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The True Price method in research and practice

The True Price method is increasingly referenced, applied and built upon by researchers and organisations beyond our own work. On this page we collect academic and grey literature that mentions or uses the True Price methodology.

This collection is growing. Do you know of a publication that references the True Price method? Let us know and we will consider adding it.

Academic literature

  • Edinger-Schons, Laura Marie, Judith Stroehle, Ali Aslan Gümüsay, et al. “Monetary Impact Valuation for Sustainable Business.” Nature Sustainability 8, no. 10 (2025): 1102–4. doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-01630-9
  • Jeangros, Laurence. “From True Cost to True Changes? A Systematic Review of True Cost Accounting for Food (TCA).” Cleaner Food Systems 4 (December 2026): 100060. doi.org/10.1016/j.clfs.2026.100060
  • Ortenzi, Flaminia, Kerstin Damerau, Eleonora Bassetti, et al. “Quantifying the Health Externalities of Food: A Scoping Review of True Cost Assessment Methods.” Preprint, SSRN, 2025. doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5413522
  • Roos Lindgreen, Erik, and Walter J. V. Vermeulen. “In Search for Ground Rules for Product-Oriented Full Cost Accounting Methods: Ensuring Construct Validity.” Environmental and Sustainability Indicators 19 (September 2023): 100275. doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2023.100275

Grey literature

  • Contor, Henri, Erika De Keyser, Molla Tigabu Kasaw, Erik Mathijs, and Michele Moretti. “Valuing Sustainability: A Literature Review of True Cost Accounting for Food Systems.” June 1, 2025. doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.18605997
  • Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), True Price Foundation (TPF), Netherlands Food Partnership (NFP), and Access to Nutrition Initiative (ATNI). “Quantifying the Environmental Impacts of Food: A Review of True Cost Assessment Methods.” Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, 2025. doi.org/10.36072/wp.59
  • Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), True Price Foundation (TPF), Netherlands Food Partnership (NFP), and Access to Nutrition Initiative (ATNI). “Quantifying the Socioeconomic Impacts of Food: A Review of True Cost Accounting Methods.” Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, 2025. doi.org/10.36072/wp.60

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