| Posted March 21, 2023

Did You Miss Our Workshop “Accelerating Circular Behaviours: How Can Digitalisation Help Us?” – Watch the Recording Now!

Are you a business trying to come up with a product-as-a-service business model or looking for ways to engage your consumers to return old products? Are you keen on collaborating with other stakeholders that can support you address challenges and find solutions? At our workshop “Accelerating Circular Behaviours: How Can Digitalisation Help Us?” as part of the Annual Conference of the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform (ECESP) we discussed all these aspects. Did you miss it? Watch the recording now! Human behaviour is an important ingredient for a functioning Circular Economy. For example, what determines if recycling or take-back schemes […]

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“It is our Task to Face Social and Environmental Needs Responsibly!” – Interview with Senior Project Manager Victoria Funk

Victoria Funk is passionate about empowering businesses and supporting them on their transformation journey toward a sustainable future. In her new role as a CSCP Senior Project Manager, she brings on board years of experience in leading large interdisciplinary global projects in the context of digital transformation and business development. Get to know her in this interview! How did your professional journey cross paths with the CSCP? After ten years in the fashion industry, I decided to leave the private sector behind to dedicate my passion and energy to an organisation that adds true value to our society in a […]

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Meet Us at the Civil Society Conference on Sustainability Policy in NRW on 24 March 2023!

Between insights, strategy, and legal and regulatory frameworks, pressure is mounting for an action-oriented sustainability policy in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany. On 24 March 2023, civil society representatives from the NRW Civil Society Forum on Sustainability will provide topic-specific insights into current sustainability policy after more than 250 days of the governing coalition between the Christian Democrats and the Green Party. Key topics of discussion will include: How can a more decisive sustainability policy in NRW be promoted? Which impact-oriented strategies are needed? What changes in the legal and regulatory framework are needed to accelerate the implementation […]

| Posted March 20, 2023

“We Can Turn Digitalisation into a Key Driver for Sustainable Business!” – Interview with Senior Consultant Milon Gupta

Milon Gupta has joined the CSCP as a Senior Consultant with a focus on the twin sustainable digital transformation. In this interview, he shares his thoughts on the potential of this transformation toward a circular and regenerative economy. How does your past experience relate to the work we do at the CSCP? For more than 20 years, I worked in the information and communication technologies (ICT) sector as a marketing manager. I have participated in many European ICT innovation projects and had the opportunity to learn about the vast potential of technologies like artificial Intelligence, augmented reality, and advanced mobile […]

| Posted March 16, 2023

The CSR.digital Handbook Presents Formats & Tools for the Sustainable Digital Transformation in SMEs

As a mega trend of our time, digitalisation is a topic that companies cannot afford to avoid: whether it is a matter of implementing Circular Economy, designing modern working environments or developing completely new business models. At the same time, all these fields of action can be powerful means toward greater social and environmental sustainability. Competitiveness cannot be achieved without a clear commitment to corporate responsibility and the willingness to prepare for the future by taking smart business decisions today. Many companies, especially those in the small and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs) sector, had to learn such lessons through various crises […]

| Posted March 15, 2023

The First Round of our sustainable.circular Programme Wraps Up Successfully: Join our Webinar on 29 March 2023 for Key Learnings!

The first round of our sustainable.circular programme, funded by the German Federal Environment Foundation (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt – DBU), aims at German small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). To support them undergo major transformations seamlessly, the programme develops practice-relevant catalogues and checklists for management tools, training formats with a focus on skills, and overall capacity building in order to close the gap between sustainable and circular. Join our webinar on 29 March 2023 for key learnings from the sustainable.circular programme! During the webinar, the project team will present results from three case studies with German SMEs and discuss them in detail […]

| Posted March 9, 2023

The PSLifestyle Project Will Launch Final Citizen Lab Meetings in 8 European Countries!

To support citizens in measuring and reducing their ecological impact, our PSLifestyle project has been working on an easy-to-use and solution-oriented tool. The PSL tool, which will be introduced to the public in late spring 2023, is in the final development rounds and will enable citizens across Europe to take up more sustainable lifestyles through personalised suggestions for everyday choices. Are you curious to learn more and co-shape the final PSL tool features? If you live in any of the following countries – Portugal, Finland, Estonia, Germany, Slovenia, Italy, Greece and Turkey – don’t miss our last PSLifestyle citizen lab […]

| Posted March 8, 2023

Alternative Proteins: Could They Be a Driver Toward Healthier and More Sustainable Diets?

In the last few years, the attention toward alternative protein products has been on the rise. This leads to important questions such as, what is their impact on human health, what needs to be done to promote a higher market share of such products, and most importantly, how could alternative proteins be a driver toward healthier and more sustainable diets. Our LIKE A PRO project has been ideated to tap into this momentum and support relevant actors to further exploit the potential of alternative proteins. A key objective is to drive the transition towards healthier and sustainable diets by diversifying […]

| Posted March 7, 2023

New Report Presents Circular Economy Practices Across European Cities

Several European cities are taking great steps to support the transition to a Circular Economy. The recently-launched Circular Cities Declaration (CCD) report collects and celebrates these efforts. From a Circular Economy strategy in Maribor and community composting initiatives in Budapest to Haarlem’s aim to procure only circular products and services by 2030, the report present many exemplary and replicable solutions. Throughout 2022, CCD signatories have submitted individual reports sharing their key activities and interventions in the field of Circular Economy as well as the challenges they have experienced. In total, 40 reports were submitted, covering activities from 2021 and 2022. […]

| Posted March 1, 2023

New Project Launched to Enable the Twin Transformation for German IT SMEs

The transformation toward greater sustainability through digitalisation offers businesses the opportunity to stay competitive and become more resilient while providing innovative solutions for major societal challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, waste and pollution. However, companies such as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face many internal and external barriers that inhibit their potential when it comes to engaging in the twin sustainable-digital transformation. This includes limited financial and human resources, but also knowledge gaps on how to use digital technologies to achieve more sustainability while making digitalisation more sustainable itself. Our new project “ITM Twin Transformation” (Der deutsche IT-Mittelstand: […]

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