Sustainable Development Goal
12

Responsible Consumption and Production

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

Goal 12 Targets

12.1 Implement the 10-year framework of programmes 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.

SourceUN Sustainable Development

Entities

ILO
International Labour Organization
UNCDF
United Nations Capital Development Fund
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
WHO
World Health Organization

Implementing partners

Ministry of Gender, Youth, Sports and Recreation (MoGYSR)
Ministry of Local Government and Chieftainship Affairs (MoLG&CA)
Private Sector
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MoAFS)
Women's Groups
Youth Groups
Financial Institutions
Ministry of Small Business Development, Co-operatives and Marketing (MoSBDCM)
Women's Groups
Ministry of Health (MoH)

Investing Partners

Joint Work Plan Budget

Our work on Responsible Consumption and Production is linked to these other Sustainable Development Goals: