CSCP News | Posted October 18, 2022 Watch the Recording of our #EUCircularTalk: Accelerating Circular Behaviours – How Can Digitalisation Help Us? @CEStakeholderEU#EUCircularTalks CSCP NewsLifestyles & BehaviourConsumption Behaviour & TrendsMulti-stakeholder Engagements & PanelsPolicy Advice What are the missing pieces in the puzzle in order to make circularity the norm among consumers in Europe? What can stakeholders such as retailers, city representatives, policymakers, and civil society organisations (CSOs) do to enable circular behaviours among consumers? How can digitalisation play a supporting role in this process? At the #EUCircularTalk Accelerating Circular […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted October 5, 2022 Join Us at Our Event: Go for Digital – Success With eStandards on 24 October CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipSustainable Business ModelsSustainable Value ChainsTrainings & Capacity BuildingPubliccircular economyDigitalisation The Competence Centre eStandards hosts an event to highlight the accomplishments of the last 5 years. Learn about the success strategies of our project’s participating companies and exchange ideas in our “Olympic village”, e.g. on the shortage of skilled workers, sustainable digitalisation, IT security or funding opportunities. In October, milestones of the project will be […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted October 5, 2022 Join our Regional Design Thinking Workshop to Develop Products from “Waste” on 26 October CSCP NewsCities & InfrastructureSustainable Product PortfolioTrainings & Capacity BuildingCitiescircular economy Companies from the Bergisches Städtedreieck, Wuppertal, Remscheid und Solingen in Germany are invited to join this regional design thinking workshop to develop new products from “waste” materials at the Gläserne Werkstatt in Solingen on October 26, 2022. The CSCP’s project Gläserne Werkstatt partners up with the project InSym to offer this hands-on workshop. As a […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted September 22, 2022 Upskilling and Reskilling: How the CATALYST Project Will Support SMEs to Transform CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipSustainable Business ModelsTrainings & Capacity Building Just around one percent of German companies are not a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME). With the necessary skills, SMEs can play a decisive role in shaping Europe’s sustainable future. But, how can they prepare their workforces for this? On 19 and 20 September, 16 project partners from 5 European countries came together in Skopje, […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted September 20, 2022 Toward a European Bioeconomy: Don’t Miss Our Scalibur Project Final Event on 19 October 2022! @SCALIBUR_H2020 CSCP NewsCities & InfrastructureMulti-stakeholder Engagements & PanelsParticipatory Strategy DevelopmentSocial InnovationTrainings & Capacity Building Rethinking municipal solid waste management is a central element in the transition to a circular and bio-economy. Yet, this remains a significant challenge for many European cities. A successful implementation of a circular and bio-economy needs to account for a reduction in the amount of (bio)waste deposited in landfills while enhancing the share of (bio)waste […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted September 20, 2022 “We Need to Come Together Around Purpose!” CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipMulti-stakeholder Engagements & PanelsSustainable Value Chains Alexander Mannweiler has joined the CSCP as Senior Project Manager in the Sustainable Infrastructure, Products, and Services (SIPS) team. Currently, his focus is on promoting awareness for biodiversity in businesses and business associations in Germany as part of the UBi (Business & Biodiversity) project. In this interview, he shares his ideas on how to make […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted September 20, 2022 Join our Digital Dialogue: How New Legislation Can Help Preserve Biodiversity & What This Means for Businesses CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipMulti-stakeholder Engagements & PanelsParticipatory Strategy DevelopmentSustainable Value Chains For many companies, the environmental and social impact of their supply chains is significantly higher than the impact of their operational business. As of 2023, the German Supply Chain Sourcing Act and the EU Code of Conduct for Responsible Business and Marketing Practices will require companies to take responsibility for their supply chains. Our UBi […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted September 19, 2022 “Understanding Social Norms Holds the Key to Sustainable Consumption” CSCP NewsLifestyles & BehaviourConsumption Behaviour & Trends For the Argentinian psychologist, Maria Victoria Ortiz understanding social dilemmas and what hinders or propels cooperation in society is an ongoing fascination. Her doctoral research focuses on consumption behaviours and lifestyles and how those could hold the key to counter an aggravating climate crisis. Ortiz, who is a Green Talents awardee, uses an experimental climate […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted September 15, 2022 CHORIZO: Our New Horizon Europe Project to Tackle Food Loss and Waste Through Social Norms CSCP NewsLifestyles & BehaviourTrainings & Capacity Building The three-year CHORIZO project will take an innovative approach to tackling food loss and waste through gathering insights on social norms in a range of food-related settings and generating effective ways to apply behaviour change techniques in six real-life case study contexts. Food loss and waste (FLW) is a topic with far-reaching consequences across the […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted September 14, 2022 Sustainable Digitalisation as a Competitive Advantage for SMEs: Join our CSR.digital Event on 20 October 2022! @CSRdigital1 CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipMulti-stakeholder Engagements & PanelsSustainable Business Models Since 2020, the CSR.digital project has been working with entrepreneurs in North Rhein-Westphalia, Germany (NRW) to develop a wide range of ideas and strategies on how to implement the twin transformation to a digital and sustainable economy. On 20 October 2022, the project team along with Mona Neubaur, NRW Minister of Economic Affairs, will share […] Read more