20 December 2025
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SDG 12, Circular Economy, and Sustainable Production: Profit Strategy for Businesses
For most of the last two decades, sustainable production was treated by businesses as a compliance obligation or reputational exercise. Environmental standards were met at the margin, sustainability reports were published annually, and core business models remained largely linear. That approach is rapidly becoming obsolete. SDG 12 — Responsible Consumption and Production has moved from…