The LebensLänger Project Kicks-Off: Working Together for Products that Last Whether it’s a drill, a washing machine, a sofa, or a pair of jeans—many products could be used longer, repaired, shared, or passed on. Yet, too often this does not happen because the right services, information, business models, and local support structures are missing. In May 2026, we launched the LebensLänger project together with WWF Germany and other partners to address these barriers and make sustainable consumption easier for three product groups: electrical appliances, furniture, and textiles. To achieve this, we’re bringing together consumers, businesses, municipalities, influencers, academia, policymakers, and civil society. The project will develop educational programmes, empower advocates, support local repair and sharing infrastructures, and launch a nationwide campaign in Germany. The CSCP contributes to LebensLänger by facilitating cross-sector collaboration and supporting companies in integrating durability, repairability, and circular business models into their sustainable transformation. Creating spaces for collaboration Drawing on 20 years of experience in enabling collaboration between different actors, the CSCP will create dialogue formats and networking opportunities for companies. These spaces will help businesses better understand and further develop opportunities related to durable products, repairability, take-back and recycling systems, reuse, and circular business models. What’s in it for companies? For companies, this means more than responding to regulatory requirements such as ecodesign (ESPR) and the Right to Repair. It is rather about approaching them as opportunities for innovation, resilience, and future-ready business models that support a circular economy. As Marc Böker, Senior Expert at the CSCP puts it: “It’s about identifying new opportunities for innovation, customer value, and resilience. A company in the furniture industry, for example, may want to make its products more modular so that individual parts can be replaced more easily. An appliance manufacturer may be exploring how to better integrate spare parts, repair manuals, and take-back systems into its offering. Questions like these cannot be answered by companies alone. They require collaboration between a range of different actors, which is what the CSCP will offer in this project.” How will the learnings be shared? The insights and lessons learned from the project will be systematically compiled and made publicly available through open formats and digital platforms to support broad knowledge transfer. A key highlight will be a nationwide campaign on product lifespan and repair, designed to raise awareness and inspire practical action among citizens, companies, and local actors. Rebecca Tauer, Team Leader for the Circular Economy at WWF Germany, says: “The way we use electrical appliances, furniture, and clothing determines how well we protect the climate and conserve resources, as well as how dependent we are on new raw materials and global supply chains. Through LebensLänger, we aim to work with municipalities, businesses, and multipliers to make repairing, sharing, and extending the lifespan of items easier in everyday life, and to help citizens experience the circular economy first-hand.” LebensLänger is coordinated by WWF Germany and implemented together with the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, and Energy, the University of Bamberg, Runde Tisch Reparatur e.V., and the CSCP. The LebensLänger project is funded by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN) as part of the National Climate Protection Initiative (NKI). We invite manufacturers, wholesale, and retail companies from the sectors of electronics, furniture, and textiles to become part of the open network of LebensLänger and collaborate for products that last longer. Contact Marc Böker to join us now!