CSCP News | Posted October 27, 2017 Online Community of Experts Helps Tackle Food Waste in Europe @EUrefresh#eurefresh#foodwaste CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipLifestyles & BehaviourMulti-stakeholder Engagements & Panels Thousands of scalable solutions are needed to build a sustainable food system. Bringing committed people together can make an impact. REFRESH is doing exactly this: creating platforms for diverse stakeholders to physically meet – and by launching a new digital network to encourage collaboration across Europe and beyond. Developed by the EU REFRESH Project, in cooperation with […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted October 27, 2017 Finalist Start-Ups Pitch Ideas for Circular Economy at the Green Alley Awards @GreenAlleyAward CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipSustainable Business Models The six finalists of the Green Alley Award 2017 hail from Ireland, Finland, the Netherlands, France, and Germany; on 9 November, they’ll meet in Berlin to live pitch their business models for the circular economy, resource conservation, and recycling. The submitted ideas ranged from biofuels made from recycled car tires to reusable to-go cups for […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted October 16, 2017 CSCP Moderating Three Sessions at Ruhr Summit 2017 on 19 – 20 October @RuhrSummit#ImpactSummit CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipProducts & ServicesSustainable Business ModelsSustainable Value Chains This year’s Ruhr Summit in Dortmund features a dedicated Impact Summit, bringing together entrepreneurs, financiers, and social change-makers. The CSCP is official partner of this landmark event that will be the largest of its kind in Germany. In sessions on October 19., CSCP’s Executive Director Michael Kuhndt will share his views on Foodpreneurship, while Alexis […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted September 29, 2017 G-STIC Kicks Off a Global Exchange of Solutions – Let’s Collaborate! @GSTICseries#GSTIC#ICT4SDG CSCP NewsLifestyles & BehaviourMulti-stakeholder Engagements & Panels Titled “Connecting Technological Innovation to Decision Making for Sustainability,” the first G-STIC Conference will take place from 23-25 October in Brussels. The Global Science Technology and Innovation Conference focuses on applying digitalisation, technology and innovation to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) . The CSCP is leading the theme on integrated ICT solutions for the SDGs […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted September 28, 2017 Kick Off Food Waste Training Programme with German Retailer PENNY CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipTrainings & Capacity Building Worldwide, nearly 30% of food is wasted along the agrifood supply chain. The food resources lost and wasted in Europe alone would be enough to feed all hungry people in the world two times over (European Commission 2015). The REFRESH project and the signatories to the voluntary agreements for action it has set up in […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted September 26, 2017 Accelerating the Resource Revolution! Join Us at the World Resources Forum 24 – 25 October @WRFSwitzerland CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipPolicyConsumption Behaviour & TrendsMulti-stakeholder Engagements & PanelsSustainable Business ModelsSustainable Value Chains Two years after the establishment of two historic global agreements – the SDGs and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change – leaders and other change agents from government, business, research and NGOs will meet to Geneva to talk about how to accelerate the Resource Revolution. Raymond Slaughter, Senior Advisor at CSCP, along with other partners from our R2Pi Project will be conducting […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted September 26, 2017 Competence Center eStandards Launched CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipProducts & ServicesSustainable Business ModelsSustainable Value ChainsTrainings & Capacity Building Can the digital transformation and industry 4.0 significantly enable sustainable business models and the circular economy? On 12 September we celebrated the kick-off of the “Mittelstand-4.0 Kompetenzzentrum eStandards”, a competence centre that brings digitalisation and standardisation to German small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It is part of the digitalisation strategy of the German industry called […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted September 26, 2017 Meet us at the Global Green Growth Week in Ethiopia 17 – 20 October 2017 @gggi_hq CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipPolicyMulti-stakeholder Engagements & PanelsSustainable Business Models How can we improve lives, improve the environment and improve the economy at the same time? Spurred by the SGDs and the Paris Agreement, Ethiopia is hosting the Green Growth Week to find solutions in Africa that support a good life on the continent. The Global Green Growth Institute in partnership with the Federal Democratic Republic […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted September 21, 2017 Join Us in Realizing Circular Economy Opportunities for the Logistics Sector – Workshop 10 Oct 2017 in Essen @scp_centre#ILONA CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipLifestyles & BehaviourSustainable Business ModelsSustainable Value ChainsLogistics We will be discussing new circular economy solutions in reverse logistics and innovative packaging. Companies like DPDHL will be part of our Open Innovation Workshop On Circular Economy. It was initiated by the “Innovation Platform on Logistics for Sustainable Lifestyles” of the ILoNa project. With more electric cars and bikes on the streets in the […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted September 14, 2017 Changing the Workplace – How Startups Become Attractive Employers, Workshop on October 12th in Essen @csrhub_nrw#csrhub CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipTrainings & Capacity Building The CSR Hub NRW addresses social, ecological and financial issues startups are facing. In October we will have a closer look at the importance of work culture and organisational development. In our workshop the CEO of Cologne based start-up HAFERVOLL will share his insights in the topic – and pose a challenge to the participants. […] Read more