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Code of Conducts: Catalyst for Sustainable Consumption and Production

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Responsible Consumption and Production

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Procurement; Resource efficiency; Sustainable consumption

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According to the report by the Ministry of Norway (1994), sustainable consumption and production (SCP) is defined as “the use of services and related products, which respond to basic needs and bring a better quality of life whilst minimising the use of natural resources and toxic materials as well as the emissions of waste and pollutants over the life cycle of the service or product so as not to jeopardise the needs of further generations.” According to McDonough and Braungart (2010), there is a need to transform the models for production processes, by giving more attention to environmental sustainability, which is really important, by considering the regenerative capacity of nature. They considered the basic principles of industrial design and examples of innovative products and strategies based on the eco-effectiveness principle. Their idea is that it is possible to transform a system that also generates...

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  1. Faculty of Accountancy, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Sarawak, Kuching, Malaysia

    Corina Joseph

  2. Faculty of Accountancy, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Kedah, Merbok, Malaysia

    Roshima Said

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

  5. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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  1. Senior Economic Consultant (Independent); and EmergingFrontierMarkets.com (Publisher), Manila, Philippines

    Leonardo Sta. Romana

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Joseph, C., Said, R. (2019). Code of Conducts: Catalyst for Sustainable Consumption and Production. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Responsible Consumption and Production. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71062-4_68-1

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