SDG 12
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Key Stats
Progress on SDG12: amount of waste recycled from 2020 - 2025.
Source: Energy + Climate Action
2025 Research Impact
- № relevant publications: 139
- № citations: 671
Sample Courses
- HECOL 441 - Textiles and Apparel in the Global Economy
- R SOC 355 - Rural Communities and Global Economies
- MARK 455 - Sustainability and Responsible Marketing
- AREC 333 - Economics of Production and Resource Management
- ADMI 463 - L'énergie et l'environnement: Structure industrielle, performance et défis
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Institutional Stewardship Initiatives
Augustana Campus’ Sustainable Food Policy
Augustana Campus Dining Hall serves 300–400 meals three times a day. The dining hall’s approach puts quality ahead of convenience: meals are prepared on site primarily using basic ingredients, rather than coming pre-cooked or packaged. The kitchen sources a portion of its ingredients from local providers (within 200 km), reducing the carbon footprint necessary for transport. Local ingredients include beef, pork, vegetables, eggs, and flour.
Augustana Campus abides by a Sustainable Food Policy that reads, in part:
Our first priority is to provide safe, fresh and nutritious food. Our second priority is to support forms of food production and processing that sustain the environment, our regional rural economy and farm livelihoods. We understand that those priorities are not necessarily in conflict; often the second complements the first.
Sustainable Procurement
Supply Management Services has worked for many years to incorporate sustainability into their operations. In 2018, they launched a Sustainable Purchasing Network to circulate best practices, foster collaboration between interested staff and stimulate pilot projects within varied work units. This network builds on earlier ad hoc initiatives, the Sustainable Swag Purchasing Guide and PaperCut Initiative.
The university’s preferred supplier system enables efficient delivery of goods and allows the university to push for green products and practices from its suppliers. A Sustainable Procurement Guidelines and Supplier Code outlines expectations for ethical, social and environmental practices from the university’s suppliers.
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Research Institutes, Centres & Projects
Advanced Composite Materials Research Group
The Advanced Composite Materials Research Group studies advanced polymer composites, and their research and development program is focused on studying advanced materials and structures for energy applications.
ELIAS Research Group
The Elias Research Group engineers polymers and composites that are functional and responsive and develops methods for processing these materials at the micro and macro level.
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