| Posted August 1, 2022

Playing for a Good Life: How a Card Game Can Prompt Citizen Engagement

In June 2022, the Healthy Austria Fund (Fonds Gesundes Österreich – FGÖ) held the 24th Austrian Health Promotion Conference as a hybrid event in Linz with the theme Promote Health – Protect the Climate. The CSCP, as part of the PSLifestyle project, was invited to contribute to the conference with a workshop on the topic of “health and equity co-benefits of citizen engagement in sustainability”, in collaboration with EuroHealthNet, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (NL) and PROGES. During the conference, the PSLifestyle project team explored citizen engagement through a card game that brings together climate, health, […]

| Posted July 27, 2022

Enabling Sustainable Tourism Through Green Finance

Tourism is high on the list of sectors severely affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. Leveraging sustainable investments can help rethink tourism and enhance its positive impact on people and the planet in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In Mauritius, the financial sector can play a central role in the transition to a low-carbon, inclusive and sustainable development model, for example by providing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with access to green finance. As part of our Sustainable Island Mauritius (SIM) project, many Mauritian SMEs reported that access to finance remains a big challenge in their efforts to implement […]

| Posted July 12, 2022

Our Club Model: Engaging Stakeholders in the Transition to a Circular Economy

Collaboration and communication are key for a successful transition to a more circular economy. Often, however, these social dimensions are overlooked. But how can we guide and enable collaboration? How can all stakeholder groups be integrated into these transition processes? We have created a stakeholder Club model to answer to these challenges. The CSCP’s Club model can be illustrated with our HOOP project working towards a circular bioeconomy. HOOP aims to explore ways to create higher-value products out of Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste (OFMSW) and Urban Waste Water Sludge (UWWS). In the project, the CSCP leads the Biowaste […]

| Posted July 6, 2022

Engaging and Co-Creating With Citizens: Read About It in the PSlifestyle Project’s 3 New Publications

The willingness of citizens to behave sustainably is greater today than ever before. However, although 72% of European consumers say they want to buy more sustainable products, only 17% actually do so*. This shows a clear gap between intention and actual behaviour. Several factors contribute to this, such as the challenge of identifying the actions that will have the greatest impact. In addition, advice on sustainable behaviour is often generic and therefore not well matched to individual needs. Furthermore, citizens often face barriers to sustainable behaviour that relevant actors such as policy makers are not aware of. To overcome these […]

| Posted June 30, 2022

Mongolia’s Transition Toward Sustainable Fibres and Textiles – Meet us at the Première Vision Exhibition in Paris from 5 to 7 July 2022!

As a global leader in high quality natural fibres, the Mongolian wool and cashmere sector is a pillar of the country’s economy. Within the CSCP’s STeP-EcoLab project we worked closely with relevant local actors to improve the sustainability of Mongolian fibres and textiles and to make such improvements visible to European consumers. Highlights from our collaborative work will be presented at the Première Vision in Paris, one of the most important exhibitions for luxury textiles on a global level. Meet us there from 5 to 7 July 2022! Nomadic livestock herding is the backbone of Mongolia’s cashmere production. However, due […]

| Posted June 22, 2022

Communication Can Create New Mental Images

Ellen has over twenty years of experience in international communication and marketing. At the CSCP, she is using this experience to support a better understanding and action for biodiversity in businesses. Understanding how everything is connected leads to the right actions. She uses storytelling to make complex content tangible and understandable. How did you come to join the CSCP? For more than two decades, my professional activities focused on marketing, communication and public relations in the event and trade fair industry. From the sidelines and with my educational background in physical geography, I have watched with great curiosity the evolution […]

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Our PSLifestyle Project Holds First Living Labs in Wuppertal and 7 Other European Pilot Cities

More plant-based food, cycling rather than driving, less air travel – the standard approaches for more sustainable everyday behaviours are familiar to many of us. But which actions really help to reduce our individual environmental footprint and how can we further align those to our diverse lifestyles. Moreover, how can we reconcile the pursuit of greater personal well-being with that of the planet? As part of the PSLifestyle Living Labs, citizens of 8 European countries (Portugal, Finland, Estonia, Germany, Slovenia, Italy, Greece and Turkey) have taken the first supportive steps to develop the PSL tool – a consumption-based carbon footprint […]

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How Can Companies Integrate Biodiversity in Their Strategy in Challenging Times?

How can companies successfully integrate biodiversity in their strategies, especially in times of change? This was the leading question at our first Dialogue Forum of the project UBi: Business & Biodiversity (Unternehmen Biologische Vielfalt) with around 200 participants from fields such as businesses and their associations, nature conservation, science, and politics. During the Dialogue Forum, which was held in June 2022, stakeholders committed to advocating and collaborating for a stronger focus on biodiversity in businesses. Businesses and other relevant actors agreed that more criteria and methods are needed in order to make the value of biodiversity visible, also in monetary […]

| Posted June 21, 2022

“Behaviour Change Is the Single Most Important Driver of Sustainability!”

After more than 10 years of experience in consulting and client relationship management, Nadine Pörschke has joined the CSCP as a Project Manager. Read why she thinks changing behaviours can be the most important lever in driving the sustainability agenda forward! Now you are part of the CSCP – what’s the story behind it? It had been clear to me for a long time that I wanted to behave sustainably, but my behaviour did not match my intentions. So, I started to drastically change my perspective, both personally and professionally. I started to think about what kind of engagement is […]

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Setting a Baseline for Innovations in Multi-Layer Plastic Packaging Recycling

With a yearly volume of over 3 million tonnes, which is about 17% of all plastic packaging in the European Union, multi-layer plastic packaging waste is a significant part of the current waste stream. A circular plastics economy reduces the environmental issue of multi-layer plastic waste. This baseline study sets the foundation for future innovations and solutions within the scope of our MERLIN project. By 2030, the EU will ban single-use plastics that are not reusable or recyclable. Multi-layer plastic packaging is known for its excellent packaging characteristics that both protect as well as brand goods of daily use. This […]

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