| Posted December 13, 2022

How to Create Consumer-Friendly Circular Packaging – Watch our Video Series!

Demands on packaging are increasing: it should be protective, stackable, informative but also practical, attractive and circular. To fulfil these requirements, consumers should be taken on board. That’s why understanding their behaviour is crucial, also in order to understand how behavioural challenges can be overcome. Circular packaging – that is, packaging designed to be reused, recycled, or composted – is both a question of supply and demand. Of course, companies can and need to opt for the most sustainable packaging approaches. But what if certain types of packaging have a low acceptance level, leading consumers to break the loop? In the […]

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WertNetzWerke: A New Centre for Digitalisation and Circular Economy for SMEs is Launched!

Current key topics such as Circular Economy and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are becoming ever more important for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). One of the questions to consider is: How can SMEs use AI as a tool to innovate their business models and collaborate to create circular solutions? The Centre for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises WertNetzWerke (Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum WertNetzWerke) launched in November 2022 under the umbrella of Mittelstand Digital, a network of competence centres funded by the German government to support digitalisation in SMEs. The new centre is a follow up of the recently-concluded Competence Centre eStandards, a Mittelstand Digital project […]

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Sustainable Cashmere: The Story of Mongolia

Based on traditional pastoralist livelihoods, the cashmere and wool sector is a key driver of the Mongolian economy and second only to the extractive industries. It is, however, facing challenges due to increased competition from foreign processors. In the past 4 years, our STeP EcoLab Mongolia project shared knowledge on social and environmental standards with Mongolian wool processors and cashmere herders. We supported them in implementing the newly-acquired practices as well as in communicating the value of sustainable Mongolian cashmere to European and global consumers. The journey started in 2018 with a comprehensive assessment of the Mongolian wool and cashmere value […]

| Posted December 12, 2022

The CSCP at COP 15: Focusing on the Links Between Biodiversity, Business, and Circular Economy!

Key global actors have come together at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference CBD COP 15, running from 7 to 19 December in Montreal, Canada, to jointly focus on commitments to stop biodiversity loss and align actions toward its restoration. The conference is a historic event expected to adopt the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), which includes a strategic vision as well as a global roadmap for the conservation, protection, restoration, and sustainable management of biodiversity and ecosystems for the next eight years. Government leaders are discussing 22 targets that will guide their activities to implement the new Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) roadmap. […]

| Posted December 2, 2022

The SCALIBUR Project Wraps Up: 20 Innovative Solutions & Multiple Processes for Better Biowaste Management in Europe!

Over the last four years, 20 partners from eight European countries, including waste management companies, technology developers and research organisations have closely collaborated under the umbrella of our SCALIBUR project. Together they co-developed a range of innovative solutions and stakeholder engagement processes to address the challenges posed by urban biowaste treatment and management in the EU. At the final project conference “Breaking barriers for getting the most out of biowaste: From smart collection to innovative valorisation” held in Valencia, Spain, project partners presented 20 innovative solutions developed and tested throughout the project. This included new technologies for smart collection and sorting […]

| Posted December 1, 2022

The ROOTS Policy Initiative: Circular Policies to Change the Biowaste System

Innovative approaches such as circular biobased value chains are only useful if they can be successfully implemented. The CSCP is working intensively toward enabling such practices. A key part of this is shaping legislation and informing policy makers. The HOOP and SCALIBUR projects as well as three other projects working on urban circular bioeconomies have joined forces to make change happen on the policy and regulatory level starting at the EU-level. The ROOTS (circular pOlicies for changing the biOwasTe System) initiative connects cities, regions, researchers, and innovators that are involved in the innovative processes of the projects. As a first step, […]

| Posted November 29, 2022

PSLifestyle Living Labs Engage Europeans in 8 Pilot Countries Toward Sustainable Lifestyles

Establishing more sustainable habits that both fit one’s context and have a high positive impact is not always a simple process. It becomes even more complex when trying to turn such habits into lasting ones. Our PSLifestyle project is working with citizens in 8 European pilot countries to gather insights on what actions fit into the local context and how they can best be integrated into current lifestyles to achieve greater sustainability. In the second round of PSLifestyle Living Lab workshops, lab participants came together to identify and jointly develop almost 100 actions for sustainable and good living in key areas […]

| Posted November 24, 2022

CSR.digital Highlights: Staying Sustainable in Times of Crisis Through Digitalisation

In October 2022, the North-Rhein Westphalian (NRW) state-wide Centre for Business and Digital Responsibility, CSR.digital invited entrepreneurs and representatives from business, politics and civil society to the Design Offices Düsseldorf to discuss how sustainable digitalisation can enable small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in NRW to position themselves for the future, even in times of crisis. Since its launch in 2020, the CSR.digital project has linked business, science, and civil society actors as well as start-ups, chambers of commerce and business associations. Through numerous activities and different formats, the project informed and supported them to jointly develop solutions for entrepreneurial challenges in […]

| Posted November 23, 2022

A Space to Promote Sustainability: The Gläserne Werkstatt in Solingen Opens its Doors

After a two-year long period of collaboration, the Gläserne Werkstatt in Solingen opened its doors to the public in October 2022. As a place for quality and sustainability in the Bergisches Städtedreieck, the Gläserne Werkstatt stands for regionality, innovative thinking of new products and processes, and for networking that opens up new paths. The Gläserne Werkstatt will be a space where businesses and craftspeople can launch, present, or test their innovative sustainable products and services. The vision is to offer a platform where the combination of craftsmanship and high-tech can not only be seen, but also experienced. In addition, the Gläserne […]

| Posted November 22, 2022

Ten Central and Eastern European Countries Will Work on Bioeconomy Strategies in Our New CEE2ACT Project

A key pathway to achieving climate neutrality is through the bioeconomy. However, despite having a large biomass resource base as well as bioeconomy potential, many countries, including ones in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) still do not have a national bioeconomy strategy or action plan. To address this, in September 2022 representatives of 17 organisations from 17 European countries came together in Budapest to kick off the new CEE2ACT project. CEE2ACT aims to empower ten CEE countries (Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia,) and beyond (Greece, Republic of Serbia) to develop circular bioeconomy strategies and action plans. The CEE2ACT […]

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