Promote Sustainable Consumption to Tackle Environmental Issues: Piyush Goyal
NEW DELHI: Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Monday called for promoting sustainable consumption patterns to cut carbon footprint and resolve issues of environment.The minister also said that people of the world would have to focus on consuming products which are environmentally sustainable.
"We need to be conscious of the waste and carbon footprint due to our current lifestyle patterns. This is going to be a core of a better future for the world. Unless we address the consumption patterns, we are not going to resolve sustainability and environmental challenges," Mr Goyal said, while addressing CII's Partnership Summit here.
"The environmental challenges are not a function of the carbon emitted through manufacturing, but "it is a greater function of the carbon caused by (our) consumption because manufacturing comes only because there is a consumption demand. I must suggest managing that demand in a better and more sustainable way," Mr Goyal said.
