Community News | Posted March 26, 2019 Addressing Climate Change Will Require Radical Changes: the 1.5-Degree Lifestyles Report is Out Community NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipLifestyles & BehaviourPolicyConsumption Behaviour & Trends Sustainable lifestyles remain a touchy subject, often avoided in decisions and actions towards a sustainable future. A new report makes the argument that changes in our consumption patterns and lifestyles are inevitable, and does the numbers crunching to demonstrate the magnitude of potential changes in lifestyles needed in order to achieve the 1.5-degree celsius aspirational […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted March 25, 2019 Apply for the Innovation Award “Bio-based Material of the Year 2019” CSCP NewsProducts & ServicesMulti-stakeholder Engagements & Panels The innovation award “Bio-based Material of the Year” award will once again be given to novel, innovative and trendsetting bio-based materials and products. Through the award, the nova-Institute and InfraServ Knapsack spotlight new bio-based materials, launched in 2018 or to be launched in 2019. The deadline for submission is 28 February. The innovation award is […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted March 24, 2019 Visions for the Future of Work CSCP NewsLifestyles & BehaviourConsumption Behaviour & TrendsTrainings & Capacity Building 2000 visitors, 6 cities, 6 dicussion rounds and many, many insights into people’s hopes and worries regarding the digitalisation of work… this is a first tally of our “Durchblick” popup dialogue-centre on the future of work. It toured through Germany from October 2018 to February 2019. We are happy the exhibition could initiate many dicussions […] Read more
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