CSCP News | Posted January 26, 2023 The Final Report of the Dialogue Forum Highlights Companies’ Commitment and Engagement to Reduce Food Waste CSCP NewsPolicyMulti-stakeholder Engagements & PanelsParticipatory Strategy DevelopmentSustainable Value ChainsFood From 2019 to 2022, the CSCP coordinated and moderated the Dialogue Forum for the Reduction of Food Waste in Wholesale and Retail in Germany (HandelsforumRVL). In support of the German government’s goal to significantly reduce food waste along the supply chain by 2030, the Dialogue Forum had a mandate to map the reduction of food […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted January 18, 2023 Join Our Webinar on 7 February 2023: Insights From Our sustainable.circular Programme CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipParticipatory Strategy DevelopmentSustainable Business ModelsSustainable Value ChainsPublic Circular Economy efforts are not always on target with the desired sustainability results. Our programme, sustainable.circular was developed with this idea in mind: to ensure that developments toward a Circular Economy are guided by a clear objective to achieve greater sustainability. The first round of sustainable.circular focuses on identifying activities and instruments that bridge existing […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted December 22, 2022 Our weiter_wirken Project Launches a Community of Practice to Increase Impact CSCP NewsLifestyles & BehaviourProducts & ServicesConsumption Behaviour & TrendsSocial InnovationTrainings & Capacity BuildingNGOWWirken During the past two years, through our weiter_wirken project we accompanied more than 40 representatives of German civil society organisations (CSOs) and supported them in increasing the effectiveness of their projects. Based on insights from behavioural and communication sciences, the participants were trained to design and communicate behavioural interventions to achieve greater sustainability. Looking back […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted December 14, 2022 Improving Emergency Response Technologies: Watch the PathoCERT Explainer Video! CSCP NewsCities & InfrastructureInnovation & Transition LabsMulti-stakeholder Engagements & PanelsParticipatory Strategy DevelopmentSocial InnovationSustainable Business ModelsTrainings & Capacity Building Managing and responding efficiently to disaster situations, requires a high-level of coordination and cooperation from those in charge of the command through to the first responders on the ground. Emergency events linked to waterborne pathogen contamination are among those where stakeholder engagement is crucial to ensure the deployment of appropriate technologies and responses. Our PathoCERT […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted December 14, 2022 Why Design Is Key for Positive Impact CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipDesign & CommunicationSustainable Product PortfolioTrainings & Capacity Building Design is on everyone’s lips, so we asked our design team to share how they integrate design in our work. In this interview, Nikola Berger, Head of Creative & Communication and Eva Rudolf, Senior Designer at the CSCP explain how design can be a lever to achieve greater impact. The CSCP lives by a holistic […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted December 14, 2022 Our Sustainable Island Mauritius Project Received “Best Tourism NDC” Award at COP 27! CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipDesign & CommunicationSustainable Value ChainsTrainings & Capacity Buildingsus_island1 The number of tourists that Mauritius welcomes every year almost matches that of its 1.26 million inhabitants. This shows the importance of tourism for the country’s economic development. But how could tourism be used as a force for good and support Mauritius to become a “Green Destination”, a goal that the government aspires to achieve […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted December 14, 2022 Supporting Businesses to Achieve Their Biodiversity Targets CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipMulti-stakeholder Engagements & PanelsSustainable Business ModelsSustainable Value Chains Businesses from all sectors, from pharmaceutical companies to agricultural corporations, depend on healthy ecosystem services as a prerequisite for their production processes. Our German Biodiversity & Business (UBi) project is supporting businesses to integrate biodiversity into their strategic planning and environmental management and develop goals that reduce biodiversity loss in the first place. With the […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted December 13, 2022 Recycling of Multilayer Packaging: Engineering Struggle or Technological Innovation? CSCP NewsCities & InfrastructureInnovation & Transition LabsMulti-stakeholder Engagements & PanelsPolicy AdviceSustainable Value Chains The potential of recycling multilayer packaging in Europe is not an easy topic. The packaging solutions are popular with major food manufacturers due to product safety and particular suitability for branding. However, multilayer packaging is prone to numerous challenges related to sorting, separation, and delamination at the end-of-life phase. How can we increase the rate […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted December 13, 2022 How to Create Consumer-Friendly Circular Packaging – Watch our Video Series! CSCP NewsLifestyles & BehaviourConsumption Behaviour & TrendsMulti-stakeholder Engagements & PanelsPolicy Advice Demands on packaging are increasing: it should be protective, stackable, informative but also practical, attractive and circular. To fulfil these requirements, consumers should be taken on board. That’s why understanding their behaviour is crucial, also in order to understand how behavioural challenges can be overcome. Circular packaging – that is, packaging designed to be reused, […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted December 13, 2022 WertNetzWerke: A New Centre for Digitalisation and Circular Economy for SMEs is Launched! @ZukunftDigital CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipSustainable Business ModelsSustainable Value ChainsTrainings & Capacity Building Current key topics such as Circular Economy and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are becoming ever more important for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). One of the questions to consider is: How can SMEs use AI as a tool to innovate their business models and collaborate to create circular solutions? The Centre for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises […] Read more