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CSCP News | Posted October 16, 2018

Meet the CSCP at the Think 2030 Sustainability Forum on 17-18 October in Brussels

Are you interested in discussing and proposing solutions to Europe’s most pressing sustainability issues? Then join the CSCP at the Think 2030 Sustainability Forum and exchange your views with other like-minded experts. The EU, for decades now, has advanced and brought forward the sustainable development agenda through its various policies and programmes. Through careful consideration […]

CSCP News | Posted October 15, 2018

Register now for the #InheritYourFuture FORUM in Vienna on 21 November 2018

What will the future of transportation look like? How will we stay healthy, and how can we keep our environment healthy as well? Together, we can imagine a future that serves us in different ways and design the necessary policies, actions, products and services to get there. #InheritYourFuture is a European exchange of ideas on […]

CSCP News | Posted October 10, 2018

Producers, Consumers, Prosumers: New Ways of Doing Business

Prosumption is as old as time. “Production for self-use” (Toffler 1980) is simply what many of our grandparents and great-grandparents did every day: growing their own food, making and mending their clothes and fixing what’s broken. After decades where production and consumption were firmly separated – in everyday life as much as in academic studies […]

CSCP News | Posted October 8, 2018

The CSCP Advises the 6th ASEM Working Group Seminar on SME Capacity Development

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) provide 70% of jobs and are major contributors to value creation, generating up to 60% of value added in OECD countries. In September, the ASEM Working Group convened in Luxembourg to develop recommendations on how to support SMEs to embrace eco-innovation to create greater impacts. Efforts towards achieving the Sustainable […]

CSCP News | Posted October 8, 2018

Choose Germany’s most Sustainable Products in the “Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis” Competition! Vote Now!

Europe’s most renowned sustainability award, the “Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis” (DNP), rates sustainability frontrunners in the consumer goods sector. In a competition between companies, cities and individuals, Germany’s most sustainable consumer goods are nominated and awarded with the assistance of the CSCP. The DNP brings together over a thousand of the most relevant actors from the sustainability […]

CSCP News | Posted October 7, 2018

Want to Make Your Supply Chains Sustainable? Join the Kompetenzzentrum eStandards Workshop “Digital Sustainable Supply Chains” in Bottrop on 29 November

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Establishing transparency and sustainability along your entire supply chain helps meet customer demands, saves money, and makes your business model more resilient. The CSCP, as part of the Kompetenzzentrum eStandards, in cooperation with the Economic Development Agency Bottrop, will be organising a workshop that looks at your challenges and needs in making your supply chains […]

CSCP News | Posted October 6, 2018

More Than 30 Leading NGOs Successfully Complete the First Academy of Change Workshop

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How do you establish a plastic-free Ramadan, implement climate-friendly canteen dishes or empower people to act according to their beliefs when it comes to meat consumption? These are only some examples from the Academy of Change Workshop that took place in September, where more than 30 leading NGOs came together in Cologne, including Greenpeace international, […]

CSCP News | Posted October 5, 2018

The CSCP Advocates for Multi-stakeholder Collaborations Between European and Asian SMEs at ASEIC Global Innovation Forum in Jakarta

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are central to the economy in many countries worldwide. Because they are driving economic growth and providing a large share of employment, it is essential for the SME sector to be sustainable and relevant to current and future trends. The CSCP showed why collaboration is essential in this endeavour at […]

CSCP News | Posted October 4, 2018

Integrating Consumer Insights into the Circular Economy Transition: The CSCP Organises Stakeholder Meeting in Brussels on 25 October 2018

Following the Circular Economy Action Plan, business and policy makers have been driving the development and implementation of actions for closing the loop. However, consumer behaviour sometimes becomes the hurdle, for example, with low acceptance rates of circular solutions, limited repair actions, or lack of participation in recycling programmes. As this severely curtails any efforts […]

CSCP News | Posted October 3, 2018

High School Students from Wuppertal Explore Sustainable Mobility in their Neighbourhood

Are the hills and frequent rains in Wuppertal really a good excuse not to cycle to school? What drives mobility choices of young students and how do they want to live in the future? The CSCP is finding out in the “Climate protection for all” project. “What impacts do my personal daily mobility patterns have […]