CSCP News | Posted March 23, 2019 The CSCP to Bring Sustainability to the Artificial Intelligence Debate @ZukunftDigital CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipSustainable Business Models Fittingly titled “AI made in Germany”, the German Federal Government presented its National Artificial Intelligence Strategy in late 2018. With AI as one of the cornerstones of digitalisation, one major task will be the integration of the AI strategy into existing digitalisation strategies. As part of the Mittelstand-Digital Competence Centre eStandards, the CSCP is contributing […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted March 22, 2019 Sustainable Consumption and Production: New Value Creation Models on the Rise CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipLifestyles & BehaviourConsumption Behaviour & TrendsSustainable Business Models Are you a prosumer? You most probably are – if you have ever grown a tomato on your own, repaired your bike or mended your own clothes. Most of us are not even aware that we take part in active value creation every day! And we do this for good reasons – whether as a […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted March 21, 2019 The CSCP and Its Partners Developed the Handprint – a Tool for Measuring Positive Sustainability Impacts of Products @DerHandabdruck CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipProducts & ServicesSustainable Value Chains Assessing our footprint is key but there is more to explore! What about the positive impacts we are having on people and the planet? These actions are where the Handprint comes in: The Handprint is a new perspective on sustainability. It represents the positive contributions organisations and companies make towards a sustainable future. The project […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted March 20, 2019 Does the Circular Economy Understand What Makes Consumers Tick? Join the CSCP’s Consumer Insight Action Panel! CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipLifestyles & BehaviourPolicyConsumption Behaviour & TrendsMulti-stakeholder Engagements & Panels Together with European partners, the CSCP is setting up the Consumer Insight Action Panel for the circular economy. Its mandate is to analyse circular economy challenges within the sectors of textiles, plastics and electronics from a consumer behaviour perspective. The research will be combined with pilot testing and replication activities to create a real impact […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted March 19, 2019 Cookin’Hope Workshop – Discussing the Professional Integration of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the Gastronomy Sector CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipLifestyles & BehaviourMulti-stakeholder Engagements & PanelsSustainable Business ModelsTrainings & Capacity Building This one-day workshop, which took place in February, was a great success, bringing together stakeholders from refugee and asylum organisations, policy makers and business. It led to the establishment of a network that is going to push the agenda and the objectives of the workshop forward. This is to ensure continued sustainable professional integration of […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted March 18, 2019 Introducing Sustainable Consumption and Production to Horticultural Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Kenya #GOALANproject CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipPolicyTrainings & Capacity Building Horticultural Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in Naivasha, Kenya, can now actively reduce their environmental footprint and become more sustainable after participating in the Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) training conducted as part of the CSCP’s GOALAN project. In Kenya, the horticulture industry is the fastest growing agricultural sub-sector. It is one of the […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted March 17, 2019 “Every Job is Green” – BOOM Camps Want to Excite Young People About Future Jobs CSCP NewsProducts & ServicesConsumption Behaviour & TrendsSustainable Value ChainsTrainings & Capacity Building “How will I live and work in 2030? Which products and services will be needed in the future and how can these be designed sustainably? Will there still be the same jobs in 2030? What skills will I need in the future?” The CSCP is about to explore these and other questions with teenagers and […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted March 13, 2019 Practice Project with Migori Explores How QR Codes Can Make Packaging-Free Shopping More Attractive @ZukunftDigital CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipConsumption Behaviour & TrendsSustainable Business Models migori is the first store in Cologne’s Südstadt to leave packaging behind – for the sake of the environment, as well as to create new options of shopping. To better inform their customers about the products they are buying, migori is teaming up with Competence Centre eStandards experts. In Germany, about 6 million tons of […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted March 11, 2019 RheinEnergie Workshop: Rethinking the Future of Selling Energy CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipProducts & ServicesConsumption Behaviour & TrendsSustainable Business ModelsTrainings & Capacity Building Energy is used and needed everywhere: in homes, for production, and for mobility. Engineers are developing new, smarter ways to make energy available to contribute to a good life for their customers and citizens in general. In our innovative workshop with the RheinEnergie sales management team and :metabolon, we asked how an energy supplier can […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted March 9, 2019 Registration Now Open for Food Waste Webinar Series Taking Place From April to May 2019 CSCP NewsLifestyles & BehaviourPolicyProducts & ServicesConsumption Behaviour & TrendsMulti-stakeholder Engagements & PanelsSustainable Value Chains European food waste experts from WRAP, Wageningen University, the CSCP, Ecologic, Anthesis and others will demonstrate how actors in the food supply chain can effectively address food waste in an upcoming series of four webinars on ‘Tackling Food Waste Across the Supply Chain’. The EU research project REFRESH and its virtual resource and knowledge sharing […] Read more