| 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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The Consumer Insight Action Panel on Electronics Reveals Social Impacts of the Circular Economy

The Circular Economy is seen in the EU as the great hope on the road to a more sustainable economic system and climate neutrality. The potential is enormous, not only in terms of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but also when it comes to conserving resources and protecting biodiversity. While the Circular Economy can score in environmental terms if done right, as part of the CSCP programme, Consumer Insight Action Panel (CIAP), we raised the question: What about the social dimension? Major societal transformation processes also entail major social upheavals: who is affected by this and in what way? According to […]

| Posted June 20, 2022

20 CSO Representatives Join the Second Round of Our weiter_wirken Programme

To accelerate the sustainable transformation but also ensure that it is equitable and inclusive, behavioural knowledge is a valuable asset. Yet civil society organisations (CSOs) often lack access to knowledge and tools for behavioural change. For the second time in a row, our programme weiter_wirken offers representatives of civil society organisations the opportunity to learn about and use behavioural science knowledge to support their work. In April 2022, 20 CSO representatives from sustainability and One World projects in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) met for a first face-to-face workshop to discuss how to facilitate and enable behaviour change for more sustainability. In […]

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The CATALYST Project Is Launched: Accelerating Vocational Education and Training for a Circular Economy

Vocational Education and Training (VET) is key when it comes to a long-term and systemic shift of European economies toward more sustainability and resilience. New skills are also needed in order to leverage opportunities stemming from the sustainable-digital transition. The transition to a climate-neutral Europe and the digital transformation are changing the way we work, learn, participate in society and live. It is clear that Europe can only seize these opportunities if its citizens develop the right skills. The Covid-19 pandemic also had a profound impact on millions of people, many of whom lost their jobs or suffered significant income […]

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