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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 […]

Community News, CSCP News | Posted October 2, 2018

CSR Hub NRW Concludes After Three Successful Years – Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart to Join Closing Ceremony on 30 October 2018 in Essen

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Since 2016 the CSR Hub NRW has helped Startups in NRW to discover methods and tools to incorporate sustainability into their business models, products and services. Now it’s time to pay a final visit to what we’ve learned along our entrepreneurial journey. In March 2016, the Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP) together […]

CSCP News | Posted October 2, 2018

The CSCP’s REFRESH Project Takes Penny Trainees on an Exploration of the Taste of Sustainability and Deceleration

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This summer, we met trainees of the German grocery store chain Penny from several different regions of Germany with the best ideas to avoid food waste – and took them on an excursion. As part of the CSCP’s EU-funded project REFRESH, which aims to understand the reasons for and fight against food waste, 900 trainees […]

CSCP News | Posted September 27, 2018

The CSCP to Participate in the European Union’s Circular Economy Missions: How Can We Design Better Production Systems for the Future?

We need to design more viable and valuable production systems to enable a good life. Transitioning from the destructive linear economy to a constructive circular economy will benefit us now and in the future. Together with the European Union (EU), the CSCP is working intensely in this area. The European Union is conducting a series […]