CSCP News | Posted December 13, 2023 The CSCP and the co-do! lab Support the City of Duisburg to Become a Circularity Frontrunner CSCP NewsCities & InfrastructureMulti-stakeholder Engagements & PanelsParticipatory Strategy Development Public transport, waste management, water and energy supply are all policies that impact citizens’ lives directly and fall under the responsibility of cities. So, what can cities do to unlock their potential and become Circular Economy pioneers in order to achieve greater sustainability and ensure a better life for their citizens in the long run? […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted December 12, 2023 Building Skills for Tomorrow: Our CATALYST Project Presents its 70-Course Learning Programme CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipSustainable Business ModelsTrainings & Capacity Building The shift toward a climate-neutral Europe depends greatly on the skills and competences of individuals and businesses to initiate and drive the needed transformations. With its European Skills Agenda, the European Union (EU) has detailed a five-year plan to help individuals and businesses build skills in order to strengthen the sustainable competitiveness of the EU, […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted December 12, 2023 The CSRD Opens a New Chapter on Biodiversity Reporting: What This Means for Companies CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipMulti-stakeholder Engagements & PanelsSustainable Business ModelsSustainable Value Chains Starting from 2024, around 49,000 European companies are expected to report in accordance with the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), an instrument by the European Commission that will make sustainability reporting as binding as financial reporting. The EU hopes that this will lead to greater transparency and scale sustainability efforts. But what does this mean […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted December 11, 2023 How Municipal Waste Companies Can Shape the Circular Transformation CSCP NewsCities & InfrastructureParticipatory Strategy DevelopmentSustainable Value Chains How do we change systems in the journey to creating more sustainable cities and regions? This is not a straightforward task, yet approaching relevant stakeholders and enabling them is one key step to addressing it. During 2023, the CSCP supported such a transformation process through a collaboration with the German Association of Public Utility Companies […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted December 11, 2023 “You Can Only Achieve What You Can Imagine”, Says Eva Rudolf From the co-do! lab CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipInnovation & Transition LabsParticipatory Strategy DevelopmentSustainable Business ModelsTrainings & Capacity Building Eva Rudolf is a CSCP senior designer and co-do lab team member who believes that true transformation starts with open-minded people. In this interview, she explains how the co-do lab employs “Taste” formats to inspire key actors to start and implement successful transformation processes. Sometimes to start a transformation process one needs to get “a […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted December 11, 2023 Cultured Meat and Seafood: A Key to a More Sustainable Food System? CSCP NewsProducts & ServicesConsumption Behaviour & TrendsMulti-stakeholder Engagements & PanelsSustainable Value Chains Currently, our global food system is responsible for almost twenty percent of total greenhouse gas emissions; and yet, it is not adequately meeting nutritional needs worldwide. The emergence of the cultured meat (CM) and cultured seafood (CSF) industries opens up new opportunities to meet global demands while at the same time lowering the food industry’s […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted December 7, 2023 The PathoCERT Project Invites Stakeholders to its Final Community of Practice Meeting on 2 February 2024! CSCP NewsCities & InfrastructureInnovation & Transition LabsMulti-stakeholder Engagements & PanelsParticipatory Strategy DevelopmentSocial InnovationSustainable Business ModelsTrainings & Capacity Building Over a period of three years, the PathoCERT project has developed user-friendly tools and technologies aimed at enhancing the awareness and coordination capabilities of first responders and key stakeholders within the command-and-control hierarchy during emergency waterborne pathogen contamination events. As the project draws to a close, a final European Community of Practice event will take […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted December 7, 2023 The UBi Biodiversity Awards Celebrate 10 Pioneer Businesses CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipMulti-stakeholder Engagements & PanelsSustainable Business ModelsSustainable Value Chains The room in Berlin where the UBi Project Awards “The Supply Chain Lives” were announced in November 2023 was filled with biodiversity enthusiasts. An Ulm-based company that produces used clothing containers with green roofs where plants and insects happily co-exist and Berlin’s oldest blacksmith’s shop known for its lilac wood knife handles were among the […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted November 29, 2023 Engaging with Stakeholders and Building Capacities for Clean Energy in Southern Africa CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipSocial InnovationSustainable Business ModelsSustainable Value Chains The increase of both native and invasive woody species has been an ongoing challenge for countries across Southern Africa. Exacerbated by climate change, invasive bush outcompete other plants in the savanna ecosystem, overcrowding rangelands and competing with livestock for water. While this affects farmlands and rangelands in particular, it also poses threats to the environment, […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted November 29, 2023 10 National Bioeconomy Hubs Launched as Part of the CEE2ACT Project CSCP NewsPolicyMulti-stakeholder Engagements & PanelsParticipatory Strategy DevelopmentPolicy AdviceTrainings & Capacity BuildingPublic To support the development of national bioeconomy strategies, 10 National Bioeconomy Hubs have been launched in countries across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) as part of the CEE2ACT project. The hubs will be key to fostering collaboration between different stakeholders as the involved countries take major steps towards a circular future. The CSCP guides the […] Read more