Awareness and Knowledge Clause Samples

Awareness and Knowledge. It would appear that consumers do care about products being environmentally-friendly, but do not particularly care whether a product is bio-based or not. This would imply that (a) on the large, being bio-based is not a unique selling point (it is merely a differentiator); (b) it is not necessary that the consumer understands what a product being bio-based means; (c) communication should not focus on the fact that a product is bio-based only, but especially highlight the direct advantages for the consumers and positive impacts of the renewable resource base (e.g. regarding improved properties or functionalities, environmental impact, social impact or ethical considerations) . So when communicating about bio-based products, it seems best to go for one of two options. Option A: informing the consumer that the product is bio-based, and providing information what impacts this has (in comparison to conventional processes). Option B: inform the consumer that the product is better and nice to have, using other arguments while not mentioning bio-based at all.
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Awareness and Knowledge. The results show that the awareness of the existence of bio-based products seems to lie around 50%. While there is a general understanding of what bio-based products are among this consumer group, specific knowledge about product characteristics is mostly missing and misconceptions occur. The relatively low level of awareness can be a barrier for further market development of bio-based products, if the fact that they are bio-based is to be the unique selling point. In some cases, producers might want to market their products as bio- based, in others, they may choose to simply advertise a lower price or better properties. Awareness is especially important in the first case. This is similar for knowledge: if consumers are to be convinced to buy bio-based products, a low level of knowledge about advantages of bio-based products can be counterproductive. However, it is questionable whether this can be solved on a general level – bio-based products have very different properties and impacts, and general knowledge may not be helpful or convincing to consumers, if they do not receive specific information about the bio-based product in question.
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Awareness and Knowledge. The first common theme discovered in multiple studies is the analysis of awareness and knowledge of participants about bio-based products. Some studies made general observations about the relatively low level of awareness, others quantified aspects such as familiarity and knowledge. The level of familiarity with bio-based products was mostly analysed through self-assessment of the participants, while their specific factual knowledge was mostly tested by researchers. The most important observations across the different studies are summarized below. Five studies quantified the level of awareness of their respondents with bio-based products. Figure 2 shows that all studies found a similar range of participants who had heard about bio-based products prior to the study. One study asked about bio-based products in general (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al. 2015), the others about the specific bio-based products addressed in the study (i.e. bioplastics (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 2013; ▇▇▇▇▇ 2016; ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ 2017) and wood polymer composites (Osburg et al. 2013)). These results show that overall awareness of bio- based products lies around 50%. Four of these studies additionally analysed the familiarity with bio-based products, quantifying how many people stated to know well what the bio- based products in question were. The results are very divergent, which is especially striking in the cases of the lowest and highest value (7 and 32%, respectively), since they both addressed bioplastics. A cause for this difference could be the way in which the question was posed, the answers were bundled or the composition of the sample. The second highest value reported by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al. (2015) represents an average over 7 countries, with values ranging from 5.8% in the Netherlands to 40.9% in Italy. This shows that there are great regional differences to be taken into account. Awareness of bio-based products 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al. 2017 ▇▇▇▇▇ 2016 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al. 2015 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 2013 Heard about bio-based products Know well what bio-based products are Next to the awareness of participants, some studies analysed the knowledge about bio- based products. Two studies assessed the self-estimated knowledge level of participants. ▇▇▇▇▇ (2016) found that one third of participants rated their level of knowledge to be fair or high and similar numbers are described by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al. (2017), with 36.2% of participants estimating their knowledge to be at least sufficient. Six studies tested the knowledge of...
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Awareness and Knowledge. Reference in this Agreement to the "awareness" or the "knowledge" of any Warrantor shall mean the actual knowledge or awareness of any director, officer or key employee of such Warrantor, or any member of the deal team involved in the transaction contemplated by this Agreement.
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Related to Awareness and Knowledge

  • No Knowledge The Company has no knowledge of any event which would be more likely than not to have the effect of causing such Registration Statement to be suspended or otherwise ineffective.

  • Schedules; Knowledge Each party is presumed to have full knowledge of all information set forth in the other party's schedules delivered pursuant to this Agreement.

  • Full Knowledge By their signatures, the parties acknowledge that they have carefully read and fully understand the terms and conditions of this Agreement, that each party has had the benefit of counsel, or has been advised to obtain counsel, and that each party has freely agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

  • Knowledge Whenever a representation or warranty or other statement in this Agreement (including, without limitation, Schedule I hereto) is made with respect to a Person's "knowledge," such statement refers to such Person's employees or agents who were or are responsible for or involved with the indicated matter and have actual knowledge of the matter in question.

  • TECHNOLOGY/KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER ACTIVITIES The goal of this task is to develop a plan to make the knowledge gained, experimental results, and lessons learned available to the public and key decision makers. • Prepare an Initial Fact Sheet at start of the project that describes the project. Use the format provided by the CAM. • Prepare a Final Project Fact Sheet at the project’s conclusion that discusses results. Use the format provided by the CAM. • Prepare a Technology/Knowledge Transfer Plan that includes: o An explanation of how the knowledge gained from the project will be made available to the public, including the targeted market sector and potential outreach to end users, utilities, regulatory agencies, and others. o A description of the intended use(s) for and users of the project results. o Published documents, including date, title, and periodical name. o Copies of documents, fact sheets, journal articles, press releases, and other documents prepared for public dissemination. These documents must include the Legal Notice required in the terms and conditions. Indicate where and when the documents were disseminated. o A discussion of policy development. State if project has been or will be cited in government policy publications, or used to inform regulatory bodies. o The number of website downloads or public requests for project results. o Additional areas as determined by the CAM. • Conduct technology transfer activities in accordance with the Technology/Knowledge Transfer Plan. These activities will be reported in the Progress Reports. • When directed by the CAM, develop Presentation Materials for an Energy Commission- sponsored conference/workshop(s) on the project. • When directed by the CAM, participate in annual EPIC symposium(s) sponsored by the California Energy Commission. • Provide at least (6) six High Quality Digital Photographs (minimum resolution of 1300x500 pixels in landscape ratio) of pre and post technology installation at the project sites or related project photographs. • Prepare a Technology/Knowledge Transfer Report on technology transfer activities conducted during the project. • Initial Fact Sheet (draft and final) • Final Project Fact Sheet (draft and final) • Presentation Materials (draft and final) • High Quality Digital Photographs • Technology/Knowledge Transfer Plan (draft and final) • Technology/Knowledge Transfer Report (draft and final)