Goal 12

Responsible Consumption and Production

Sustainable growth and development requires minimizing the natural resources and toxic materials used, and the waste and pollutants generated, throughout the entire production and consumption process. Sustainable Development Goal 12 encourages more sustainable consumption and production patterns through various measures, including specific policies and international agreements on the management of materials that are toxic to the environment.

Indicator	Tier
12.2.2 Domestic material consumption (DMC) and DMC per capita, per GDP	Tier I
12.4.1 Number of Parties to international multilateral environmental agreements on hazardous waste, and other chemicals that meet their commitments and obligations in transmitting information as required by each relevant agreement	Tier I
12.1.1 Number of countries with sustainable consumption and production (SCP) national action plans or SCP mainstreamed as a priority or target into national policies	Tier II
12.c.1 Amount of fossil-fuel subsidies per unit of GDP (production and consumption) and as a proportion of total national expenditure on fossil fuels	Tier II
12.2.1 Material footprint (MF) and MF per capita, per GDP	* Tier III
12.3.1 Global food loss index	Tier III
12.4.2 Hazardous waste generated per capita, proportion of hazardous waste treated and by type of treatment	Tier III
12.5.1 National recycling rate, tons of material recycled	Tier III
12.6.1 Number of companies publishing sustainability reports	Tier III
12.7.1 Number of countries implementing sustainable public procurement policies and action plans	Tier III
12.a.1 Amount of support to developing countries on R&D for sustainable consumption and production (SCP) and environmental sound technologies	Tier III

* Agreed methodology only at global level. Not for country level monitoring.