CSCP News | Posted October 4, 2016 Growing Tourism Sustainably in Kenya @SUSTOUR_Kenya CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipMulti-stakeholder Engagements & Panels Nearly a million people visit Kenya each year. How can Kenyans capitalise on the country’s rich cultural heritage and stunning nature while also maintaining it? Community Based Tourism (CBT) allows Kenya to position their local communities as centres of economic development and social wellbeing. Through a SWITCH Africa Green Initiative, The CSCP is leading a […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted October 3, 2016 Inneon’s Identification of Highly Promising Eco-Innovations #INNEON CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipSustainable Business Models Sixty planet-saving SMEs are getting “investor-ready” thanks to coaching by theCSCP and a pan-European consortium. Realising that significant innovations for a low-carbon and sustainable planet do not always reach the market, the EU mandated the INNEON consortium with the task of coaching entrepreneurs and SMEs to achieve “investor-readiness”. With lack of funding as one of […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted October 2, 2016 Businesses in Wuppertal Region Prepare for Futuristic Energy Tariff System to Support German “Energiewende” CSCP NewsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipSustainable Business ModelsSustainable Value Chains At CSCP we are supporting local energy consuming industry and the Wuppertal municipality utility company WSW to design suitable dynamic energy tariffs. This will help implement the German “Energiewende” — a shift to renewables — as it will help align the demand side with the frequently weather-dependent supply of renewable energy. CSCP and Wuppertal´s resource […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted September 21, 2016 Do You Know How Logistics Enable Sustainable Lifestyles? CSCP NewsLifestyles & BehaviourMulti-stakeholder Engagements & PanelsSustainable Value Chains Join us October 4th in Duisburg and find out at the Opening Event of our “Innovation Platform on Logistics for Sustainable Lifestyles”. All along the value chain of our consumption patterns, businesses are identifying and implementing innovative logistics solutions that enable us to live more sustainable lifestyles —from new delivery and packaging systems like replacing […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted September 16, 2016 Business Forum Report Published: How Do We Make European Food Supply Chains More Sustainable and Fair? @supply_chainge CSCP NewsPolicyMulti-stakeholder Engagements & PanelsSustainable Value Chains Due to appealing prices and high trust in major retail chains, store brand products can be found in almost every European household. In 2015 the share of supermarket store brand products was estimated to reach 40 percent of all EU food retail sales. However, our food supply chains face a host of issues including the […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted August 3, 2016 CSCP Team Supports Green Public Procurement in the Land of Happiness @GPPBhutan#GPPBhutan CSCP NewsPolicySustainable Value Chains In recent months, CSCP conducted several multi-day workshops for public servants and SME representatives in Bhutan. Project Manager Jan Bethge was given the opportunity to discuss Green Public Procurement (GPP) on TV. During recent months, CSCP has conducted three multi-day workshops for public servants and representatives from small and medium sized Bhutanese enterprises (SMEs) on […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted July 18, 2016 The Tecklenburg Region 2030: Our Values, Our Vision #Zukunftsstadt CSCP NewsLifestyles & BehaviourConsumption Behaviour & Trends How do we want to live in the future? What is a “good life“? The objective of “The Tecklenburg Region in 2030: Resilient Lifestyles in Rural Areas” project was finding local answers to global questions. Launched in August 2015, its vision was officially presented and celebrated last month. The much anticipated full-length report is now […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted July 6, 2016 Let’s Think and Do! Celebrating 10 Years CSCP @scp_centre#10CSCP CSCP NewsLifestyles & BehaviourTrainings & Capacity Building The 10th Anniversary Unconference of the CSCP attracted more than 500 people joining us onsite and attending via webcast. Themed “The Future of Sustainable Lifestyles, Industry 4.0, and the Circular Economy” participants from all parts of the world and diverse backgrounds came to Wuppertal to engage in debates, join workstudios, network, and get inspired with new topics and […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted July 4, 2016 High-level German Stakeholders Taking Action Against Food Waste @EUrefresh CSCP NewsLifestyles & BehaviourMulti-stakeholder Engagements & Panels The German Steering Committee of the EU research project REFRESH successfully finalised the Framework for Action to combat food waste across the whole value chain. Meeting for the second time, the Committee members include Metro, Nestlé Germany, Penny, Sodexo, the relevant ministries on the national and the regional level, the German Council for Sustainable Development, […] Read more
CSCP News | Posted July 4, 2016 Sustainable Business Model Innovation for Start-Ups from NRW Germany @csrhub_nrw CSCP NewsLifestyles & BehaviourSustainable Business ModelsSustainable Value Chains The CSR Hub NRW advances the goal of supporting today’s innovative start-ups to become tomorrow’s sustainable business champions. After a successful kick-off workshop in March 2016, the CSR Hub NRW invited entrepreneurs from North Rhine-Westphalia to the CSCP premises on the 5th July to jointly tackle the complex issues of today’s supply chain management and identify […] Read more