20.68 这项宗旨还与可持续发展目标 12 保持一致，即：采用可持续的消费和生产模式。在努力实现这一宗旨方面取得的进展将有助于将全球人均粮食浪费量减半，减少生产和供应环节的粮食损失，包括收获后的粮食损失；鼓励各个公司，特别是大公司和跨国公司，采用可持续的做法；根据国家政策和做法，推行可持续的公共采购做法；世界各国人民都能获取关于可持续发展的信息并具有上述意识；支持发展中国家加强技术能力，采用更可持续的生产和消费模式。
20.68 The objective is also aligned with Sustainable Development Goal 12, which is to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns. Progress towards the attainment of the objective will help to halve per capita global food waste and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses; to encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices; to promote public procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance with national policies and practices; to ensure that people have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development; and to support developing countries in strengthening their technological capacity to move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production.