ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 12: an exploratory study on sustainable consumption in Lima, Peru
Abstract
In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development; a global action plan for people, planet, and prosperity. Sustainable
Development Goal 12 (SDG12) aims to ensure sustainable consumption and production
patterns. This research explored the attainability of SDG 12 in Lima-Peru through
the lens of market-based, purpose-driven organizations. First, semi-structured in-depth
interviews were held with founders of market-based, purpose-driven organizations in
order to analyze their perspectives on the current state of sustainable consumption
in Lima, Peru. Second, a comparative knowledge, attitude, and behavior survey was
implemented to a group of followers of one of the market-based, purpose-driven organizations
and a control group of non-followers of environmental organizations. Interview results
show that the founders believe that they are actively contributing to achieving SDG12,
but that even though sustainable consumption patterns are beginning to emerge in Lima,
Peru, targets will unlikely be reached by 2030. Survey results showed that follower
of the organizations had statistically different results for knowledge and behavior.
They had a higher understanding of sustainability concept, actively informed themselves
on environmental issues, and had adopted sustainable consumption habits. Study results
show that market-based, purpose-driven organizations are actively contributing to
the attainability of SDG 12 in Lima, Peru but also that challenges, primarily at the
governance level, remain.
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sustainable development goalssustainable consumption
peru
social entrepreneurship
sustainability
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Hofmeijer, Irene (2017). ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 12: an exploratory study on sustainable consumption
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