The LONGTIME® label is managed by Ethikis, an ESUS-certified cooperative. Collaboration is an integral part of our DNA, and we’re delighted to be joining the UN’s One Planet Network.
What is the purpose of One Planet Network?
The One Planet network was created to put into practice the “10YFP” (10-Year Framework of Programmes) and Objective 12 of the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”.
The “10YFP”:
Adopted in 2012 at the “World Summit on Sustainable Development” in Rio, the 10YFP is a 10-year framework of programs aimed at accelerating the shift to sustainable consumption and production in developed and developing countries.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development:
Alongside the 10YFP, UN member countries unanimously adopted “The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” in 2015. It consists of a series of 17 autonomous sustainable development goals designed to protect people and the planet.
Among this series, Goal 12 (SDG12) aims to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
One Planet Network is therefore a catalyst that aims to become, by 2022, the main mechanism for supporting and implementing the transition to sustainable consumption and production patterns.This contributes to the effective implementation of goal 12 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the “10YFP”. The One Planet Network has already secured the legitimacy and mandate from the international community to be the first multi-stakeholder implementation mechanism for SDG 12, bringing stakeholders together around a common approach and a set of shared goals.
SDG 12, Why is “Objective 12, Responsible consumption and production” so important?
There will be around 8.5 billion of us by 2030, and almost 10 billion by 2050. With our current production and consumption patterns, we would need not one but three planets to meet our raw material needs. It is therefore urgent to decouple social and economic progress from environmental degradation.
Each of the 17 goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is autonomous. But goal 12 is a special goal because it cuts across all the goals. Sustainable production and consumption should be seen as highly effective tools that will help to directly or indirectly achieve many of the 17 goals of the Agenda 2030.
What does LONGTIME® do in ONE PLANET?
LONGTIME® has joined the “Consumer Information for SCP” program, whose aim is to encourage better consumer information on products and highlight effective strategies for more responsible consumption.
Demand for sustainable goods and services is high and growing, but consumers are often unable to make informed choices, or simply don’t act on their intentions. The main reasons for this situation are lack of transparency, and incomplete or unreliable information.
The importance of providing reliable information is recognized in target 12.8 of the Sustainable Development Goals. By 2030, ensure that people around the world have the information and knowledge they need for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature”.
This is where our efforts come together, and where we participate through our LONGTIME® experience and management. Indeed, from the outset, the LONGTIME® label was intended to be a reliable, controlled tool for providing consumers with better information on manufactured products. But LONGTIME® has also become a pragmatic guide for professionals to improve production practices and extend product life.
Our team is particularly dedicated to work on Product Lifetime Extension. In this group, an initial inventory of international policies and initiatives on the subject has been drawn up and will be regularly updated. The LONGTIME® label will be studied in January 2021 as a “study case” to feed into the work.
We are determined to act as a link between industry and consumers, because the success of our objectives depends on the collaboration of all stakeholders.
What are ONEPLANET’s working groups?
- Sustainable public procurement
- Sustainable tourism
- Consumer information for SCP
- Sustainable building and construction
- Sustainable Food Systems Program
- Sustainable lifestyles and education