Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Responsible Consumption & Production


Goal 12 is about ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns, which is key to sustain the livelihoods of current and future generations.

Our planet is running out of resources, but populations are continuing to grow. If the global population reaches 9.8 billion by 2050, the equivalent of almost three planets will be required to provide the natural resources needed to sustain current lifestyles.

We need to change our consumption habits, and shifting our energy supplies to more sustainable ones are one of the main changes we must make if we are going to reduce our consumption levels. However, global crises triggered a resurgence in fossil fuel subsidies, nearly doubling from 2020 to 2021.

We are seeing promising changes in industries, including the trend towards sustainability reporting being on the rise, almost tripling the amount of published sustainability over just a few years, showing increased levels of commitment and awareness that sustainability should be at the core of business practices.

Food waste is another sign of over consumption, and tackling food loss is urgent and requires dedicated policies, informed by data, as well as investments in technologies, infrastructure, education and monitoring. A staggering 931 million tons of food is wasted a year, despite a huge number of the global population going hungry.

Name Acronym Founded City HQ Country/Territory HQ Type I Type II

Conservation International

CI 1987 Arlington VA USA C

Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna

CAFF 1991 Akureyri Iceland E gy

Conservation Through Public Health

CTPH Entebbe Uganda J

Conservation, Food and Health Foundation

1985 Boston MA USA G f

Conservation, Research and Education Opportunities International

CREOi G

Consortium for the Maintenance of the Text Encoding Initiative

TEI Consortium 2000 Arlington MA USA E

Consortium of European Companies Determined to Use Superconductivity

CONECTUS 1994 Erftstadt Germany D

Consortium of Non-Traditional Security Studies in Asia

NTS-Asia 2007 Singapore Singapore F y

Consorzio 'Cooperazione Terzo Mondo' Altromercato

Consorzeio CTM Altromercato 1989 Verona Italy G

Construction Products Europe

1988 Brussels Belgium D yt

CONSULEGIS - International Network of Law Firms

1990 Hamburg Germany F

Consumer Co-operatives Worldwide

CCW 1969 Brussels Belgium E

Consumer Specialty Products Association

CSPA 1914 Washington DC USA F

Consumer Unity and Trust Society

CUTS 1983 Jaipur India G

Consumers International

CI 1960 London UK B y

Contractors International Group on Nuclear Liability

CIGNL Washington DC USA G

Convention Concerning Compulsory Invalidity Insurance for Persons Employed in Agricultural Undertakings

1933 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning Compulsory Invalidity Insurance for Persons Employed in Industrial or Commercial Undertakings, in the Liberal Professions, and for Outworkers and Domestic Servants

1933 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning Compulsory Old-age Insurance for Persons Employed in Agricultural Undertakings

1933 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning Compulsory Old-age Insurance for Persons Employed in Industrial or Commercial Undertakings, in the Liberal Professions, and for Outworkers and Domestic Servants

1933 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning Compulsory Widows' and Orphans' Insurance for Persons Employed in Agricultural Undertakings

1933 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning Compulsory Widows' and Orphans' Insurance for Persons Employed in Industrial or Commercial Undertakings, in the Liberal Professions and for Outworkers and Domestic Servants

1933 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning Cooperation in the Regulation of Imports, Exports and Transit Traffic

1961 T g

Convention Concerning Equal Opportunities and Equal Treatment for Men and Women Workers: Workers with Family Responsibilities

1981 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning Labour Inspection in Industry and Commerce

1947 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning Medical Examination for Fitness for Employment in Industry of Children and Young Persons

1946 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning Medical Examination of Children and Young Persons for Fitness for Employment in Non-industrial Occupations

1946 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning Minimum Standards in Merchant Ships

1976 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning Night Work of Women Employed in Industry

1948 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning Safety Provisions in the Building Industry

1937 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning Sickness Insurance for Workers in Industry and Commerce and Domestic Servants

1927 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning Statistics of Wages and Hours of Work in the Principal Mining and Manufacturing Industries, Including Building and Construction, and in Agriculture

1938 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning the Age for Admission of Children to Non-industrial Employment, 1932

1932 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning the Age for Admission of Children to Non-industrial Employment, 1937

1937 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning the Application of the Weekly Rest in Industrial Undertakings

1921 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning the Liability of the Shipowner in Case of Sickness, Injury or Death of Seamen

1936 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning the Minimum Requirement of Professional Capacity for Masters and Officers on Board Merchant Ships

1936 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning the Night Work of Young Persons Employed in Industry, 1919

1919 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning the Night Work of Young Persons Employed in Industry, 1948

1948 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning the Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions Relating to Maintenance Obligations Towards Children

1958 The Hague Netherlands T g

Convention Concerning the Recognition of the Legal Personality of Foreign Companies, Associations and Institutions

1956 The Hague Netherlands T g

Convention Concerning the Reduction of Hours of Work in the Textile Industry

1937 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning the Restriction of Night Work of Children and Young Persons in Non-industrial Occupations

1946 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning the Seaworthiness and the Equipment of Ships

1926 T g

Convention Concerning the Transit of Animals, Meat and other Products of Animal Origin

1935 T g

Convention Fixing the Minimum Age for Admission of Children to Industrial Employment, 1919

1919 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Fixing the Minimum Age for Admission of Children to Industrial Employment, 1937

1937 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention for Facilitating Trade Exchange and the Regulation of Transit Trade between States of the Arab League

1953 T g

Convention for the avoidance of double taxation with respect to taxes on inheritances and gifts

1989 T g

Convention for the Conservation and Management of the Vicuña

1979 T g

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