| Posted June 23, 2025

Head, Heart, Hands: A Journey into Transformation With the co-do! lab

What inspires action and drives real transformation? At the grand opening of the co-do lab, nearly 100 guests experienced first-hand the forces that spark positive change. Through connection, immersion in nature, and engaging with the topics of today and tomorrow—using head, heart, and hands—discover how one day became a catalyst for lasting impact! Set on Gut Einern in Wuppertal, the home of the co-do lab, the event invited changemakers to embark on a unique transformation journey across six interactive stations. Each session was designed to engage the mind, touch the heart, and activate the hands. From the Base Camp, groups set […]

| Posted June 18, 2025

Enhancing Sustainable Cashmere Production in Mongolia

How can Mongolia’s iconic cashmere not only be known for its quality and durability, but also as a new reference for high sustainability standards? Building on the success of the STeP EcoLab project, the newly launched follow-up sets out to scale fair, circular, and climate-smart solutions across the cashmere sector—protecting livelihoods and landscapes alike. In April 2025, partners from across the Mongolian cashmere sector gathered to mark the launch of STeP EcoLab Mongolia II, a new EU-funded project that builds on the achievements of its predecessor. The event brought together herder associations, industry leaders, policymakers, certification bodies, and sustainability experts to […]

| Posted June 17, 2025

From Targets to Actions: Paving the Roadmap for the Implementation of the Global Framework for Chemicals

The Fifth International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5) in 2023 saw the adoption of the Targets of the Global Framework for Chemicals (GFC), a major step to setting a global path to sound chemicals and waste management beyond 2020. While this move was monumental, the real challenge is how to get there. To address this, the German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt) has initiated the project GFC – Implementation Project I: Roadmap to 2030, bringing together sector actors to explore practical ways of implementation. Together with an experienced consortium, the CSCP is leading the GFC – Implementation Project I: Roadmap to 2030 project, […]

| Posted June 13, 2025

CARE Explainer Videos: How Co-Creation and Storytelling Are Supporting Households to Become Circular

How can we talk about circular living in a way that feels tangible and relatable rather than abstract and out of reach? In our CARE project, we are using creative communication formats as a lever for change, not just as a way of sharing project results. Through co-creation and storytelling, we are engaging with households across Europe to turn complexity into connection, and words into action. It all started with a blank board and many of questions No curated messages. No press releases. Just a digital blank board, a few sticky notes, and a shared sense of exploration: What does circular […]

| Posted June 12, 2025

How Our iCOSHELLs Training Programme is Supporting Key Actors to Co-Design Soil Health Solutions

What if the future of Europe’s climate resilience lies just inches beneath our feet? The iCOSHELLs project’s Train-the-Trainer series of workshops is empowering six soil health living labs—from Bulgaria’s vineyards to Sweden’s farmlands—to co-design soil health solutions that foster stronger communities, richer harvests, and a healthier planet. Solutions for soil health are being developed and tested in six European soil health living labs in a co-creative process with various stakeholders, in particular primary land users such as farmers. The CSCP led a three-part Train of Trainers (ToT) programme to support Living Labs to tackle multiple soil health challenges. The programme took […]

| Posted June 5, 2025

From Waste to Wealth: Reviving Europe’s Soils with Circular Innovation

What if the key to saving Europe’s endangered soils lies in turning biowaste into a resource? In dialogue with farmers, policy makers, and other stakeholders, the bioSOILUTIONS Living Labs have already gathered key insights on needs and expectations regarding circular soil improvers. Across Europe, the ground beneath our feet is quietly deteriorating—over 60% of soils are now considered unhealthy. According to the European Commission, erosion, pollution, and the loss of organic matter and biodiversity threaten not just crops, but the ecosystems and economies they support. In response, the EU has introduced key initiatives such as the EU Soil Health Law and […]

| Posted May 22, 2025

Collaboration in Action: Circular Solutions for a Competitive Europe at the EU Green Week 2025

This year’s EU Green Week conference focused on the circular economy as a key driver for sustainable competitiveness, waste reduction, and innovation. The three-day conference “Circular Solutions for a Competitive Europe” unpacked the “three Cs”—clean, competitive, and circular—exploring how to place circularity at the centre of Europe’s economic transition. Key European players delved into the topic of circularity as a lever for competitiveness at the policy discussions (3 and 4 June 2025) and the stakeholder event (5 June 2025). The stakeholder event was organised in partnership with the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform (ECESP), to which the CSCP is a long-time […]

| Posted May 19, 2025

Advancing Circularity in the Mediterranean through Behaviour Change

Whether it’s about preventing and reducing textiles waste or inspiring and shaping a new repair culture across Mediterranean countries, many innovative solutions and circularity approaches depend on changing the behaviours of the people they impact. In April 2025, CSCP Head of the Sustainable Lifestyles Team, Rosa Strube led a training session in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, for project representatives from across the Mediterranean region. The session focused on practical strategies for influencing citizen behaviour, with an emphasis on the theoretical foundations of behavioural science and key considerations for driving more sustainable actions. A follow-up session on practical examples of nudging for […]

| Posted May 15, 2025

Exploring Digital Solutions for a Sustainable Future: Join Our Upcoming Workshop on 8 July 2025!

The transition toward a circular and sustainable economy is not just a matter of intent—it requires smart tools, good data, and close collaboration. As part of the Competence Centre WertNetzWerke, we invite you to join two upcoming events that highlight the potential of digital technologies to drive sustainable transformation in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). How can companies unlock the potential of digital technologies to enhance circularity? This workshop offers an interactive overview of practical digital tools that help businesses identify resource cycles, foster collaboration, and increase transparency across value chains. Participants will get insights into real-world applications and are […]

| Posted April 16, 2025

Our LIKE A PRO Living Labs Reveal What Drives Consumer Choices in Alternative Proteins

Alternative proteins, such as plant-based, fermentation-derived or insect-based products, offer promising pathways toward more sustainable and healthy food systems. But understanding how consumers perceive and choose these products is essential if we want them to become part of everyday diets. Our recent LIKE A PRO  workshops shed light on how consumers perceive alternative proteins, food labels, and the environment in which they make decisions. The third round of the Living Labs was conducted by the CSCP in two different locations in Germany to explore how consumers perceive food labels and how food environments may influence their decisions. We collaborated with first-year […]

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