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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Hello from Bonn

I’m Sarah Schmidt and I work as an advisor for the GIZ Fund for International Agricultural Research (FIA). What’s our goal?

Eine handgezeichnete Porträtillustration einer lächelnden Frau mit zurückgebundenem Haar vor einem türkisfarbenen Hintergrund.

Three questions

‘Making the mountain of waste disappear’

Drei Fragen an Ana Maria Villegas, Start-up-Unternehmerin in Kolumbien. Die Designerin hat ein Mehrwegkonzept für die Gastronomie entwickelt.

Mehrere Glasfläschchen mit Flüssigkeiten in verschiedenen Farben, beschriftet mit "SAF", stehen in einer Reihe auf einer Granitplatte in einem Laborumfeld.

Background

Green hydrogen pioneer

In Brazil, GIZ supports research and efforts to build a green hydrogen economy in a variety of ways. As a result, there has been an upsurge of interest from many stakeholders, including the private sector.

Eine Hand hält ein kleines, mit "SAF" beschriftetes Fläschchen mit klarer Flüssigkeit vor einem verschwommenen industriellen Hintergrund.

Interview

‘The demand for sustainable aviation fuels is huge’

Demand for sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) is growing rapidly. In this interview, Fabíola Correia de Carvalho from the SENAI Innovation Institute for Renewable Energies in Natal explains how research has joined forces with GIZ in Brazil to tackle this key issue for the future.

Eine bergige Landschaft mit felsigem Gelände, gelblicher Vegetation und kleinen Seen, die den bewölkten Himmel widerspiegeln.

Reportage

Spotlight on Colombia’s treasure trove

Colombia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. GIZ is actively involved in efforts to protect ecosystems such as the particularly valuable landscapes of the High Andes. A visit to these remote mountains shows how farming families, artificial intelligence and love of nature are coming together to achieve this goal.

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.

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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