| 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 and […]

| 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. ICLEI […]

| 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: Digitalisierung […]

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Sustainable & Digital into the Future – Don’t Miss Our Workshop Series 2 March – 4 May 2023!

Are you a German small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) interested in sustainable business and would like to advance the topic? In a series of nine workshops, as part of our WertNetzWerke competence centre, we dive deep into specific aspects of how to integrate sustainability into the day-to-day business through digital technologies. Don’t miss it – from 2 March to 4 May 2023! WertNetzWerke operates under the umbrella of Mittelstand Digital, a network of competence centres funded by the German government to support digitalisation in SMEs. For the workshop series, WertNetzWerke teams-up with other competence centres to shed light on various aspects […]

| Posted February 22, 2023

The GOALAN Project Trained 146 Kenyan Farmers on Sustainable Production and Consumption Practices

The lake Naivasha basin in Kenya acts as a lifeline for many local communities; yet it faces serious challenges, including unsustainable agriculture and land use as well as woodland destruction. Such practices threaten the basin’s ecosystems, reduce the quality and quantity of water, and endanger its ability to sustain livelihoods. Our GOALAN project, which ran from January 2018 to December 2022, aimed at making the horticultural sector in the Lake Naivasha Basin more profitable for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) through sustainable consumption and production (SCP). The project fostered the uptake of SCP practices and sustainable farming techniques which increased […]

| Posted February 21, 2023

How Our CHORIZO Project Aims To Shift Social Norms Toward Less Food Waste

As a set of rules commonly accepted by groups, social norms play a key role in guiding human behaviour. This is why shifting social norms can be a major lever toward better appreciation of food in society. Our three-year CHORIZO project takes an innovative approach to tackling the issue of food loss and waste through gathering insights on social norms in a range of food-related settings and generating effective ways to apply the behaviour change technique in six real-life case study contexts. “CHORIZO wants to close a knowledge gap by showcasing how social norms can be a tool to increase the […]

| Posted February 13, 2023

On the Road to Circular Home Furnishing With IKEA Germany

IKEA, a global leader in the home furnishing retail market aims to become circular by 2030. Together with the CSCP, IKEA Germany took a deeper look at the national market for circular business. What has begun decades ago as a pioneer journey based on the idea of using and reusing resources as often, in as many ways, and for as long as possible, has grown into a leading vision of production and consumption: the Circular Economy. The EU Commission is pushing for more circularity through comprehensive policy packages like the Circular Economy Action Plan and by setting incentives for investors to […]

| Posted February 8, 2023

Accelerating Circular Behaviours: Join Our Workshop at the Circular Economy Stakeholder Conference on 28 February 2023!

Despite the great potential of the Circular Economy to achieve sustainability goals, its share in the global economy is only about 7.2% so far (Circularity Gap 2023). Consumers can help change this trend if they are empowered and enabled accordingly. On 28 February 2023, the CSCP joins businesses, civil society organisations (CSOs), and researchers to discuss how we can make circular consumer behaviour a reality with the support of digital tools. The workshop “Accelerating Circular Behaviours: How Can Digitalisation Help Us?” will be hosted by the CSCP within the framework of the Annual Conference of the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform. […]

| Posted February 1, 2023

Addressing Food Waste: CSCP Joins the European Consumer Food Waste Forum

Data shows that the highest share of food waste is generated at the consumption stage, including households and food services such as school, hospital, or company canteens. Behavioural factors are among the leading causes of food waste at the consumer level. A group of multi-disciplinary researchers and practitioners from Europe are working together to collect evidence on these topics, but also find solutions and develop tools to help reduce consumer food waste. Together, they represent the European Consumer Food Waste Forum, set up by the Joint Research Centre in collaboration with DG SANTE, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Food […]

| Posted January 31, 2023

The CE-RISE Project Has Kicked-Off With Circular Economy and Digitalisation at its Core

In January 2023, the CSCP and 28 projects partners from 12 European countries came together in Dublin, Ireland, to kick-off the Circular Economy Resource Information System (CE-RISE) project. In line with the European Green Deal, which aims for net-zero emissions by 2050, the main objective of the project is to minimise the loss of secondary raw materials (SRM) and optimise their reuse within value chains. It will do so by developing and piloting an integrated framework and resource information system. The information system will identify optimal solutions for the effective reuse, recovery, and recycling (RE) of materials: by defining a set […]

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