This statistic shows understanding of the term "carbon footprint" among adults in Great Britain in 2015, according to a survey conducted for Bord Bia Irish Food Board. Of respondents, 39 percent believed carbon footprint to mean the amount of carbon dioxide which is emitted before a product reaches the market.
What do you understand the term “Carbon Footprint” to mean?
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Bord Bia. (October 1, 2015). What do you understand the term “Carbon Footprint” to mean? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/303967/understanding-of-the-term-carbon-footprint-in-great-britain-uk/
Bord Bia. "What do you understand the term “Carbon Footprint” to mean?." Chart. October 1, 2015. Statista. Accessed December 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/303967/understanding-of-the-term-carbon-footprint-in-great-britain-uk/
Bord Bia. (2015). What do you understand the term “Carbon Footprint” to mean?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/303967/understanding-of-the-term-carbon-footprint-in-great-britain-uk/
Bord Bia. "What Do You Understand The Term “carbon Footprint” to Mean?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Oct 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/303967/understanding-of-the-term-carbon-footprint-in-great-britain-uk/
Bord Bia, What do you understand the term “Carbon Footprint” to mean? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/303967/understanding-of-the-term-carbon-footprint-in-great-britain-uk/ (last visited December 03, 2023)
What do you understand the term “Carbon Footprint” to mean? [Graph], Bord Bia, October 1, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/303967/understanding-of-the-term-carbon-footprint-in-great-britain-uk/