CSCP News | Posted June 10, 2021 Join our Webinar: Sustainable Packaging – Between Claim and Reality on 23 June 2021 #15CSCP#CookingUpSustainableSolutions CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipConsumption Behaviour & TrendsSustainable Business ModelsSustainable Value Chains Packaging has a great impact on food loss, food waste, climate change and biodiversity, to name a few. Stakeholders in the food sector often face the challenge of ensuring that packaging keeps food fresh and safe while at the same time being environmentally friendly. Achieving the right balance between functionality and sustainability is key. Our […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted June 9, 2021 Shaping Our Future: Join Us on the Day of the Good Life in Wuppertal on 20 June 2021 CSCP NewsLifestyles & BehaviourConsumption Behaviour & TrendsPublic What are the main ingredients for a ‘good life’ and how can we make cities the place where a good life is possible? What would happen if there were enough platforms for all the ideas that citizens have about their neighbourhoods, districts, and cities? Moreover, how to best empower and enable citizens to take an […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted June 9, 2021 Join our CSR.digital Conference “Digital Approaches in Circular Economy” on 18 June 2021 @CSRdigital1 CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipMulti-stakeholder Engagements & PanelsSustainable Business Models As part of the German Digital Day (Digitaltag), the conference offers a platform for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to discuss how they could benefit from new developments in circular value creation in times of scarce resources. A paradigm shift in the logic of value creation from linear to circular models can help companies to […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted June 9, 2021 Operationalising Sustainable Digitalisation in a Business Context #15CSCP#Digitalisationforagoodlife CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipSustainable Business ModelsSustainable Product PortfolioTrainings & Capacity Building Digitalisation has become a major transformational force affecting all areas of life. For companies, this change opens up new opportunities, intensifies interaction with customers and enables efficiency gains. However, this does not come without conditions: carbon footprint and rebound effects, privacy and data protection concerns, discriminatory practices, and digital and (social) exclusion are just some […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted June 9, 2021 Behaviour Change Projects in Action CSCP NewsLifestyles & BehaviourConsumption Behaviour & TrendsTrainings & Capacity Building Shorter showers, supporting sustainable fishing, and riding more e-bikes to work – the three Academy of Change (AoC) Catalyst pilots are changing behaviours on the ground toward more sustainability. As a special programme of the Academy of Change, the Catalyst is supporting non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to turn sustainable behaviour change knowledge into an asset for […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted June 7, 2021 Competence Centre eStandards’ Virtual Barcamp: How the Participants Became Creators @ZukunftDigital CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipSustainable Business ModelsSustainable Value ChainsTrainings & Capacity Building In a virtual barcamp organised by the Competence Centre eStandards in May 2021, the participants were asked an open question: which topics related to sustainability and digitalisation are most interesting for SMEs, multipliers and other relevant stakeholders and how to approach them? With this broad guiding question, the barcamp offered a platform that allowed the […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted June 1, 2021 Digitalisation for a Good Life for All #15CSCP#Digitalisationforagoodlife CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipConsumption Behaviour & TrendsMulti-stakeholder Engagements & PanelsSustainable Business ModelsSustainable Value ChainsTrainings & Capacity Building Digitalisation — one of the key mega trends of our time — enables innovations and helps upscale existing ones, it accelerates processes and saves us time, it connects us and interconnects our work. On the downside, big data puts the security of personal information in jeopardy, automation makes the need for specific jobs shrink, huge […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted May 26, 2021 “Understanding the Employee Perspective on Sustainability Strategy and Management” – Join Our Webinar on 1 June 2021! CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipParticipatory Strategy DevelopmentSocial InnovationSustainable Business ModelsTrainings & Capacity Building A comprehensive analysis and consideration of sustainability issues offers many opportunities for companies. It often has a motivating and meaningful effect and can contribute significantly to maintaining future viability and competitiveness. However, not many companies know how sustainability strategies and the resulting activities are perceived and evaluated by their employees. To fill this gap, the […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted May 12, 2021 Join Our #EUCircularTalk: The Circular Electronics Initiative – Insights on Skills on 25 May 2021 @CEStakeholderEU#EUCircularTalks CSCP NewsLifestyles & BehaviourConsumption Behaviour & TrendsMulti-stakeholder Engagements & PanelsPolicy Advice Worldwide, only 10% of all mobile phone users give back their old mobile phones, while 90% store immense treasures of resources in their drawers at home*. In a European context, the Commission’s Circular Electronics Initiative counts on consumers to bring unused small electronic devices back to the resource cycle. But, how can consumers be supported […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted May 5, 2021 We #MoveTheDate in Aachen and Wuppertal CSCP NewsLifestyles & BehaviourConsumption Behaviour & TrendsDesign & CommunicationInnovation & Transition LabsParticipatory Strategy DevelopmentSocial Innovation The overshoot day marks the date when the used ecological resources and services exceed what Earth can regenerate in that year. For Germany, the overshoot day for 2021 was 5 May, 241 days before the actual end of the year. Amidst such overuse of the planet’s resources, questions such as how to act fast and […] Read more