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Chapter 1

Sustainable Consumerism Trends

1.1 Sustainable Consumption Concept Note

Sustainable consumption is a concept closely associated with the concept of sustainable production and
the articulation of both is what is known as sustainable development. In its initial definition in the
Brundtland report:

“It is in the hands of humanity to make development sustainable, lasting, that is, to ensure that it meets
the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”
(ANNEX - Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development, 20 march 1987).

Global evoloution of Sustaniable consumption:

At the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 (UNCED) the concept of sus-
tainable consumption is established in Chapter 4 of Agenda 21. (United Nations)

The definition proposed by the 1994 Oslo Symposium on Sustainable Consumption was “the use of goods
and services that respond to basic needs and bring a better quality of life, while minimising the use of
natural resources, toxic materials and emissions of waste and pollutants over the life cycle, so as not to
jeopardise the needs of future generations” (Oslo Rountable on Sustainable Production and Consumption
Symposium , 1994)

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