SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Kaleab Getaneh Zewelde is the co-founder and CEO of Mela for Her. The Ethiopian company for reusable menstrual products not only stands for sustainable goods with a social impact, it also offers attractive employment opportunities for women.

Biodiversity is crucial to our future and needs to stay on the global agenda. GIZ biodiversity expert Silke Spohn assesses how biodiversity is faring.

Antje von Dewitz, Managing Director of the German outdoor brand VAUDE, talks about corporate identity, cooperation with GIZ, and the Green Button and Partnership for Sustainable Textiles initiatives.

I’m Sarah Schmidt and I work as an advisor for the GIZ Fund for International Agricultural Research (FIA).

Three questions for Ana Maria Villegas, start-up entrepreneur in Colombia. The design expert has developed a recycling concept for the food service sector.

In Brazil, GIZ supports research and efforts to build a green hydrogen economy in a variety of ways. As a result, there has been an upsurge of interest from many stakeholders, including the private sector.

Demand for sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) is growing rapidly. In this interview, Fabíola Correia de Carvalho explains how research has joined forces with GIZ in Brazil to tackle this key issue for the future.

Colombia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. GIZ is actively involved in efforts to protect ecosystems such as the particularly valuable landscapes of the High Andes. A visit to these remote mountains shows how farming families, artificial intelligence and love of nature are coming together to achieve this goal.

Nine German football clubs, a textile manufacturer, 450 family-run farms in India, Fairtrade and GIZ have teamed up to produce fan merchandise made of sustainable cotton. Views on the From Field to Fan Shop initiative.

North Rhine-Westphalia promotes exchange between young entrepreneurs from Nigeria and NRW.

New markets, new partners, new horizons: Partnering in Business with Germany promotes business contacts between SMEs in developing countries and emerging economies and those in Germany.

Rwanda has been Julia Gabriel's home for four years now. From there, she provides support for a regional programme with activities in 12 countries. The focus is on peace, security and raw materials.