diff --git a/kedro/framework/project/__init__.py b/kedro/framework/project/__init__.py
index 4ced05c0dc..f24b48d17c 100644
--- a/kedro/framework/project/__init__.py
+++ b/kedro/framework/project/__init__.py
@@ -217,39 +217,33 @@ class _ProjectLogging(UserDict):
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         """Initialise project logging. The path to logging configuration is given in
         environment variable KEDRO_LOGGING_CONFIG (defaults to conf/logging.yml)."""
-
-        # Check if a user path is set in the environment variable
+        logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
         user_logging_path = os.environ.get("KEDRO_LOGGING_CONFIG")
+        project_logging_path = Path("conf/logging.yml")
+        default_logging_path = Path(
+            Path(__file__).parent / "rich_logging.yml"
+            if importlib.util.find_spec("rich")
+            else Path(__file__).parent / "default_logging.yml",
+        )
+        path: str | Path
+        msg = ""
 
-        # Check if the default logging configuration exists
-        default_logging_path = Path("conf/logging.yml")
-        if not default_logging_path.exists():
-            default_logging_path = Path(
-                os.environ.get(
-                    "KEDRO_LOGGING_CONFIG",
-                    Path(__file__).parent / "rich_logging.yml"
-                    if importlib.util.find_spec("rich")
-                    else Path(__file__).parent / "default_logging.yml",
-                )
-            )
+        if user_logging_path:
+            path = user_logging_path
 
-        # Use the user path if available, otherwise, use the default path
-        if user_logging_path and Path(user_logging_path).exists():
-            path = Path(user_logging_path)
+        elif project_logging_path.exists():
+            path = project_logging_path
+            msg = "You can change this by setting the KEDRO_LOGGING_CONFIG environment variable accordingly."
         else:
+            # Fallback to the framework default loggings
             path = default_logging_path
 
+        msg = f"Using '{str(path)}' as logging configuration. " + msg
+
         # Load and apply the logging configuration
         logging_config = Path(path).read_text(encoding="utf-8")
         self.configure(yaml.safe_load(logging_config))
-
-        # Log info about the logging configuration
-        if not user_logging_path and default_logging_path == Path("conf/logging.yml"):
-            logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-            logger.info(
-                f"Using `{path}` as logging configuration. "
-                f"You can change this by setting the KEDRO_LOGGING_CONFIG environment variable accordingly."
-            )
+        logger.info(msg)
 
     def configure(self, logging_config: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         """Configure project logging using ``logging_config`` (e.g. from project
diff --git a/tests/framework/project/test_logging.py b/tests/framework/project/test_logging.py
index b2a1174cbe..dfac58313e 100644
--- a/tests/framework/project/test_logging.py
+++ b/tests/framework/project/test_logging.py
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ def test_project_logging_in_default_logging_config(default_logging_config_with_p
     assert logging.getLogger("test_project").level == logging.INFO
 
 
-def test_environment_variable_logging_config(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
-    config_path = Path(tmp_path) / "logging.yml"
-    monkeypatch.setenv("KEDRO_LOGGING_CONFIG", config_path.absolute())
-    logging_config = {"version": 1, "loggers": {"kedro": {"level": "WARNING"}}}
+def test_environment_variable_logging_config(monkeypatch, tmp_path, caplog):
+    config_path = (Path(tmp_path) / "logging.yml").absolute()
+    monkeypatch.setenv("KEDRO_LOGGING_CONFIG", config_path)
+    logging_config = {"version": 1, "loggers": {"kedro": {"level": "DEBUG"}}}
     with config_path.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
         yaml.dump(logging_config, f)
     from kedro.framework.project import _ProjectLogging
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ def test_environment_variable_logging_config(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
     LOGGING = _ProjectLogging()
 
     assert LOGGING.data == logging_config
-    assert logging.getLogger("kedro").level == logging.WARNING
+    assert logging.getLogger("kedro").level == logging.DEBUG
+    expected_message = f"Using '{config_path}'"
+    assert expected_message in "".join(caplog.messages).strip("\n")
 
 
 def test_configure_logging():
@@ -146,31 +148,20 @@ def test_rich_traceback_disabled_on_databricks(
     rich_pretty_install.assert_called()
 
 
-def test_default_logging_info_emission(monkeypatch, capsys):
-    # Expected path and logging configuration
-    expected_path = Path("conf/logging.yml")
-    dummy_logging_config = yaml.dump(
-        {"version": 1, "loggers": {"kedro": {"level": "INFO"}}}
-    )
-
-    # Setup environment and path mocks
-    monkeypatch.delenv("KEDRO_LOGGING_CONFIG", raising=False)
-    monkeypatch.setattr(Path, "exists", lambda x: x == expected_path)
-    monkeypatch.setattr(
-        Path,
-        "read_text",
-        lambda x, encoding="utf-8": dummy_logging_config
-        if x == expected_path
-        else FileNotFoundError("File not found"),
-    )
+def test_environment_variable_logging_config2(monkeypatch, tmp_path, caplog):
+    config_path = (Path(tmp_path) / "conf" / "logging.yml").absolute()
+    config_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True)
+    logging_config = {"version": 1, "loggers": {"kedro": {"level": "DEBUG"}}}
+    with config_path.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        yaml.dump(logging_config, f)
+    import os
 
     from kedro.framework.project import _ProjectLogging
 
-    _ProjectLogging()
-
-    captured = capsys.readouterr()
+    os.chdir(tmp_path)
+    LOGGING = _ProjectLogging()
 
-    expected_message = f"Using `{expected_path}`"
-    assert (
-        expected_message in captured.out
-    ), f"Expected message not found in logs: {captured.out}"
+    assert LOGGING.data == logging_config
+    assert logging.getLogger("kedro").level == logging.DEBUG
+    expected_message = "You can change this by setting the KEDRO_LOGGING_CONFIG environment variable accordingly."
+    assert expected_message in "".join(caplog.messages).strip("\n")