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Ensure sustainable production and consumption patterns

Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

SDG 12 is divided into several sub-goals. Goal 12.1 calls for the implementation of the Ten-Year Programme on Sustainable consumption and production patterns (Rio de Janeiro 2012). Starting from the fundamental imperative of sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources (12.2), the requirements are directed at reducing food losses (12.3), environmentally sound management of chemicals (12.4), reducing waste generation (12.5) and support for sustainable (production) practices and sustainability reporting for larger companies (12.6). Furthermore, sustainable practices should be promoted in public procurement (12.7) and information on sustainable lifestyles should be provided to raise sustainability awareness (12.8).

There is a call for scientific and technological and technological strengthening of developing countries (12.a), the development of sustainable tourism (12.b, see also SDG 8) and the abolition of inefficient subsidies for fossil fuels (12.c).

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Central large equipment list

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A person is grinding a piece of wood on a grinder. © Nikolas Golsch​/​TU Dortmund

Equipment that can be used jointly is to be listed in order to save resources and strengthen interdisciplinary cooperation.

A list is to be compiled for the entire university listing large-scale equipment that can be used jointly or shared.

Especially in the area of research, new equipment is expensive and resource-intensive. Sharing large-scale equipment saves costs and unnecessary purchases. In addition, knowledge on how to deal with each other can be shared and interdisciplinary cooperation is strengthened.

The list can be extended to any number of small items and should, if possible, be accessible centrally or online.

This project idea was developed during the 'Campus of the Future' workshop at the end of September 2021.