against the policies and actions of the brand owner. The research reveals that participants’ objective knowledge of CSR was limited or, in many cases, there was no knowledge. Further, the number and type of CSR policies did not influence overall evaluations of CSR. However, where objective knowledge was held, it did positively influence evaluations. The findings of the research direct managerial attention towards improvement of the communication of CSR, including using the research methodology here to evaluate the success of current communications
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    UK public reaction to carbon dioxide transport and temporary storage at ports
    (Springer Nature B.V., 2025-10-15) Feetham PM; Wright MJ; Carlisle D; Konopka R; Teagle DAH; Ren J
    Achieving net zero carbon dioxide emissions will require investment in large-scale logistical infrastructure to remove, transport, and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, exhaust gases, and waste streams from industrial plants. Successful implementation of carbon capture, storage (CCS) will depend on stakeholder investment and public agreement. Evidence of how the public perceive methods of CCS and their preferences among potentially viable options remains scarce. To gain knowledge of likely public reaction we elicited perceptions of CCS and transport, as well as preferences for different CCS capture, storage, transport, and regulation options, via a UK representative on-line survey (n = 1070). Compared to three other industrial substances (hydrogen, ammonia and LNG) perceptions of transport and storage of carbon dioxide were somewhat favourable, indicating public reaction towards carbon dioxide shipping and temporary storage at ports is moderate, reducing the likelihood of major controversy. When considering preferences for alternative CCS and transport options, the most important factors of those evaluated were Regulation and Transport. The most preferred approach involved international or government regulation and pipeline transport, with industry self-regulation receiving the least support. These findings suggest the use of pipelines or where necessary ships and either international or government regulation are promising pathways to increase the chances of public acceptance of CCS.