Sustainable Consumption

Definitions of Sustainable consumption (SC) share a number of common features, and to an extent build in the characteristics of sustainable production, its twin sister concept and inherit much of from the idea of sustainable development:

  • Quality of life;
  • Wise use of resources, and minimisation of waste and pollution;
  • Use of renewable resources within their capacity for renewal;
  • Fuller product life-cycles; and
  • Intergenerational and intragenerational equity.

Read more about Sustainable Consumption:  The Oslo Definition, Sustainable Consumption Initiatives

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