CSCP News | Posted December 15, 2016 Linear to Circular! European Research Project R2Pi Started @R2PI_project#linear2circular CSCP NewsProducts & ServicesSustainable Value Chains The idea of turning our resource-depleting linear economy into a circular one seems to be appealing to all actors and creates opportunities on all fronts: decoupling economic growth from resource consumption, reducing supply risks, buying great performance instead of disposable products, limiting toxics —just to name a few. So why has it failed so far […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted December 15, 2016 Pupils Develop Visions of a Sustainable Future CSCP NewsCities & InfrastructureConsumption Behaviour & Trends What is offered in our neighbourhood? What did it look like in the past? What is missing? How should a sustainable future in our neighbourhood look? Ninth grade students from the Gesamtschule Langerfeld explored the surroundings with these questions in mind. As a project partner of the project “Wichlinghausen-Oberbarmen zeigen Zukunft” from Bob Kulturwerk e.V […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted December 15, 2016 Winners Announced! Consumers Chose Germany’s Most Sustainable Products at “Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis 2016” CSCP NewsProducts & ServicesConsumption Behaviour & Trends Düsseldorf 29.11.16: End of November, the “Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis 2016”, Europe’s most renown sustainability award set its stage Germany’s sustainability frontrunners. Amongst others, Germany’s most sustainable consumer goods were awarded – with the assistance of the CSCP. The ‘Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis’ brought together 1,200 of the most relevant actors from the sustainability scene to identify and award […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted December 15, 2016 Better Bananas for All: Sustainable Banana Alliance Successfully Formed! @bananenbuendnis#ABNB CSCP NewsLifestyles & BehaviourMulti-stakeholder Engagements & Panels Seven stakeholders have joined together and become the founding members of the German Actions Alliance for sustainable bananas (Aktionsbündnis für nachhaltige Bananen – ABNB). This multi-stakeholder initiative is continuously striving to improve production conditions and make the banana in Germany more sustainable. The problems around bananas are far reaching and cannot be solved by any […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted December 15, 2016 SMART Start-up: Sustainable Scientist-Entrepreneur – The New Inspiring and Innovative Player CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipSustainable Business Models The organisers of the 7th Early Career Scientists Conference for Climate and Marine Research invited us to deliver a short SMART start-up training to bring a new element into the discussion of current insights, challenges, and perspectives when discussing the effects of changing Earth systems: sustainable innovation. Sustainable innovation has not been a common discussion […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted December 15, 2016 Setting New Stepping Stones for Innovative Sustainable Logistics with ILoNa #ILONA CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipProducts & ServicesSustainable Business Models The opening of the Innovation Platform of our ILoNa project marks the beginning of a multi-stakeholder exchange on innovative logistic services, improved logistic-consumer interactions, and new approaches to guide consumer behaviour towards more sustainable logistics. Our everyday consumption is closely linked to the logistics sector. A regular shopping basket contains thousands of invisible miles travelled, […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted December 13, 2016 Invitation to the 4th Fortschrittskongress 2017! @MIWFNRW@WirtschaftNRW#fortschrittskongress CSCP NewsProducts & ServicesSustainable Value Chains “Finding new and better answers to the challenges of our time and to actively design this change — this is progress.” This is the central message of “Fortschritt Gestalten NRW”. Join us for the latest outcomes of a three-year process. Register for the event on the 19 January 2017 for free today! What kind of […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted November 23, 2016 CSCP joins the “SMARTer2030 Action Coalition” @GeSIConnect#Smarter2030 CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipSustainable Business Models During COP 22, on November 17th, the Government of Morocco and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) announced the launch of the worldwide “SMARTer2030 Action Coalition”. A long term collaborator on GeSI, CSCP joined the Coalition as one of the founding partners. We are very honoured to be one of the founding partners of the “SMARTer2030 […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted October 20, 2016 Let’s Find Great Ideas to Tackle Food Waste @EUrefresh#foodwaste CSCP NewsLifestyles & BehaviourConsumption Behaviour & Trends REFRESH Food Waste Solution Contest launched, submissions open until 30 Nov. 2016 Food waste innovators wanted! REFRESH, a European project on food waste, has launched its Food Waste Solution Contest. CSCP and the other project partners are looking for the freshest ideas to tackle food waste across Europe. The contest aims to highlight and support […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted October 5, 2016 Closing the Gap Between Producers and Consumers @3_GF CSCP NewsLifestyles & BehaviourProducts & ServicesConsumption Behaviour & TrendsSustainable Business Models If we want to achieve a radical transition to more sustainable behaviour and lifestyles, both business and consumers need to be involved. Innovation hubs create a learning and innovation environment for cross-industry exchange and for consumer-business interaction. Hussain Hassan Mohamed Khansaheb of the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment in the UAE reaffirmed that in […] Read more