SDG 12 - sustainable consumption and production : a revolutionary challenge for the 21st century / Jennifer Moore Bernstein, Robert O. Vos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bernstein, Jennifer Moore, author.

Vos, Robert O., 1970- author.

Series:

Concise guides to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Concise guides to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable Development Goals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Sustainable consumption and production

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022

Summary:

This book takes a wide-ranging and non-dogmatic view of SDG12, tackling various approaches as to how production and consumption can provide for human well-being while minimizing destructive effects on the biophysical environment. With chapters focusing on circular economies, product accounting systems, and sustainable procurement, this volume presents technical information in an accessible way and provides a much-needed overview of activity and approaches to achieving the development goal. The authors provide a thorough understanding of the history and effectiveness of SDG 12 by juxtaposing competing theories of sustainable production and consumption, from critics who advocate a "degrowth" agenda to explicitly neo- liberal approaches. They also examine the underlying contradictions in these theories and the degree to which these competing approaches can complement one another.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title Page

Series Editors Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication Page

Contents

List of Tables, Figures, and Boxed Case Studies

About the Authors

Acknowledgments

1: Neoliberalism and its Discontents

SDG12 Overview and Relation to Other Sustainable Development Goals

History of SDG12

The Theoretical Underpinnings of SDG12

Neoliberalism and Sustainability

Neoliberalism, Environmentalism, and Environmental Politics

Environmental Discourses

Environmental Discourses: Reformers

Environmental Discourses: Revolutionaries

Environmental Discourses: Summary

Outline of the Book

References

2: Critics of Consumption

Dematerialization

Anti-Materialism

Degrowth

Ecological Footprint

Final Considerations

3: Green Consumerism

Strategies to Reduce Consumption

Products as Services

Sustainable Commodity Procurement Systems

Communication Strategies

4: Moving Toward a Circular Economy in Support of SDG12

Principles of Circular Economies

CE in Industrial Ecology

CE as an Economic Development or Business Strategy

CE Strategies in Businesses

General Challenges for Achieving Circular Economies

EPR Policies

Global Trade Policies

5: The Need to Strengthen Targets and Indicators for SDG12

The Existing Set of Indicators

Moving Beyond the Neoliberal Framing of Targets and Indicators

Extended Producer Responsibility

International Agreements

Corporate Sustainability Reporting

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

9781789731026

ISBN:

9781789730999

1789730996

OCLC:

1283849677