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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 […]

CSCP News | Posted September 26, 2018

Interested in Good Ideas? Collaborate with Innovative Companies at the R2Pi Startup Breakfast on 18 October in Berlin

What are the great new ideas, inventions and products in the area of circular economy? Who are the award-winning startups and how can we collaborate to create a more sustainable future? If you want the answers to these and many more questions, join the Startup Breakfast in October. The CSCP and its R2Pi project are […]

CSCP News | Posted September 24, 2018

Our First Popup Dialogue-Centre on the Future of Work Opens in Wuppertal on 17 October 2018

What will the working world of tomorrow look like? And what is your place in it? The best way to answer these and many more questions is through dialogue – between researchers, who can identify trends and statistics, politicians, who can change policies, and you, working people and citizens, who can shape the way we […]

CSCP News | Posted September 18, 2018

Kompetenzzentrum eStandards Invites SMEs to “eStandards in der Praxis” Conference in Cologne on 26 November 2018

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Titled “Leuchtturmprojekte: nachhaltig und wirtschaftlich digitalisieren – Strategien und Lösungen aus Anwendersicht”, this conference is explicitly meant for practitioners from SMEs, who want to devise and implement a digitalisation strategy or have already begun to do so. Meet fellow SMEs to learn about their digitalisation strategy, explore best practices with representatives from companies who have […]

CSCP News | Posted September 4, 2018

German ‘Mittelstand’ Meets Digitalisation – Win Tickets to the DIGITAL FUTUREcongress in Essen on 8 November

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Organisations face increasing demands when it comes to digitalisation. A comprehensive understanding of the topic, the right strategy for the organisation and very concrete solutions for implementing that strategy are needed. And with new regulations, data protection becomes increasingly complex. The DIGITAL FUTUREcongress is there to help! The congress’ motto this year is “Discover Business […]

CSCP News | Posted August 22, 2018

Inherit Publishes Report and Videos: “Reaching The Triple-Win”

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The INHERIT positive scenarios publication and videos give us a glimpse at the future. In a systemic manner, four different types of societies are carved out, in order to show us what it might look like to enable a good life by identifying and harnessing leverage points for systemic and effective change. “We’re lucky nowadays. […]

CSCP News | Posted July 30, 2018

Sustainable Procurement Hub Project Shows the Advantages of an Exchange Hub Between Private and Public Actors

Take a ride into the beautiful back hills of the Bergische Land, past Lindlar and into the green, lush woods, towards :metabolon. A guide from :metabolon tells you that you have just climbed a landfill and you are standing on tonnes of household trash from the 1970s. Suddenly, it becomes very clear why end-of-life thinking […]

CSCP News | Posted July 25, 2018

Starting Project Sustainable Island Mauritius Creates Positive Impact Through Tourism by Addressing Sustainability Challenges

Billions of people travel domestically and internationally every year. The value created by these travellers makes up 10.4% of global GDP and accounts for 313 million jobs – 1 in every 10 jobs worldwide. 1 in 5 of all jobs created in 2017* were created in the tourism sector. As the same time, however, tourism […]