| Posted November 16, 2022

The CSCP at the Circular Valley Forum: Communication is Key to Circularity

On 18 November 2022, 600 decision makers will come together at the Circular Valley Forum in Wuppertal’s Historic Town Hall to address a leading question of our time: How can we manage the transformation from a linear to a Circular Economy? Given the paramount potential of Circular Economy to mitigate climate change, protect and preserve biodiversity, and drive the sustainability agenda in general, the forum will offer a platform to exchange and synergise. Major actors from fields such as politics, business, science and civil society will discuss how technology, regulation, communication and collaboration can promote the Circular Economy. The forum, which […]

| Posted November 15, 2022

From Fostering Dialogue to Capacity Building: Supporting Kyrgyzstan’s Efforts Toward Sustainable Tourism

Kyrgyzstan is home to large regions of snow-peaked mountains, natural springs and rich forests. Every year, millions of tourists come to visit the country and experience its natural scenery and nomadic lifestyles. The tourism sector in Kyrgyzstan plays an important role in the overall economic development, however its environmental footprint remains a concerning issue. To help address this, over the course of the past months, our PERETO project has collaborated with key actors on three main aspects: capacity building for SMEs, enabling a policy dialogue on fostering sustainable tourism, and integrating a sustainability perspective into the higher education system. Supporting SMEs […]

| Posted November 10, 2022

Our New Project KochCup Will Inspire Trainee Chefs to Create Healthy and Sustainable Meals

The far-reaching effects of our diets and food production on the climate and biodiversity through land, resource and water consumption are a call on all relevant actors to take action and make environmentally-friendly food available and accessible to everyone. International football tournaments enjoy great social and media attention in Germany and across Europe, offering an opportunity to raise awareness on topics of societal interest beyond football. The 17th  men’s UEFA Football Championship (EURO 2024) hosted by Germany will be an event of great magnitude: one month, 24 teams, 10 cities, 70,000 fans in the final, and a multi-million audience in Europe […]

| Posted November 8, 2022

BOOM Receives the National UNESCO Award “Education for Sustainable Development”!

Launched in 2019, our BOOM holiday camps offered participants a unique opportunity to explore the jobs of the future and get insights into societal challenges, consumption trends, and ways to more sustainable lifestyles. Through the BOOM camps, teenagers and young adults had the chance to discover their strengths and be empowered to face the future with curiosity and enthusiasm. In October 2022, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the German UNESCO Commission recognised BOOM’s contribution by awarding the project with the National Award – Education for Sustainable Development 2022/2023. Dr. Andrea Ruyter-Petznek, Head of the Education in Regions […]

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The LIKE A PRO Project Kicks Off: Mainstreaming Alternative Protein Products Across Europe

Europeans have never been more interested in alternative protein foods*. Such pull is an excellent opportunity to shift toward more sustainable diets, in line with the European Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy. Despite increasing interest on more sustainable alternatives, animal-based products still make up for almost 70% of the Europeans’ protein intake, with 95% of them consuming animal-based products on a daily basis.** Our LIKE A PRO project aims to accelerate the shift toward and normalise healthier and more sustainable dietary patterns by diversifying and increasing the availability, accessibility and uptake of alternative sources of protein and specific […]

| Posted October 25, 2022

How Digital Tools Can Help You Reduce Your Footprint: Test Our PSL Tool on 9 November 2022 in Solingen!

Breaking up with old routines or endorsing high-impact changes is not always a straightforward process. This is why options for sustainable behaviour should be flexible enough to fit the reality of life and the respective life phases of different people – what is difficult for one might be easy for another, and opposite. Over the course of the past months, our PSLifestyle project has looked closely into questions such as, how can citizens be encouraged to reduce their personal carbon footprint through exemplary actions for a sustainable everyday life? How should these actions be formulated?  Which actions overlap or are duplicated […]

| Posted October 24, 2022

Closing the Gap Between Circularity and Sustainability with Our ‘sustainable.circular’ Programme

Think of the following: a product might be made of 100 % recycled materials, but if its production was energy intensive, the social aspects were neglected in the value chain, and the product itself has a high carbon emission during the use phase, it will inevitably fall short of being sustainable as well. The Circular Economy is not sustainable by default. CSCP’s new sustainable.circular programme was developed with this core idea in mind: to ensure that circular economy efforts are guided by a clear objective to achieve greater sustainability. We are proud to have our first round of the programme supported […]

| Posted October 18, 2022

Watch the Recording of our #EUCircularTalk: Accelerating Circular Behaviours – How Can Digitalisation Help Us?

What are the missing pieces in the puzzle in order to make circularity the norm among consumers in Europe? What can stakeholders such as retailers, city representatives, policymakers, and civil society organisations (CSOs) do to enable circular behaviours among consumers? How can digitalisation play a supporting role in this process? At the #EUCircularTalk Accelerating Circular Behaviours – How Can Digitalisation Help Us?, held in September 2022, the CSCP brought together experts and stakeholders to discuss these questions and share insights on next steps. Did you miss the event? Watch the recording now! The talk focused in particular on the opportunities and […]

| Posted October 5, 2022

Join Us at Our Event: Go for Digital – Success With eStandards on 24 October

The Competence Centre eStandards hosts an event to highlight the accomplishments of the last 5 years. Learn about the success strategies of our project’s participating companies and exchange ideas in our “Olympic village”, e.g. on the shortage of skilled workers, sustainable digitalisation, IT security or funding opportunities. In October, milestones of the project will be celebrated live in Cologne. Company representatives, all project partners and representatives of the ministries will come together for the occasion on October 24. The aim of the CSCP’s work in the Competence Centre eStandards project in the last five years was to show SMEs new ways […]

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Join our Regional Design Thinking Workshop to Develop Products from “Waste” on 26 October

Companies from the Bergisches Städtedreieck, Wuppertal, Remscheid und Solingen in Germany are invited to join this regional design thinking workshop to develop new products from “waste” materials at the Gläserne Werkstatt in Solingen on October 26, 2022. The CSCP’s project Gläserne Werkstatt partners up with the project InSym to offer this hands-on workshop. As a place for quality and sustainability in the Bergisches Städtedreieck, the Gläserne Werkstatt also stands for innovative thinking of new products and for the networking of a wide variety of players to open up new paths. In this context, the design of products and services plays an […]

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