SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Natural resources should be used in a sustainable and efficient way, waste should be prevented or recycled, and food losses should be reduced. Companies should minimise their social and environmental risks.

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Photomontage of two girls playing football and a cotton plant

Perspectives

The cotton kick

Nine German football clubs, a textile manufacturer, 450 family-run farms in India, Fairtrade and GIZ have teamed up to produce fan merchandise made of sustainable cotton. Views on the From Field to Fan Shop initiative.

Princess Echefu and Kabir Olaosebikan

Report

Driving innovation together: Start-ups in NRW and Nigeria

North Rhine-Westphalia promotes exchange between young entrepreneurs from Nigeria and NRW.

President Lula's forest policy is proving effective

Background

President Lula’s forestry policy bears fruit

Focus on forest conservation: GIZ supports Brazil in protecting the Amazon region in many ways.

Porträt Julia Gabriel

introducing: Julia Gabriel, Rwanda

Hello! Or ‘Mwaramutse’, as we say in Kinyarwanda in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. I’ve been living and working here in East Africa for almost four years now, and I really like it.

Ifrah Mohamoud

Report

The wonder of refrigeration

The amazing story of a successful dairywoman, helpful cooling and an enthusiastic community. Out and about in the Somaliland region.

5 Mitarbeiterinnen auf einer Plantage aus der Vogelperspektive

Report

Beyond the coffee bushes

A novel approach to protecting the climate and the environment in Costa Rica – join us on a finca that produces more than just climate-friendly coffee.

Agenda 2030

Nothing less than the ‘transformation of our world’ is at the centre of the 2030 Agenda. Economic progress worldwide should be in harmony with social justice and the protection of natural resources.

Since its adoption by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, the 2030 Agenda, together with the Paris Climate Agreement, has been the guiding principle of German development cooperation and the overarching framework to which GIZ aligns its work.

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations

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