The document discusses Sustainable Development Goal 12, which is Responsible Consumption and Production. It provides background on SDGs and explains that SDG 12 aims to change lifestyles and economic practices to ensure sustainable consumption and production that does not endanger future generations. Key targets of SDG 12 include decoupling economic growth from environmental degradation, increasing resource efficiency, and promoting sustainable lifestyles. The document then provides more details on the specific targets and indicators to measure progress towards achieving SDG 12.

1. Group members:
Neha Rashid, Mishal Zikria
and Misa Aman
SDG Goal 12
Responsible Consumption &
Production

2. What is SDG ?
• Sustainable development means meeting the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
• In September 2015, countries adopted a set of sustainable development goals
(SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all.
• The Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and
more sustainable future for all. They address the global challenges we face,
including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation,
peace and justice.
• In 2015, 195 nations agreed with the United Nation that they can change the
world for the better.
• 4 Aspects of SDG: Cultural, Economical . Ecological, and Social
• The 17 SDGs are integrated, they recognize that action in one area will affect
outcomes in others, and that development must balance social, economic and
environmental sustainability.
• The SDGs are designed to end poverty, hunger, AIDS, and discrimination
against women and girls.
• The creativity, knowhow, technology and financial resources from all of
society is necessary to achieve the SDGs in every context.

3. Responsible Consumption &
Production

4. Overview of SDG Goal 12
• "Global consumption and production rely on the use of the natural environment and resources in a model that
continues to lead to destructive impacts on the planet. The pandemic provides an opportunity for many
countries to create a recovery plan that reverses current trends and transforms consumption and production
patterns towards a sustainable future." (United Nations)
• This goal seeks to change our lifestyle and economic practices. Sustainable consumption and production are
necessary in order not to endanger future generations
• Sustainable consumption and production is about doing more and better with less.
1. Decoupling economic growth from environmental degradation
2. Increasing resource efficiency and
3. Promoting sustainable lifestyles

5. Objectives of Sustainable Consumption and Production
• Decoupling environmental degradation from economic growth. This is about doing more and better with less,
increasing net welfare gains from economic activities by reducing resource use, degradation and pollution along the whole
life cycle, while increasing quality of life. ‘More’ is delivered in terms of goods and services, with ‘less’ impact in terms of
resource use, environmental degradation, waste and pollution.
• Applying life cycle thinking. This is about increasing the sustainable management of resources and achieving resource
efficiency along both production and consumption phases of the lifecycle, including resource extraction, the production
of intermediate inputs, distribution, marketing, use, waste disposal and re-use of products and services.
• Sizing opportunities for developing countries and “leapfrogging”. SCP contributes to poverty eradication and to the
achievement of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). For developing countries, SCP offers opportunities such
as the creation of new markets, green and decent jobs as well as more efficient, welfare-generating natural resource
management. It is an opportunity to “leapfrog” to more resource efficient, environmentally sound and competitive
technologies, bypassing the inefficient, polluting, and ultimately costly phases of development followed by most developed
countries

6. Facts and
Figures
22% The food sector accounts for around 22 percent of total
greenhouse gas emissions, largely from the conversion of forests into
farmland.
1.3 billion 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted every year, while almost
2 billion people go hungry or undernourished.
2 billion Globally, 2 billion people are overweight.
3% Only 3 percent of the world’s water is fresh (drinkable), and
humans are using it faster than nature can replenish it.
US$120 billion If people everywhere switched to energy efficient
lightbulbs, the world would save US$120 billion annually.
20% One-fifth of the world’s final energy consumption in 2013 was
from renewable sources.

7. Goal Target
Target 12.1: IMPLEMENT THE 10-YEAR SUSTAINABLE
CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION FRAMEWORK
Indicators:
Number of countries developing, adopting or implementing policy instruments
aimed at supporting the shift to sustainable consumption and production
Target 12.2: SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT AND USE OF NATURAL
RESOURCES
Indicators:
• Material footprint, material footprint per capita, and material footprint per
GDP
• Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita,
and domestic material consumption per GDP
Target 12.3: HALVE GLOBAL PER CAPITA FOOD WASTE
Indicators:
 Food loss index and food waste index

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Target 12.4: RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT OF CHEMICALS AND
WASTE
Indicators:
 Number of parties to international multilateral environmental agreements
on hazardous waste, and other chemicals that meet their commitments and
obligations in transmitting information as required by each relevant
agreement
 Hazardous waste generated per capita; and proportion of hazardous waste
treated, by type of treatment
Target 12.5: SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE WASTE GENERATION
Indicators:
• National recycling rate, tons of material recycled
Target 12.6: ENCOURAGE COMPANIES TO ADOPT SUSTAINABLE
PRACTICES AND SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING
Indicators:
 Number of companies publishing sustainability reports

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Target 12.7: PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PRACTICES
Indicators: Degree of sustainable public procurement policies and action plan implementation
Target 12.8: PROMOTE UNIVERSAL UNDERSTANDING OF SUSTAINABLE
LIFESTYLES
Indicators: Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable
development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher
education; and (d) student assessment
Target 12.A: SUPPORT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES’ SCIENTIFIC AND
TECHNOLOGICAL CAPACITY FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND
PRODUCTION
Indicators: Installed renewable energy-generating capacity in developing countries (in watts
per capita)
Target 12.B: DEVELOPAND IMPLEMENT TOOLS TO MONITOR SUSTAINABLE
TOURISM
Indicators: Implementation of standard accounting tools to monitor the economic and
environmental aspects of tourism sustainability
Target 12.C: REMOVE MARKET DISTORTIONS THAT ENCOURAGE WASTEFUL
CONSUMPTION
Indicators: Number of fossil-fuel subsidies (production and consumption) per unit of GDP

10. Things To Do ?
Advocate Advocate for corporate responsibility. Join petitions and campaigns calling out
businesses with unsustainable practices.
Choose Choose reusable products. Use an eco-bag for shopping, a reusable water bottle or a cup
to reduce your plastic waste.
Download and use Download and use food sharing applications. You can download apps to donate your
leftover food and decrease the amount of food waste you produce.
Do Do some research and buy from companies you know have sustainable practices and
don’t harm the environment.
Buy Buy second-hand whenever you can.
Be Be conscious of packaging – the less the better!
Shop, eat and drink Shop, eat and drink locally. Supporting neighbourhood businesses keeps people
employed and circulates money back into your community.
Find Find a Goal 12 charity you want to support. Any donation, big or small, can make a
difference!

11. Progress and
Information
1. From 2017 to 2020, 83 countries, territories, and the European Union shared information
on their contribution to the implementation of the 10-Year Framework of Programmed on
Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns.
2. Similarly, domestic material consumption per capita increased by more than 40 per cent,
from 8.7 metric tons in 2000 to 12.2 metric tons in 2017.
3. Almost 14 per cent of food produced globally was lost before reaching the retail sector.
Estimates vary across regions, from 20.7 per cent in Central and Southern Asia to 5.8 per
cent in Australia and New Zealand.
4. In 2019, the amount of e-waste generated was 7.3 kg per capita, with only 1.7 kg per
capita documented to be managed in an environmentally sustainable manner.
5. E-waste generation is expected to grow by 0.16 kg per capita annually to reach 9 kg per
capita in 2030. The annual rate of growth in e-waste recycling over the past decade was
0.05 kg per capita, which will need to increase more than tenfold if all e-waste is to be
recycled by 2030
6. As of December 2020, 40 countries and territories had reported on sustainable public
procurement policies and action plans or equivalent legal dispositions aimed at
encouraging the procurement of environmentally sound, energy-efficient products and
promoting more socially responsible purchasing practices and sustainable supply chains
7. Fossil fuel subsidies declined in 2019 to $431.6 billion because of lower fuel prices,
reversing the upward trend from 2017 to 2018. Fossil fuel subsidies are expected to fall
sharply owing to the collapse in demand caused by COVID-19 mitigation efforts and the
oil price shock experienced in 2020.

12. What are other countries doing as part of that specific
SDG?
SWEDEN AND RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION
• Toxic-free everyday life: Intensify efforts to ensure an environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes,
throughout their life cycles. Many lives and resources can be saved by investing in the sound management of both
chemicals and waste
• Sustainable lifestyles: Make it easy to live a sustainable life. Promote sustainable lifestyles (consumption) through
innovative incentives, such as tax reductions for repairs, enhance knowledge of behavioral economics and nudging, and
provide education and information, including sex disaggregated data and statistics.
• Promote sustainable procurement: Ensure sustainable and fair supply chains. Sustainable procurement should be a main
driver for transformative change towards resilient and sustainable societies. Investment in infrastructure and sustainable
cities fosters sustainable business models, among both suppliers and users. More efforts are needed to harness the potential
of sustainable procurement in development and multilateral organizations.

13. Sweden at Work Nationally
a) Greenhouse gas emissions within Sweden’s borders decreased by 14 per cent between 2008 and 2014. At the same
time, emissions have continued to increase in other countries, including countries from which Sweden imports goods
and services.
b) The Government has given two assignments (2013–2015 and 2017–2019) to the National Food Agency, the Swedish
Board of Agriculture and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency to find ways to reduce food waste. Based on
findings from the first assignment, the task now for these agencies is to present an action plan on how to implement a
long-term food waste reduction strategy.
c) The Government has adopted an action plan for a toxic-free everyday environment for the period 2011–2020, which
entails measures to reduce exposure to hazardous substances in the everyday environment, with a particular focus on
children.
d) In June 2016, the Government presented the National Public Procurement Strategy. Through this strategy, the
Government wants to demonstrate the benefits achieved through a strategic approach to purchasing.

14. Sweden at
Work Globally
• Transboundary shipments: A national group on the enforcement of
transboundary shipments of waste has been established to actively address the
prevention of illegal transportation of hazardous waste to and from Sweden.
• Standards and standardization: Standards and standardization have a
significant role to play in reducing climate emissions and in promoting a toxic-
free everyday life and sustainable energy use. sustainability standards are
mainly set by different private actors, which has led to many different standards
that are not internationally recognized.
• Development Corporation: Swedish development cooperation contributes to
the promotion of sustainable production and consumption by supporting a series
of areas and collaborations with a wide range of actors, including in the private
sector. Development cooperation also promotes sustainable and responsible
business, in line with international norms and guidelines
• Public Procurement: Sweden also encourages increased economic, social and
environmental sustainability in public procurement, across all areas of
development cooperation. Innovation, new partnerships – both domestically and
internationally – and new thinking, on matters such as the circular economy and
the sharing economy will be needed.

15. What is the role of supply chain management
development ?
Supply chain sustainability refers to companies' efforts to consider the environmental and human impact of their
products' journey through the supply chain, from raw materials sourcing to production, storage, delivery and every
transportation link in between.
Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP)
• Sustainable public procurement (SPP) is a "process whereby public organizations meet their needs for goods, services,
works and utilities in a way that achieves value for money on a whole life-cycle basis in terms of generating benefits
not only to the organization, but also to society and the economy, whilst significantly reducing negative impacts on the
environment.”
 Sustainable procurement allows governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve resource efficiency and
support recycling.
 Positive social results include poverty reduction, improved equity and respect for core labor standards.
 From an economic perspective, SPP can generate income, reduce costs, support the transfer of skills and technology
and promote innovation by domestic producers.