Basic Terms & Concepts of Sustainable Consumption — The Considerate Consumer

Katharina Woermann

Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable Development Goals

The SDGs serve as guidelines with the aim of facilitating concrete action. They integrate the three sustainability dimensions and are formulated to ensure that our future is economically, ecologically, and socially sustainable in the long run.

3 Pillars of Sustainability

3 Pillars of Sustainability

Sustainability is based on three interconnected pillars, or dimensions: the economic, the social and the environmental (Purvis et al., 2019).