Responsible Consumption & Production: Tesco's SDG 12 Initiatives

This report examines Tesco's strategies for achieving Sustainable Development Goal 12 (SDG 12), focusing on responsible consumption and production. It provides an overview of Tesco's operations and highlights the importance of sustainable development. The report analyzes Tesco's sustainable development goals, including efficient resource utilization, waste reduction through recycling and reuse, and the integration of sustainability information into reporting cycles. It also discusses the importance of sustainable consumption and production for economic growth and reducing environmental impact. Key targets set by Tesco, such as implementing the 10-year framework for sustainable consumption and achieving efficient use of natural resources by 2030, are outlined. Furthermore, the report touches upon the Keynesian theory of consumption and its relevance to Tesco's sustainable practices. Desklib offers a variety of resources, including past papers and solved assignments, to aid students in their studies.

SDG 12- Responsible
Consumption and Production

Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY........................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.............................................................................................................................3
Overview of the company......................................................................................................3
Why sustainable development is important...........................................................................4
Keynesian theory of consumption..........................................................................................7
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................9
REFRENCES.............................................................................................................................9
Books and Journal..................................................................................................................9

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report is going to work on the Sustainable development goals of responsible
consumption and production. Apart from this, this report consider desk organisation and what
are the activities as well as strategies that are adopted by the company in order to achieve
their system able development goals that is responsible consumption and production and what
are their targets which I decided by the company so that the company can implement the
strategies and complete this is to nibble management in order to achieve their official
individualisation of the natural resources
INTRODUCTION
Sustainable development goals 12 are also known as responsible consumption and
production it is the one of the sustainable development aims and goals that is developed by
united nation in the year of 2015. In another terms sustainable consumption and production is
the goals that refers to the utilization of services that are related and associated with the goods
that responds to the general requirements and also get a amended quality of life through
minimizing the Utilisation of the natural resources as well as toxic materials and the emission
of the waste and pollutants over the life-cycle of the sources and product. This report going to
consider desk organisation and are also going to analyse that what sustainable development
goals is chosen by the company in order to maintain the sustainability in the environment and
doing more and better with less in order to increasing their net welfare gains from the
economic activities through reducing Pollutions, degradation and increasing the quality of the
life.
MAIN BODY
Overview of the company
Tesco is the British multinational grocery general merchandise organisation which is situated
in Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom’s. The organisation is founded by Jack Cohen in
1919, East End of London. The Tesco Company is the third largest retail company in the
globe that is measured by gross revenues and the ninth largest in the globe that is measured
by the revenues. The organisation is providing variety of the product and services in the
marketplace. Apart from this, the company tesco is also following sustainability development
goals and aims in order to maintain their sustainability in the environment and improve their
productivity and efficiency towards the economic growth of the country. There is different

kind of aims and goals which are decided by the organisation in context of sustainable
development and that are below mentioned:
Sustainable development goals
Sustainable development goals are very important for the organisation and it is also
called as the global goals. The aim of this is the name of development goals is to see to
reconcile economic growth and insuring that every individual have the same capabilities as
well as a opportunities that can lead a appropriate and effective life without compromising
the planet. There are different kind of sustainable goals that are followed by every
organisation and that is no poverty, zero hunger, good health and well-being, quality
education, gender equality, clean water and sanitisation, affordable and clean energy,
industry, innovation and infrastructure, reduce inequality, recent work and economic growth,
sustainable consumption and production policies, and many more. The organisation Tesco is
focusing on the sustainable consumption and production policies in order to improve
resources efficiency and promote sustainable lifestyles of the organisation as well as their
employees and the consumers. From the investigation it has been analysed that the company
Tesco is currently consuming more and more resources and this kind of activity exiting the
planet capacity for degeneration. Apart from this this is the 12th goal of the sustainable
development goals that is refers to the utilisation of the services which are associated to the
goods and that respond to the basic and general requirement of the individual that brings
more amended quality of the live while increasing the utilisation of the natural resources and
toxic materials as well as the emissions of the waste and pollutants over the life-cycle of the
services. And the main focus of the organisation is to decrease the poverty and contributes
towards the developing countries so that they can contribute towards the poverty And use the
more efficient resources in order to achieve their goals and increasing the quality of the life.
Why sustainable development is important
The goal of the sustainable consumption and production is to doing more and better
with the less. Sustainable consumption and production helps the country to increase the net
wealth are gains from the economic activities that are performed by the organisation and the
company Tesco is reducing the resources utilisation of the pollution and degradation while
Increasing the quality of the life. Sustainable development goals are those kind of goals That
I’m not achieve by growing The economics’ but also achieved by minimising the waste in the
procedure of doing and Preparing and conducting the activities that are helpful for the

economic growth. In order to achieve their goals in context of sustainable development the
Tesco organisation is promoting water sources and energy efficiency so that they can achieve
their goals. Sustainable consumption and production is all about promoting and enhancing
more resources as well as energy efficiency as well as sustainable Infrastructure so that they
can provide appropriate access to the general services and green and listen jobs and also
provide better quality of the life for every individual. These kind of activities and the
implementation of the strategy support the organisation to accomplish their entire
development plan and also support them to overcome the future economic and environmental
and social cost. Apart from this it also support them to reduce strengthen economic
competitiveness and reduce poverty. Sustainable consumption and production goals also
require the appropriate strategy as well a systematic approach between the operating activities
in the supply chain in order to maintain their efficiency from the producer to final consumer.
It in gauge different kind of consumers true of a mess raising and some sustainable
consumption and lifestyles programs and it also helps the company to provide educate
information by using different kind of engagement programs in context of sustainable public
procurement and labelling activities. This will include a new global partnership among the
consumers, policymakers, investigator, scientist, retailers, the media, the business and
development corporation agencies so that the company become capable to its actively
implement their strategies and achieve their goals and objectives. There are a few targets.
Which are decided by the Tesco organisation so that they can achieve their goals and
objectives and improve their capabilities.
Targets
 Tesco company wants to implement the 10 year framework and the structure of
programs on the sustainable consumption and production and wants to take an action
with the developed countries so that they can improve their capabilities and achieve
their goals and targets.
 By 2030 the organisation wants to complete the sustainable management and also
wants to achieve efficient utilisation of the natural resources.
 By 2030 the organisation also wants to reduce waste to generation by using different
kind of programs like recycling, reuse, prevention and reduction. Apart from this the
organisation also want to encourage more organisation especially a transitional
companies that adapter sustainable practices in their company so that they can

integrate more sustainability information and data into the reporting cycle in order to
maintain and achieve their sustainability goals.
 The organisation is also working on the development or implementing more to
wooden techniques so that they can monitor and evaluate the sustainable development
in back for their sustainable tourism that helps them to create more employment and
promote more local culture and products.
 The organisation is also supporting more developing nations in order to strengthen
their scientific as well as technological capacity so that they can take action towards
more sustainable patterns in context of consumption and production.
 By 2030 the Tesco company wants to ensure that that every individual everywhere
have the effective as well as appropriate data and information as well as awareness
about the sustainable development and lifestyle in harmony with nature so that they
can contribute towards the sustainable development goals in order to achieve them
and improve the capacity of the country.
 The organisation also want to accomplish the environmentally sound management so
that they can reduce all waste throughout their life cycle and reduce air, water and soil
pollution so that they can minimise their adverse impact on human health and from
the environment.
Sustainable consumption and production policies is a transformation method that takes
up comprehensive approach and it is the structure that is around three basic aims that are
below mention:
 Removing the link between environmental protection and economic economic
expansion. It's all about doing more with less, boosting net utility benefits from
commercial activity by lowering resource usage, degradation, and contamination
over the whole life cycle while improving quality of life. 'More' products and
activities are supplied with 'less' effect on resources consumption, ecological
deterioration, waste, and pollution.
 Applying life-cycle thinking: This is the object that is all about improving and
increasing the sustainable management of the resources which are using by the
company so that the organisation can become capable to achieve more resources
efficiency with the production as well as conduction faces of the life-cycle. This
kind of activity include more resources extractions and the production of the

intermediate imports as well as distribution and marketing and also include the
utilisation of the waste disposal and the use of the good services.
 Sizing more opportunity for the developing nations and vaulting: Sustainable
conception and production policies is the goal which is contribute towards the
poverty and achievement of the UN millennium development goals. For the
developing nations as well as for the international organisation it is very important
to focusing on the sustainable development goals because it provide more
opportunities for the organisation in order to create new market as well as more
decent jobs and generating more natural resources management so that they can
become capable to achieve their goals and contribute towards the sustainable
development goals. Apart from does it also helps them to use more efficient
resources in order to overcome the pollutions and contribute towards the
development of which are followed by the most developed nations.
It is very important for the tesco organisation to analyse that sustainable development goals
that is responsible consumption and production is very important because it helps them to
accomplish the economic growth and in order to improve their capabilities this is the number
double of men needed to reduce their ecological footprint by more defined the way they
produce and consume their product and services as well as their resources. This can support
with the food security as well as shift the company towards the more the sources efficient
economy. Apart from this it is also helps them to accomplish their goals and objectives and
create positive impact on the every stages of the product life-cycle so that the company can
overcome the barriers and improve their capabilities. There are different kinds of examples of
the concession data followed by the Tesco company. Conception is the form or approach that
can be described in different kind of minors but it is best described or defined as the final
buying of the product and services by the individual. The purchaser or the buying of a new
pair of shoes, a burger and a fast food restaurant or services like getting the house clean all
are the examples of the consumptions. So in order to maintain their effectiveness it is very
important for the company to focusing on the sustainable development goals. There are few
theories of consumption which are below mentioned:
Keynesian theory of consumption
According to the quantity theory, an economy's aggregate economic consumer
spending is a function of real economic output. The Keynesian Economic Model is what it's
called. The consumption spending of various people who purchase goods may be used to

calculate the economy's collective consumption. Keynes points out that real income has a
greater impact on the consumption than cash inflow. The worth of money and buying power
will fluctuate as the price level changes. Price fluctuations will have an impact on actual
income as well as the tendency to spend.
RECOMMENDATIONS
From the above-mentioned discussion there is a few recommendation to the organisation so
that the company can become capable to achieve their sustainable development goals and
improve their efficiency as well as effectiveness in order to become more effective in the
marketplace and achieve their target.
 It is recommended to the Tesco organisation that they should focusing on the more
sustainable goals so that they can contribute towards the economic and create more
employment for the unemployment people in order to contribute towards the poverty.
 It is also recommended to be organisation that they should conduct more training and
development programs in the organisation so that they can improve the capabilities as
well as the skills of their employees in order to contribute towards the education level
of the individual and knowledge level of the individual So that they can help them to
achieve their goals and help them to Get more success in their lives.
 It is also recommend it to the organisation that they should follow appropriate
sustainable consumption and production pie don’t so that they can analyse the impact
of consumption and production patterns on the planet and on the people health in
order to work on it and evaluate the impact and promote local culture and good.
 It is also recommended to the organisation that they should increase more net Welfare
gains from the economic activities by overcome the resources utilisation and buy
overcome the pollution as well as degradation so that they can improve the quality of
the life.

CONCLUSION
From the above-mentioned report it Has been concluded that Sustainable of
Management plays an important role for the organisation in order to contribute towards the
economic growth and improve the quality of the life of the individual so that they can become
capable to accomplish their goals and objectives. There are 17 sustainable goals which are
followed by The developing countries and it is very important for every organisation to
follow the sustainable development goals so that they can contribute towards the poverty,
education, sustainable conceptions and procurement policies in order to improve their
capabilities and overcome the pollution from the environment. As from the above discussion
it has been analysed that the task organisation is conducting different kind of activities so that
they can maintain the sustainable development goals and achieve their targets in order to
contribute towards the economic growth and create more opportunities.

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