Category: Sustainable Consumption and Production

objective 12. Ensure sustainable production and consumption patterns

12.1 Implement the Ten Year Program on Sustainable Production and Consumption, with all countries taking action, and developed countries taking the lead, taking into account the development and capacities of developing countries.

12.2 Until 2030, achieve sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources

12.3 Until 2030, halving per capita food waste worldwide, at the retail and consumer levels, and reduce food losses along production and supply chains., including post-harvest losses

12.4 Until 2020, achieve environmentally sound management of chemicals and all waste, throughout the life cycle of these, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce the release of these to the air, water and soil, to minimize its negative impacts on human health and the environment

12.5 Until 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 integrate sustainability information into its reporting cycle

12.7 Promote sustainable public procurement practices, in line with national policies and priorities

12.8 Until 2030, ensure that people, everywhere, have relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature

12.a Support developing countries to strengthen their scientific and technological capacities to shift to more sustainable patterns of production and consumption

12.b Develop and implement tools to monitor sustainable development impacts for sustainable tourism, that generates jobs, promotes local culture and products

12.c Rationalize inefficient fossil fuel subsidies, that encourage over-consumption, eliminating market distortions, according to national circumstances, including through tax restructuring and the phasing out of these harmful subsidies., if there are, to reflect their environmental impacts, fully taking into account the specific needs and conditions of developing countries and minimizing possible adverse impacts on their development in a way that protects the poor and affected communities.

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Sustainability and Advancement in Sustainable Business

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ELO program, Bonsucro and comparison between sustainable production standards

Recently the SAI platform (Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Platform) officially recognized the ELO Program, one of the current standards of sustainable production, from Raízen, integrated energy company, internationally validating the company's commitment to a socially fair and environmentally correct production model. created in 2014, the ELO Program is an unprecedented voluntary initiative in the chain […]

Bonsucro Production Standard updates

Starting with the introduction Recently, in the month of March 2022, the Bonsucro certification system provided training on the technical parameters of the Bonsucro Production standard version 5.1 of your publication. Bonsucro understands that learning and development are fundamental to a learning organization. That way, Bonsucro encourages its members, […]

Circular Economy in Agriculture

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Carbon credit, from its origin to its actuality.

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Knowing more about Green Bonds

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Understanding forestry

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Knowing REDD AND REDD+

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Carbon credits: the marketing of greenhouse gas reduction

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Circular Sampa: accelerating the transition to a circular economy in São Paulo

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Two Plastics Pact: a circular economy for plastic

According to data from a project developed by the NGO Pew Charitable Trusts and SYSTEMIQ, Ltd., until 2040 the oceans will have triple the amount of plastic waste compared to today. Or value equals 600 million metric tons. It is noteworthy that 80% of the garbage found in the sea part of the continent and […]

Circular Fashion: The Creative Process Revolution

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The world scene at Rio+30

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Public consultation for the Bonsucro Production Standard is open

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Salvador Bahia Airport is the first airport in Brazil to reuse 100% of your waste

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What is Natural Capital? Prioritizing it can benefit your business

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Reconcile capitalism and ecology? Let's listen to Ignacy Sachs

Born in Warsaw in 1927, Ignacy Sachs grew up and studied economics in Brazil during World War II. He worked in the Polish diplomatic services in India in the late years. 50, before returning to Poland. He left this country in 1968 and entered the School of Advanced Studies in Paris (the current EHESS – […]

Bonsucro plans to update Production Standard

last November, the Working Group responsible for revising the Bonsucro Production Standard met in London for two days to discuss and develop amendments to the standard. The Group is the main assembly of experts and stakeholder representatives responsible for conducting the standard review. It is composed of independent experts, […]

Bento Gonçalves will transform collected organic waste into energy

Brazil loses 3 bi for not recycling waste

Expected for the first half of this year, the transformation of organic waste into energy in Bento Gonçalves should take place at the beginning of 2020. The start of activities depends on the choice, by bidding, a company qualified for the service and a period for the construction of a waste treatment and disposal plant. […]

How conscious consumption increased the demand for certified products

When it comes to the topic of conscious consumer relations, there is growing concern about the path taken by the product to the final consumer, the sources of raw material used, the forms of work used, among other concerns. The consumer has acquired the new role of questioning and investigating producers and companies. Estes, in turn, buscam formas […]

Circular Economy Can Help Countries Combat Climate Change, say report

A report from Circle Economy, group supported by the UN Environment, points out that just 9% of the global economy is circular, or that means that the planet reuses less than 10% the 92,8 billion tons of minerals, fossil fuels, metals and biomass used every year in production processes. Released in January at the World Economic Forum, in […]

Documentary "Amanhã Arrived" discusses consumption and sustainability in Brazil

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Brazil loses R$ 3 billions a year for not recycling waste

The stagnation of public policies in the solid waste sector caused an increase in the amount of waste sent to inappropriate places in 2017. The return of dumps not only generates more impacts on the environment and on the health of the population, how does Brazil, by not increasing the recycling chain either, waste opportunities […]

World's Largest Rooftop Farm Produces 10 me from organics per year

Created by Gotham Greens in 2015, the largest one-building rooftop farm in the world, is situated on top of a sustainable cosmetics factory, in the Pullman neighborhood, in Chicago. occupying a space of 7 thousand square meters, your annual harvest is almost 10 millions of all-organic vegetables and herbs, […]

Thank you is the first coconut company in the world to become B Corp

Brasileira Obrigado é a primeira empresa de coco do mundo a se tornar B Corp

Thanks, Bahian brand of water and coconut-based products, has just received the B Corp certification and becomes part of the global network of companies and organizations that combine economic growth with the promotion of social and environmental well-being. Entre os principais fatores que levaram a companhia a obter este reconhecimento é […]

Ministry of Industry officially joins the Brazil Network of the Global Compact

The Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services (Doctor) is the first Brazilian federal agency to commit to the Global Compact to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (ODS) United Nations. At an event on Wednesday (20) Minister Marcos Jorge de Lima made official the portfolio's adhesion to the Rede Brasil do Pacto […]

Greatest difficulty for recycling in Brazil is misinformation, reveal research

According to a study by IPEA (Institute of Applied Economic Research) released last year, only 13% of all urban solid waste in Brazil is correctly disposed of for recycling. Among the reasons that make it difficult to reverse this scenario, draws attention that one of the main obstacles is the lack of information from the […]

United Nations launch publication in Portuguese on global goal of clean and accessible energy

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Global Compact launches publications for Brazilian companies to meet UN targets and fight corruption

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In two years the project recycled 260 tons of organic waste

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One of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals is to ensure sustainable production and consumption patterns – the goal 12 One of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals is to ensure sustainable patterns of production and consumption – the 17 that will need to be fulfilled within the maximum period of 2030 for all 193 UN countries. To achieve this goal, one path to be followed is the decrease in the generation of […]