Sustainable Development Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Click on the case studies below to find out what programs, projects and policies are being implemented in cities around the globe to accomplish Goal 12.
Learn more about the targets and indicators of SDG 12 at UN Sustainbale Development Knowledge Platform.
75 case studies available.
The program increases economic viability, enhances social relevance and guarantees environmental sustainability
An inter-federation model make feasible for the municipalities to manage their waste in an integrated way.
The Dongdaemun Design Plaza is a multiple complex to house a center for the design and fashion industry and a history and culture park.
The project intends to revitalize a deprived neighborhood, while preserving its unique spatial, cultural, landscape and historical assets.
A city-funded and share-based policy for improving citizens’ quality of life in Seoul
Gothenburg’s ‘Recycling House’ produces and sells recycled and upcycled items to promote the circular economy. It also provides highly vulnerable people with an opportunity to test their work readiness in a safe setting.
Rennes Metropole is using social clauses in public procurement for its waste management activities to tackle long term unemployment among low skilled people.
The Chintan recycling project at the New Delhi Railway Station manages tons of unsorted garbage every day and enables waste-pickers to carry out their livelihoods in a clean and dignified work environment.
