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CSCP News | Posted July 8, 2018

A Big Step for a Climate-Friendly Future for North Rhine-Westphalia, One Final Step for the ILoNa Project

The logistics sector has enormous potential for incorporating practices that take into consideration the social and ecological aspects of all steps along the way. Over the course of three years, our ILoNa Project looked at the interaction of customer behavior and logistics services and worked out the future challenges for the sector on its way […]

CSCP News | Posted June 27, 2018

Apply Now! “Sharing and the City”, the Interdisciplinary Autumn Academy in Wuppertal on 1 – 5 October 2018

What can sharing contribute to a more sustainable lifestyle, future work patterns and local consumption patterns in cities? What is the potential for sustainable business? The participants of this year’s academy will discuss these and other questions while developing creative new concepts. ‘Sharing’ has become a trend in many parts of Europe and has been […]

Community News | Posted June 25, 2018

EU Plastics Strategy Opens Doors for Rethinking Business Models

150 000 to 500 000 tonnes of plastic waste are dumped in the oceans yearly – from the EU alone*. And this only accounts for a small percentage of worldwide plastic litter, as 80% of all plastic waste enters the oceans from Asia. While we are watching the large plastic vortices in the ocean, perhaps […]

CSCP News | Posted June 7, 2018

How to Future-proof Your Products and Services and Become a Sustainability Trailblazer

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While we offer a variety of Think and Do Services to all actors in society, we have created fact sheets for your organisations and municipalities to get a quick and clear overview of our top tools to future-proof your products and services through procurement strategies, holistic impact assessments, sustainable portfolios and business model innovation. Our […]

CSCP News | Posted June 6, 2018

Kompetenzzentrum eStandards Pilot Project: Where Should Used Backpacks Go?

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It is not uncommon for customers to call FOND OF, the backpack company from Cologne known for brands like Ergobag, Satch or Aevor, asking something along the lines of: “My daughter has an Ergobag for primary school, but it has been up in the attic for several years now, unused. We don’t need it anymore. […]

CSCP News | Posted June 5, 2018

Increasing the Efficiency of Sugar in Energy Processes in Pakistan

Bagasse, a waste of the sugar industry, is used to produce electricity for the factory where it’s generated or fed into the domestic energy grid. This process is highly variable and inefficient. The productivity and efficiency of generating electricity from bagasse varies. Inefficient technologies account for higher energy consumption and a waste of energy resources. […]

CSCP News | Posted May 17, 2018

Meet Us at the BCI 2018 Global Cotton Conference and Discuss How to Scale Impact Through Collaboration 26 – 28 June 2018

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At the BCI 2018 Global Cotton Conference in Brussels on 27 – 28 June 2018, the global cotton sector is coming together to discuss opportunities for collaboration for a sustainable future for the material. Join us and don’t miss the CSCP’s Cristina Fedato’s key note on future trends for supply chains in the textile sector. […]

CSCP News | Posted May 9, 2018

EcoProcura 2018 Launches Registration and Extends Call for Contributions to 18 May 2018

Registration is now open for the EcoProcura 2018 conference on sustainable, circular, and innovation procurement, taking place from 3 – 5 October 2018 in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. EcoProcura 2018, marking the 20th year of the conference series, will bring together over 400 procurers, policy makers, businesses, researchers and international organisations. The conference is organised by […]

CSCP News | Posted May 3, 2018

Towards a Longer Life: Backpack Company FOND OF Develops Circular Solutions for Their Backpacks

How many of your old backpacks have been forgotten in the attic or on the top shelf of your closet? What if they could be given a second life rather than cluttering up your storage space? Together with the Mittelstand 4.0 – Kompetenzzentrum eStandards, the backpack company FOND OF is developing solutions for prolonging your […]

CSCP News | Posted April 30, 2018

Bringing Value to the Mongolian Cashmere Wool Sector Through Sustainability

A cashmere wool sweater is considered a luxury product in Europe. Even though Mongolia has the second largest cashmere wool output in the world, the local infrastructure is not developed enough to process the raw material, and at the same time, unsustainable herding practices are ruining pastureland – the very basis for cashmere production. Our […]