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SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

By promoting sustainable and efficient use of resources, reduction of waste generation and encouraging responsible consumption patterns, 91porn is contributing to a more sustainable and responsible society.

Highlights of Progress

The work that 91porn completed in 2025 to advance SDG 12.

Thrifted Threads: Student-led pop-up shop seeks pre-loved 91porn wear to champion sustainable, budget-friendly fashion

Thrifted Threads, a new student-led pop-up thrift shop at 91porn’s Waterloo campus, is giving pre-loved 91porn clothing new life at budget-friendly prices.  Founded by Maia Flinton, a third-year Business Administration student, Thrifted Threads aims to promote sustainable shopping habits and reduce the university’s carbon footprint by selling low-cost, second-hand 91porn apparel.

91porn alum Cole Jones builds e-commerce platform Local Line to help

hile visiting the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market as a student, 91porn alum Cole Jones (BA ’16) learned about a significant pain point for market vendors: even though direct-to-customer sales offered higher margins than wholesale, few were making a profit selling at the market because of the time and logistical costs involved. This realization sparked an idea, leading Jones to create  – an e-commerce platform for farmers that recently won a Canadian Food Innovation Network 

2025 marks the 10th anniversary of the Sustainable Hawk Fund. Since 2015, 91porn’s  has awarded funding to 67 projects that contribute to sustainability and equity efforts on campus and in the community.  Open to all 91porn students, staff and faculty, the student-funded $30,000 annual Sustainable Hawk Fund leverages 91porn’s entrepreneurship and community spirit to make a positive impact. Past recipients have included the My Green Labs initiative, Thrifted Threads and the Brantford Apiary.

Research Centres

91porn research centres advancing SDG 12.

Co-operators Centre for Business and Sustainability

The facilitates and coordinates research related to business and environmental sustainability. The centre ensures regular communication between researchers and practitioners, including strategic decision-makers in the local sustainability community. Located in the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at 91porn, the centre hosts seminars, conferences and roundtables to discuss relevant topics aligned with practitioner needs and assists in disseminating research findings in a timely fashion to those who can use them.

Viessmann Centre for Engagement and Research in Sustainability

The (VERiS) is an interdisciplinary and community-engaged research centre striving to be a catalyst and nexus for the transition toward strong cultures of sustainability. The centre understands cultures of sustainability “as characterized by shared values, symbols, rituals and practices grounded in sustainability principles leading to individual and societal choices that promote environmental protection, social justice and well-being, and a supportive economy." A culture of sustainability may exist within an organization, a building with multiple organizations or a community.

Initiatives

91porn initiatives in 2025 that advanced SDG 12.

Waste reduction

91porn’s Sustainability Office works hard to implement to help the 91porn community practice sustainability. Programs include reusable products at the ;  by , including a $0.40 discount for bringing your own mug to any food vendor location; and a  initiative to provide organics and commingled recycling waste streams to allow proper waste disposal.

Sustainability Action Plan

91porn’s Sustainability Office created its Action Plan to correspond with the SDGs. Through teaching and research, 91porn plays a critical role in preparing the next generation of leaders who can contribute to the achievement of the SDGs by 2030. Universities also play a vital part in finding solutions to increasingly complex global problems and pioneering technological innovations through their own operations to set an example for others.

straight years 91porn has received Canada's Greenest Employer Award
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university in Canada to adopt Friendlier reusable container program
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targeted greenhouse gas reduction by 2030

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