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Recycling (SDG 12.5.1) No data available


National recycling rate, tons of material recycled. Index of recycling aluminum cans (2000–2011)


100


Corporate sustainability reporting (SDG 12.6.1) No data available


Number of companies publishing sustainability reports. Rate of sustainability reporting among the 100 largest companies per country


80 60 40


2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Years


Argentina Brazil EU USA Japan


Source: UNEP & IRP (2013) Metal Recycling: Opportunities, Limits, Infrastructure Tier III; Custodian agency: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and United Nations Statistics Division


While the general public’s awareness of the importance of recycling has assuredly risen in recent years, woefully little material consumed is actually recycled back into production processes. A recent study estimated the global aggregated recycling rate at only around six per cent of total material input in 2005, which indicates a lack of manifestation of the ‘circular economy’ (Haas et al. 2015). There have been gains in recycling and reuse in a number of sectors; however, the recycling rate is still low. Several challenges stand in the way of uniformly collected global data on recycling, including the multi-step nature of the recycling value chain, which adds variability to data collected, and the significant role of the informal sector across many regions, for which data are difficult to gather. The indicator will be calculated as the material recycled, including that which is exported for recycling, but excluding any quantities imported for recycling, divided by the total waste generated for any given reporting year. In order to understand the recycling rate and its relation to the circular economy, there is a need for information on key waste streams, metal ore, packaging waste, and electronic waste.


Sustainable Development Goal


10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%


0%


Americas 2011


Europe 2013 2015


Source: KPMG Survey of Corporate Responsibility Reporting 2015 Tier III; Custodian agency: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)


Corporate sustainability reporting is an important tool for transparency and accountability and has become a common practice in many industries, especially large industries and transnational corporations. Its role in attaining the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs has been recognised: high quality and comparable reporting contributes to financial stability and promotes good governance as well as responsible practices which are fundamental to sustainable development. In many markets, both in developed and developing countries, the disclosure of sustainability information has grown in the last decade, especially among large companies. Reasons for this increase include the pressing environmental and social challenges and a rising interest in sustainability reporting by governments, investors and stock exchanges, resulting in regulations and incentives for reporting. Progress is still needed in harmonizing the practice of corporate reporting and in improving its effectiveness in informing more sustainable business practices. The lack of high-quality repositories of sustainability reports at national, regional, and international levels represents an obstacle to quantifying SDG indicator 12.6.1. Making data available for this indicator will require further investment in quality standards setting and in supporting the collection and analysis of reports at national, regional, and global levels.


77 Africa and Middle East Asia Pacific


Unit: %


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