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

European Law Firms Association - Avrio Advocati

1987 Londonderry UK D

European Lead Sheet Industry Association

ELSIA London UK D t

European Learning Industry Group

ELIG 2002 Paris France E

European Locksmith Federation

ELF 1964 Helsinki Finland D t

European Lubricating Grease Institute

ELGI 1989 Amsterdam Netherlands E j

European Malt Product Manufacturers Association

1975 Felixstowe UK D

European Managers in the Transport Industry

1970 Paris France D t

European Marketing and Management Association

EUMMAS 2007 Banja Luka Bosnia-Herzegovina J

European Marketing Confederation

EMC 1992 Brussels Belgium D

European Melamine Producers Association

EMPA Brussels Belgium E t

European Metal Union

EMU 1954 Brussels Belgium D t

European Milk and Juice Carton Producers Association - Belgium

EMC Dilbeek Belgium N

European Mollusc Producers' Association

EMPA 1999 Paris France D

European Mortar Industry Organization

EMO 1991 Brussels Belgium D t

European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics

ENBIS 2000 F t

European Network for Conservation/Restoration Education

ENCoRE 1997 Copenhagen Denmark F

European Network for Qualitative Inquiry

ENQI 2017 Leuven Belgium F

European Network for Responsible Consumption

2001 Chaumont-Gistoux Belgium F

European Network of Agricultural Social Protection Systems

ENASP Kassel Germany F

European Network of Construction Companies for Research and Development

ENCORD 1989 D

European Network of ex- Users and Survivors of Psychiatry

ENUSP 1991 Copenhagen Denmark F

European Network of Heads of Nature Conservation Agencies

ENCA 2007 Vienna Austria F

European Network of Political Foundations

ENoP 2006 Brussels Belgium F

European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility

ENSSER 2009 Berlin Germany F

European Network of Security Professionals, Research and Industry

LSEC Heverlee Belgium G t

European Network of Social Integration Enterprises

ENSIE 2001 Brussels Belgium F

European Nursery Products Confederation

ENPC 2011 Brussels Belgium D t

European Organic Certifiers Council

EOCC Brussels Belgium D

European Organic Fertilizers Manufacturers Association

EUROFEMA 2007 Grobbendonk Belgium D t

European Organisation of Tomato Industries

TomatoEurope 1963 Brussels Belgium D t

European Organization for Packaging and the Environment

EUROPEN 1992 Brussels Belgium D

European Organization of Agricultural and Rural Contractors

1961 Brussels Belgium E

European Organization of Cosmetic Ingredients Industries and Services

UNITIS Paris France G t

European Organization of the Sawmill Industry

EOS 1958 Brussels Belgium D t

European Paper Merchants Association

Eugropa 1971 Hamburg Germany E

European Paper Packaging Alliance

EPPA The Hague Netherlands J

European Parliamentarians and Industrialists Council

EPIC 1983 F tv

European Parquet Federation

FEP 1956 Brussels Belgium D t

European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing

EPAA 2005 Brussels Belgium E y

European Partnership for Responsible Minerals

EPRM 2016 The Hague Netherlands F y

European Passive Components Industry Association

EPCIA Brussels Belgium E t

European Patients Empowerment for Customised Solutions

EPECS 2007 Maastricht Netherlands G

European Phenolic Foam Association

EPFA 1990 Bordon UK D

European Photonics Industry Consortium

EPIC 2003 Paris France F t

European Plant Science Organisation

EPSO 2000 Brussels Belgium D y

European Plastics Converters

EuPC 1989 Brussels Belgium D yt

European Platform for the Responsible Use of Medicines in Animals

EPRUMA 2005 Brussels Belgium F y

European Pond Conservation Network

EPCN 2004 Oxford UK F

European Power Supplies Manufacturer's Association

EPSMA 1995 Oxford UK D

European Pressure Equipment Research Council

EPERC 1995 D v

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