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CSCP News | Posted June 9, 2021

Join our CSR.digital Conference “Digital Approaches in Circular Economy” on 18 June 2021

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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 […]

CSCP News | Posted June 9, 2021

Operationalising Sustainable Digitalisation in a Business Context

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 […]

CSCP News | Posted June 9, 2021

Behaviour Change Projects in Action

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 […]

CSCP News | Posted June 7, 2021

Competence Centre eStandards’ Virtual Barcamp: How the Participants Became Creators

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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 […]

CSCP News | Posted June 1, 2021

Digitalisation for a Good Life for All

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 […]

CSCP News | Posted May 26, 2021

“Understanding the Employee Perspective on Sustainability Strategy and Management” – Join Our Webinar on 1 June 2021!

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 […]

CSCP News | Posted May 12, 2021

Join Our #EUCircularTalk: The Circular Electronics Initiative – Insights on Skills on 25 May 2021

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 […]

CSCP News | Posted May 5, 2021

We #MoveTheDate in Aachen and Wuppertal

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 […]

CSCP News | Posted May 5, 2021

Join Our Webinar “Urban Circular Bioeconomy: Stakeholder Engagement and Citizen Awareness” on 19 May 2021

As outlined in the EU Bioeconomy Strategy, cities have the potential to become major circular bioeconomy hubs, where biowaste is a feedstock for safe and sustainable bio-based products. Our projects SCALIBUR and HOOP have partnered with their sister Horizon 2020 projects for a six-part webinar series that will explore the state of the art of […]

Community News | Posted May 3, 2021

Renewable Material of the Year 2021

Bio-based, carbon dioxide-based or recycled, renewable material solutions are an important ingredient for the sustainable future that we aspire. The innovation award “Renewable Material of the Year” that will be granted to trend-setting products and technologies aims to promote renewable materials and encourage pioneers from all industries. This year, three advanced recycling technologies, a CO2-based […]