Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
Our planet has provided us with an abundance of natural resources. But we have not utilized them responsibly and currently consume far beyond what our planet can provide. Goal 12 is about sustainably managing natural resources, reducing and managing waste better, and promoting sustainable lifestyles and company practices.
YORK LAUNCHES NEW SOCIAL PROCUREMENT POLICY – A FIRST IN CANADA
Pictured here: Dexter King
York University is one of the first universities in Canada to establish a Social Procurement Policy. That’s because York understands that a community-engaged approach helps drive social change and inclusive economic growth. Procurement
services director Dexter King is leading the work to change how the University buys goods and services, which is front and centre in York’s new Markham Campus project. Learn more here.
Facts
90
publications
(2018-2020)
368 kg
of organics collected in 2018-2019
334 kg
of batteries recycled
in 2018-2019
70%
Waste Diversion Rate
for 2018-2019
55%
of publications co-authored with international collaborators
20+
Programs relevant or related to SDG 12
3,600 kg
of waste recycled in 2018-2019
