Sustainable consumption is a way of consuming goods and services to meet our basic needs, improving our quality of life while reducing the consumption of natural resources and toxic materials, and decreasing waste and pollutant emissions throughout the product or service's life cycle. All of this is aimed at ensuring the future of generations to come.
Every day, at every moment, we make some kind of purchase, whether big or small. Sometimes it's in response to a basic, fundamental need, and many other times it's out of a desire or a whim.
We are constantly engaged in commercial exchanges, yet we almost never stop to think about the implications of this everyday action. And the fact is, buying has environmental and social consequences.
When you purchase a certain good or service, you can be promoting an important environmental action or participating in a social inclusion initiative that benefits vulnerable sectors of the population. This is precisely what sustainable consumption is about: acquiring products or services that take the following into account:
- A rational and appropriate use of natural resources (extraction of raw materials acquired with low or zero environmental impacts)
- Low waste generation and comprehensive waste management.
- Reducing the use of toxic or environmentally harmful materials.
- The reduction of atmospheric emissions of CO2 or other polluting gases.
- Solidarity or social inclusion initiatives.
In other words, sustainable consumption encompasses the three pillars of sustainable development:
- Economic
- Socials
- Environmental.
The COVID-19 pandemic has offered countries the opportunity to develop recovery plans that reverse current trends and change our consumption and production patterns towards a more sustainable future.
Sustainable consumption and production are about doing more and better with less. They also involve decoupling economic growth from environmental degradation, increasing resource efficiency, and promoting sustainable lifestyles. Furthermore, they can contribute substantially to poverty alleviation and the transition to green, low-carbon economies.
As a company in GDI We seek responsible and sustainable consumption, we think about our planet and the future situation.
We aim to produce a minimum of waste; for example, in the production of our products, we use a cutter that makes more precise cuts, thus generating less fabric waste.
We strive to make our products environmentally friendly, so that when our customers use them they know they are helping to improve the planet. That's why we include sustainable garments (vests, pants, and face masks) in our product portfolio.
Consume responsibly and think about the future.