SDGs: Goal 12What is SDGs?: Goal 12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were formally adopted on 25 September 2015 by United Nations General Assembly.
What is each goal of SDGs and our initiatives to achieve the goal?
Goal 12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
| 12.1 | Implement the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns, 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 |
Reference: https://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/70/1&Lang=E
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SDGs and Business with an Eye on the Future
Company's initiative
Kume Sangyo Co., Ltd.
Aiming to achieve a cyclical-use society by composting food industry waste through natural fermentation
Kume Sangyo Co., Ltd.
Tsuneishi Kamtecs Corporation
From waste treatment to recycling Incineration ash into construction materials, incineration energy into electricity
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Toyo Koatsu Co., Ltd.
Resource extraction from waste materials at high pressure —Effective use of resources—
Toyo Koatsu Co., Ltd.
Manac Incorporated
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Manac Incorporated
Sekisui House Ltd., Hiroshima Office
Working to Realize Sustainability Vision 2050
Sekisui House Ltd., Hiroshima Office
Onomichi Omotenashi Co., Ltd.
Aiming to Become a Place Loved by Community People
Onomichi Omotenashi Co., Ltd.
Umwelt Co., Ltd.
Support Development of Safe and Sustainable Cities behind the Scene
Umwelt Co., Ltd.
COCCO Co., Ltd.
Creating New Value with the Slogan of Limitless Use of Limited Resources
COCCO Co., Ltd.
Imoto Construction Co., Ltd.
Sustainable Society Supported by “Building Regeneration” Technology
Imoto Construction Co., Ltd.
Manac Incorporated. Fukuyama Factory & Research Center
Support the health of people with chemical technologies! Contributing to the evolution and development of society and pursuing sustainability
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Sera Town Sightseeing Association
Communicating the attractions of Sera nationwide and worldwide! Start from the Michino-eki to create a unique Sera community!
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IHI Corporation, Chugoku Branch Office
Enhancing corporate (branch office) value by addressing the SDGs—Improving branch office members’ quality of life
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Ogawa Econos Inc.
Developing environmental conservation as a core competency and training personnel to promote regional and global environmental conservation
Ogawa Econos Inc.
Kanemoto Shokai Co., Ltd.
Producing RPF (solid fuel) from waste to create clean energy
Kanemoto Shokai Co., Ltd.
Koyo Co., Ltd.
Separate and you get resources, mix and you get garbage! By collecting, transporting, and sorting the garbage that people put out every day, we at Koyo are implementing our own vision for a recycling chain.
Koyo Co., Ltd.
Sanai Kikou Co., Ltd.
Our retrofit business, Sanai Doc, helps people to carry on their businesses.
Sanai Kikou Co., Ltd.
Sanken Sangyo Co., Ltd.
Development and marketing of Super S-MIC, a fully electrified aluminum melting and holding furnace that contributes to realizing a carbon-free society
Sanken Sangyo Co., Ltd.
Shinsei Co., Ltd.
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Shinsei Co., Ltd.
Chugoku Mokuzai Co., Ltd.
Cascading use of wood—planting, growing, and efficient application
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Techseed Co., Ltd.
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West Japan Blind Co., Ltd.
Creating interior products that take the environment, health, an aging society, energy conservation, and safety into consideration
West Japan Blind Co., Ltd.
Nishimaki Industry Co., Ltd.
Passing on the baton—creating an environment that future generations can be proud of
Nishimaki Industry Co., Ltd.
Hiroshima Home Television Co., Ltd.
Promoting environmental conservation through the “Earth Movement Declaration” initiative Using Earth education to develop human resources for the next generation
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Bunkado Co., Ltd.
Using recycled paper from origami cranes, to establish a recycling process, support the independence of people with disabilities, and promote a peaceful society
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Maeda Housing Co., Ltd.
Using living environments to enrich communities and health
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Yamamoto Co., Ltd.
Contributing to peace through the development, sale, and donation of recycled origami crane fiber products
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What is SDGs?
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal goals that every countries take action to end poverty, protect the planet and improve the lives and prospects of everyone, everywhere. SDGs are composed of 17 Goals and 169 Targets and the pledge to leave no one behind.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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