Sustainable Household Consumption: Key Considerations and Elements for a Canadian Strategy

Author

Vanessa Timmer, Emmanuel Prinet & Dagmar Timmer

Organization

Consumers Council of Canada (CCC)

Published

2009

Summary

This report presents key considerations and elements of a household consumption strategy for Canada, to support the early stage of work proceeding at the federal government level to give consideration to the potential development of a national Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) Framework called for as part of the UN Marrakech Process. Embedding the household strategy within a broader SCP framework is essential, as a central conclusion of this report is that households cannot advance sustainable consumption on their own but require collective solutions and collective actions by government and other stakeholders. The federal government has the responsibility to take the lead in creating the conditions to enable and encourage sustainable household consumption choices through an instrument mix of regulation and policies, use of fiscal measures, support for research and development on SCP, and engagement campaigns, to exemplify sustainable procurement policies, and to convene other key stakeholders to play their role in addressing this systemic challenge.

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This research received funding support through the Office of Consumer Affairs' Contributions Program.

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