SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

“Who has never been to a canteen in a school, a hospital or at a public museum? Public catering is an essential service provided by governments for their citizens. Its procurement is a relevant part of public spending. At the same time, the food system as a whole is facing several challenges. Public...

“The Learning for Well-being approach is based on a living systems perspective, using nature as its underlying model.”

“The aim of “Libraries and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Storytelling Manual” is to help librarians and library advocates in their advocacy efforts, by providing guidance on how to tell compelling stories about their library activities, projects and programmes, and their impact on communities...

“The role that libraries in Africa could play in reducing poverty has not been sufficiently recognised and hence the necessary policy developments and investment in the library network have not yet been made. Policy makers and donors, recognising the link between poverty reduction and literacy, have...

“IFLA Library Map of the World is a representative source of basic library statistics and a robust tool providing country-level data and a worldwide comparison of different library performance metrics by region… As an advocacy tool, the Library Map of the World is also a platform providing access to...

“This little book contains a summary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.” (p.2)

“Are you looking for tools and solutions to achieve the SDGs at the local level? We invite you to explore the resources available on this website and to join our growing global community!

The success of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development hinges on effective collaboration between all...

“Sustainable Procurement is a process whereby organisations meet their needs for goods, services, works and utilities in a way that achieves value for money on a whole life basis in terms of generating benefits not only to the organisation, but also to society and the local economy, whilst...

“Through this toolkit, the Fair Trade movement aims to provide Local Authorities with recommendations on how they can contribute to this ambition [to support the SDGs and Agenda 2030] by partnering up with the Fair Trade movement. This publication is structured around the following key local policy...

“This guide aims to help museums and libraries make a better difference for society, for the environment and the economy, by strengthening their contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The 17 SDGs are a global framework that can be related to local contexts and circumstances to set...

“The aim of this Toolkit is to identify the barriers limiting the uptake of low carbon retrofit in the market place and provide a ‘low carbon retrofit roadmap’ to help overcome these, supported by BBP member case studies. Through a series of interviews with property professionals and industry...

“Biodiversity underpins all life and provides vital benefits to our societies and economies. Yet despite this, pressures from land use change, over-exploitation of natural resources, pollution and climate change are contributing to an alarming loss of living diversity. We have to reverse these...