| Posted September 2, 2021

Supporting Start-Ups to Lead with Purpose

It happens all too often that a lot of time is spent on deciding what products to develop or how to design them without having taken the time to ponder on the “why” first. That is, thinking through the vision before taking any action. The CSCP is supporting Wuppertal-based start-ups to identify their purpose as a starting point to creating successful and impactful businesses. 15 start-ups and entrepreneurs from the Circular Economy Incubator, also known as Circular Valley, joined the workshop to better define and further mature the vision behind their work. Circular Valley is a Wuppertal based start-up incubator […]

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Circular Futures: Join the First German Circular Economy Festival 7 & 8 October 2021!

The transition to the Circular Economy needs collaboration. That’s why the first German festival on circular economy is an open social innovation event, calling on all relevant actors to join hands in accelerating the transition. For a societal endeavour of this scale, stakeholders from civil society, academia, policy, industry, and more need to be actively engaged. The first edition of the German Circular Economy Festival wants to galvanize stakeholders and serve as a platform for open social innovation. More than 60 ideas for different sessions have been submitted to the Circular Futures Festival. The festival is co-organised by the CSCP […]

| Posted August 25, 2021

7 Retailer Lessons on How to Support the Shift Toward More Sustainable Food Consumption

With increasing awareness and understanding regarding the consumer intention-action gap, how can retailers contribute to bridging it and support the shift toward more sustainable food consumption? The VALUMICS report ‘Behaviour change interventions for more sustainable food consumption’ assembles learnings from three practical behavioural interventions at the retail level. Sustainable food consumption can be tricky. Many people state their intention to consume more sustainably and yet don’t manage to materialise it into actual consumption behaviour. This VALUMICS report summarises the factors that could contribute to closing the intention-action gap by laying out drivers and motivations, but also pointing out barriers and […]

| Posted August 9, 2021

Listen to Episode 5 of our Academy of Change Podcasts: Implementation of Behaviour Change Interventions

Have you ever tried putting a sticker on a bin, that is deliberately made ridged so that it won’t stick? – The devil sits in the detail, when it comes to implementing your behaviour change intervention. The founding partner of the Academy of Change – David Hall and Rob Moore of Behaviour Change – speak to Isabel Romilly about a range of different types of projects they have made a reality, from anti-littering gnomes to household recycling. Listen to the podcast to hear about how to tackle some of the challenges you might come across, as well as the tips […]

| Posted July 22, 2021

The CSCP Joins the Green City Accord for More Sustainability on a City Level

As centres of population but also as hubs for economic, educational, and political activity and more, cities are of major importance when it comes to enhancing efforts toward mainstreaming sustainability. The areas in which cities can have a positive impacts are manifold. From water quality to noise pollution, the European Commission initiative Green City Accord aims to work with cities in making them greener, cleaner, and healthier. The CSCP has joined the Green City Accord as a supporting partner. Residents and city users wish for cleaner, greener and, overall, more liveable cities. City administrations and other relevant stakeholders are faced […]

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Empowering Mauritian Tour Operators and Hotels for a Sustainable Post-Lockdown Restart

The coronavirus pandemic, climate change, unsustainable production and consumption practices – the challenges faced by the Mauritian tourism sector are many. The Sustainable Island Mauritius project (SIM) organised a series of online workshops to inspire and empower tour operators, hotels, and other relevant stakeholders to become more sustainable and resilient in light of these challenges. The workshop series focused on supporting the local stakeholders to develop, promote and deliver sustainable products and services as a way of overcoming current challenges, but also as potential for growth and more resilience. The five-session online series consisted of inter-dependent thematic workshops, each building […]

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The PathoCERT Project Launches Communities of Practice in Europe and South Korea

Outbreaks of waterborne diseases often occur after severe events, such as massive rain- or snowfalls. They can affect communities within a short time-span but may leave behind long-lasting harmful effects. Therefore, a central question is: how can we enhance the responsive capacities of first responders and strengthen the resilience of local communities during waterborne pathogen contamination events? Our project PathoCERT finds out that multi-stakeholder engagement and collaboration are among the key instruments. Connecting local and national actors to identify challenges and opportunities and to explore pathways, including technical and social innovative solutions, are prerequisites  for improving our preparedness in the […]

| Posted July 21, 2021

How Behavioural Insights Can Support the Shift Toward More Sustainable and Healthier Food Consumption Patterns

What ends up on our dining table has a direct impact on the environment. Growing concerns related to the consumption of high-footprint food urge for more action in promoting healthier and more sustainable consumption patterns. A better understanding of consumer behaviours and choices is pivotal for the success and effectiveness of policies, business innovations, and other interventions in food systems. The VALUMICS report ‘Putting solutions on the table’ provides insights on behaviourally-informed interventions that can have a positive impact. Traditionally, efforts to shift food purchasing and consumption toward more sustainability have been based on classical persuasion and information-based interventions and strategies. Such […]

| Posted July 15, 2021

How to Move from Thinking to Acting for More Sustainability? Join Our weiter_wirken Final Event on 1 September 2021!

How to close the intention-action gap, or in other words, move from thinking to acting for more sustainability? This was the leading question behind the work of the project “weiter_wirken”, a training and networking programme that the CSCP carried out in collaboration with the Stiftung Umwelt und Entwicklung Nordrhein-Westfalen and ecosign / Akademie für Gestaltung during 2020 and 2021. The programme built on our successful experience with the  Academy of Change (AoC) and brought it into the context of North Rhine-Westphalia to not only challenge conventional belief systems and practices, but also generate creative ways to introduce and promote more […]

| Posted July 14, 2021

Creating Synergies Toward Fair, Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems

As a central part of the EU Green Deal, the Farm to Fork Strategy aims at making food systems fair, healthy, and environmentally-friendly. However, this goal can only be achieved if all actors between the farm and the fork come together and work in aligned ways. The new Code of Conduct for Responsible Business and Marketing Practices sets out common aspirations and indicative actions for actors to voluntarily align, commit, and contribute to accelerating the transition toward sustainable food systems. At the CSCP, we look forward to collaborating with all our current and future partners in turning this code into […]

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