Sustainable Consumption and Production in the Extraction and Processing of Raw Materials—Measures Sets for Achieving SDG Target 12.2

As part of the European Green Deal, Commission recently launched project “New Bauhaus 21st Century” to promote climate-neutral, affordable, and creative design approaches transform built environment towards sustainability. Based on a forecasting backcasting approach, we developed three sets measures containing eighteen individual measures, with overall aim reducing consumption mineral raw materials in line sustainability strategies (consistency, efficiency, sufficiency) from exploration through material processing, semi-finished product production. The address detail reduction primary consumption, increased use secondary materials, intensification access important domestic sources, as well efficiency productivity progression Austrian industry. implementation will raise transparency traceability routes, flows, supply chains improved comprehensive data collection processing. were handed over Federal Government February 2022 push achievement Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 Austria.