SDG 12: Responsible Consumption & Production
“Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns”
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How is Boston tracking toward SDG 12: Responsible Consumption & Production?
I want to advocate for Responsible Consumption & Production, where do I start?
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Tell a local business you love to consider joining the Climate Action Business Association (CABA), a nonprofit that “helps business take targeted action on climate change,” including the % of toxic chemicals released into the air.
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Choose to buy products from B Corporations, companies that are certified to be sustainable in their environmental practices, as well their good governance, treatment of employees, consumer regard, and community engagement.
Use the UNEP Urban Air Action Platform to see what level of air pollution your community
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Donate to Lovin’ Spoonfuls, a Massachusetts based 501 (c) (3) nonprofit dedicated to “facilitating the rescue and distribution of healthy, fresh food that would otherwise be discarded.”
Volunteer at the Greater Boston Food Bank, a Eastern Massachusetts 501 (c) (3) nonprofit that is dedicated to “providing three meal a day to our neighbors in need across Eastern Massachusetts”
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Donate to ReFed, a national 501 (c) (3) nonprofit “dedicated to ending food loss and waste by advancing data-driven solutions.”
Check out the National Gleaning Project, a national database that provides information on regulations, laws, and organizations relating to food recovery and food donation.
Volunteer or Donate to Move For Hunger, a national 501 (c) (3) “that mobilizes transportation networks to deliver surplus food to communities in need.”
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Community Action Works provides training for activists to be able to successfully organize against environmental injustice, particularly toxic waste spills or leakages, in the Greater Boston Area,
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Choose to buy products from B Corporations, companies that are certified to be sustainable in their environmental practices, as well their good governance, treatment of employees, consumer regard, and community engagement.