SDG GOAL 12— RESPONSIBLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
The Targets
12.1
Implement the 10-year framework of programs on sustainable consumption and production, all countries taking action, with developed countries taking the lead, taking into account the development and capabilities of developing countries
12.2
By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources
12.3
By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses
12.4
By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment
12.5
By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse
12.6
Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle
12.7
Promote public procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance with national policies and priorities
12.8
By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature
12.a
Support developing countries to strengthen their scientific and technological capacity to move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production
12.b
Develop and implement tools to monitor sustainable development impacts for sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products
12.c
Rationalize inefficient fossil-fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption by removing market distortions, in accordance with national circumstances, including by restructuring taxation and phasing out those harmful subsidies, where they exist, to reflect their environmental impacts, taking fully into account the specific needs and conditions of developing countries and minimizing the possible adverse impacts on their development in a manner that protects the poor and the affected communities
Resources
- Metadata compilation for Goal 12- as of March 3, 2016.
2. Presentation on Goal 12 at the 3rd Meeting of the IAEG-SDG
3. United Nations Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform, from the Department of Economic and Social Affairs
4. The Sustainable Development Goals Fund
5. United Nations Environment Programme: The 10-year framework or programs on sustainable consumption and production patterns (10YFP)
6. United Nations Environment Programme- Resource Efficiency
- Program under UNEP directly relating to Goal 12
7. United Nations World Tourism Organization
- UN entity for sustainable tourism and travel, informing data regarding sustainable travel and cultural goods.
8. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- UNFAO is the UN agency focusing on food security, all forms of agriculture, nutrition and sustainability, among other subjects, and reaches across multiple SDGs. It relates to Goal 12 through promoting the sustainable production and consumption of food.
