CHM - ORTEnsure that people are encouraged and enabled to make sustainable consumption choices, including by strengthening supportive policy,
legislative or regulatory frameworks, improving education and access to relevant and accurate information and alternatives, and by 2030,
equitably reduce the footprint of consumption, including through halving national food waste, significantly reducing overconsumption and substantially reducing waste generation, for all people to live well in harmony with nature
Implement comprehensive laws that mandate sustainable practices across industries, with specific targets for reducing waste and overconsumption
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR): Enforce regulations that hold producers accountable for the entire lifecycle of their products, encouraging them to design for durability, reuse, and recyclability.
Integrate sustainability into school curriculums to instill these values from a young age.
Launch nationwide campaigns to educate the public on the importance of sustainable consumption and how to make eco-friendly choices.
Improve recycling and composting infrastructure in the counties to make it easier for people to reduce waste.
Introduce taxes on luxury and non-essential goods to discourage overconsumption.
| Global Targets | Degree of Alignment |
GBF-T16. Sustainable consumption choices are enabled, and food waste reduced by half GBF-T16. Sustainable consumption choices are enabled, and food waste reduced by halfEnsure that people are encouraged and enabled to make sustainable consumption choices including by establishing supportive policy, legislative or regulatory frameworks, improving education and access to relevant and accurate information and alternatives, and by 2030, reduce the global footprint of consumption in an equitable manner, including through halving global food waste, significantly reducing overconsumption and substantially reducing waste generation, in order for all people to live well in harmony with Mother Earth. | High |
GBF-T15. Businesses assess and disclose biodiversity dependencies, impacts and risks, and reduce negative impacts GBF-T15. Businesses assess and disclose biodiversity dependencies, impacts and risks, and reduce negative impactsTake legal, administrative or policy measures to encourage and enable business, and in particular to ensure that large and transnational companies and financial institutions:
(a) Regularly monitor, assess, and transparently disclose their risks, dependencies and impacts on biodiversity, including with requirements for all large as well as transnational companies and financial institutions along their operations, supply and value chains and portfolios;
(b) Provide information needed to consumers to promote sustainable consumption patterns;
(c) Report on compliance with access and benefit-sharing regulations and measures, as applicable;
in order to progressively reduce negative impacts on biodiversity, increase positive impacts, reduce biodiversity-related risks to business and financial institutions, and promote actions to ensure sustainable patterns of production. | High |
GBF-T07. Pollution reduced, halving nutrient loss and pesticide risk GBF-T07. Pollution reduced, halving nutrient loss and pesticide riskReduce pollution risks and the negative impact of pollution from all sources, by 2030, to levels that are not harmful to biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services, considering cumulative effects, including: reducing excess nutrients lost to the environment by at least half including through more efficient nutrient cycling and use; reducing the overall risk from pesticides and highly hazardous chemicals by at least half including through integrated pest management, based on science, taking into account food security and livelihoods; and also preventing, reducing, and working towards eliminating plastic pollution. | High |
GBF-T21. Data, information and knowledge for decision-making is available GBF-T21. Data, information and knowledge for decision-making is availableEnsure that the best available data, information and knowledge, are accessible to decision makers, practitioners and the public to guide effective and equitable governance, integrated and participatory management of biodiversity, and to strengthen communication, awareness-raising, education, monitoring, research and knowledge management and, also in this context, traditional knowledge, innovations, practices and technologies of indigenous peoples and local communities should only be accessed with their free, prior and informed consent[1], in accordance with national legislation.
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[1] Free, prior and informed consent refers to the tripartite terminology of “prior and informed consent” or “free, prior and informed consent” or “approval and involvement”. | High |
Ensuring that financial mechanisms are in place to support sustainable consumption initiatives, including funding for educational programs and incentives for sustainable products
Integrating considerations of biodiversity and health into sustainable consumption policies,
Engaging all stakeholders, including government, private sector, civil society, and consumers, in efforts to promote sustainable consumption and reduce waste.
Aligning national policies with international commitments such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
Respecting and integrating the knowledge and practices of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in sustainable consumption initiatives.
Applying an ecosystem approach to ensure that consumption patterns do not harm ecosystems and contribute to their conservation and sustainable use.
Implementing both formal educational curricula and informal community programs to raise awareness and promote sustainable consumption.
Ensuring that sustainable consumption practices consider the needs and rights of future generations.
Leveraging scientific research and innovation to develop effective and efficient sustainable consumption practices.
Implementing a coordinated approach across all levels of government and engaging all sectors of society in efforts to promote sustainable consumption.i
Sustainable consumption choices
Global footprint of consumption
Levels that are not harmful to biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services
Agro industries Excess nutrients, especially nitrogen and phosphorus, is a globally significant type of pollution with impacts on biodiversity
Bottling companies Plastic pollution is accumulating across terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems, with microplastics entering food chains and circulating in the atmosphere
Waste generation