| Posted June 30, 2020

Dialogue Forum: Towards More Food Waste Reduction Measures

More than 80 participants, including representatives from wholesale and retail, other economic sectors, science, civil society and politics, gathered in an online meeting in June 2020 to discuss food waste reduction measures and further coordinate their collaboration towards less food waste along the entire supply chain. A measurable reduction of food waste – being among the key priorities of the Dialogue Forum – was the focus of the online meeting’s agenda. In a lively and fruitful exchange, the following concrete approaches were discussed: Longer shelf life of fruit and vegetables through ‘coating’ Availability of bread and baked goods The offer of […]

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Call for Applications for weiter_wirken Capacity Building Programme is Open – Apply Now!

Are you engaged in a sustainability project and currently looking for ways how to maximise your positive impact? Moreover, are you keen on exploring which insights and tools might help you to reach this goal? Our training programme, weiter_wirken – Communicating Sustainability Successfully (Nachhaltigkeit Erfolgreich Vermitteln), is designed to support professionals and volunteers from the NGO sector in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) in achieving more sustainable behaviours within their target groups. The call for application is now open – apply here until 31 August 2020 to become part of a unique network of people striving for more sustainability in NRW. The programme […]

| Posted June 29, 2020

Together for a Green Recovery

The COVID-19 imposed lockdown has brought most of the European economies to a sudden halt. As governments and businesses look for ways to rebuilt, the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform, of which the CSCP is a member, stresses the ultimate need to link recovery to the European Green Deal and joins the call to act now for a sustainable and just future for all. The economic shock has been significant: GDP has fallen, supply chains have been tested, some state systems have been over-burdened, market insecurity has increased, and more. As we step up our efforts in defining the recovery strategy, […]

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Behaviour Change Insights to Go: Listen to the New Podcast from Our Academy of Change!

Are you curious about why people behave the way they do? Would you like to learn more about behavioural insights and their role in achieving more sustainability? Then, hit play – the first episode of the newly launched Academy of Change (AoC) podcast series explores the topic of Insights together with field expert, Lizzie Kenyon. It happens all too often: Our good intentions are not matched by our actions. This gap between what we aim for and what we actually do has great implications in the way public policy, economic decisions, or awareness raising campaigns are received and made sense of […]

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‘Putting Solutions on the Table’ Webinar: Approaches and Interventions for More Sustainable Food Consumption Behaviours

How can food consumption behaviours and solution-oriented interventions trigger an EU-wide shift towards a more sustainable future? Moreover, how are these behaviour interventions applied in real life contexts? The VALUMICS webinar “Putting Solutions on the Table: Successful Approaches and Interventions to Support more Sustainable Food Consumption Behaviours in the EU”, 16 July 2020, 15:00 CET, will explore these questions with an outstanding line-up of food and behaviour change experts, who will share and discuss pilot interventions and strategies suitable for the food industry and policy makers. Register here to join us! Food is one of the strongest levers to optimise human […]

| Posted June 25, 2020

Fostering Circular Behaviours in the Electronics Sector and Beyond

Looking for effective ways to enable circular behaviour change in the electronics, plastics and textile sectors? Then, the Consumer Insight Action Panel (CIAP) is the right framework. Through a hands-on collaboration process with businesses, start-ups, NGOs, researchers and European policy makers, CIAP aims to mobilise and support frontrunners in enabling circular behaviours. To do that, CIAP will connect circular production to consumption, go deeper into understanding the consumer behavioural elements of the circular transition, and unlock the practical applications of behavioural insights to enable more circularity in various sectors. Each European generates 16.6kg e-waste per year. In general, E-waste reached 50 […]

| Posted June 23, 2020

The Academy of Change Second Round Kicked Off Virtually with 50 Participants from 25 Countries

The capacity building programme, which focuses on integrating behavioural insights into the work of international NGOs, launched its second round in a virtual gathering across 10 different time zones and with an outstanding line-up of expert speakers on behaviour change topics. The CSCP tapped into its expertise with digital collaborative tools to turn the opening event into an insightful and interactive webinar during which expert speakers shared their knowledge on some of the key elements related to behaviour change as a powerful means for improving our societies’ sustainability performance. Becky Rowe, founder of Revealing Reality spoke about the role of behaviour […]

| Posted June 22, 2020

ALDI Süd, Lidl, Edeka, Netto, Norma, Biocompany and More Join the Dialogue Forum for Reduction of Food Waste

The Dialogue Forum for Reduction of Food Waste is building a solid ground for joint efforts in reducing food waste in retail and wholesale. The official signatories include major retailers such as ALDI Süd, Lidl, Edeka, Netto, Norma, Transgourmet, Biocompany and more, implying great potential for more positive impact. The Dialogue Forum for Reduction of Food Waste in Wholesale and Retail (HandelsforumRVL) aims to achieve more precise measurements of food waste in the German wholesale and retail sector as well as a binding target agreement for this sector. In addition, the Dialogue Forum supports the implementation of innovative projects for food […]

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The AoC Catalyst First Round Has Kicked-Off

Representatives of leading environmental and social Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) came together virtually for the official launch of the first round of the Catalyst, a special Academy of Change (AoC) programme aimed at accelerating the integration of behaviour change know-how in the daily work of NGOs. The Catalyst participants include representatives of NGOs such as Greenpeace International, RSPB, Fingo, CEED Bulgaria, WRAP, HESPUL, Rare, CIDSE, Association of Concsious Consumers, and Foodture. All of them have successfully completed the Academy of Change capacity building programme, a prerequisite to join the Catalyst. The main goal of the Catalyst is to support NGOs in undertaking organisational […]

| Posted June 19, 2020

CSR.digital Kicked off its Knowledge Sharing Process with Chambers of Industry and Commerce in NRW

CSR.digital, the first ever Centre for Digital Responsibility in North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW), held a joint meeting with project partners – the CSCP, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, and IHK NRW – and representatives of 13 chambers of industry and commerce in NRW to initiate a knowledge sharing process. Discussions and experience sharing about how to best link digital responsibility and sustainability were at the top of the agenda. During the meeting, which took place as a webinar, the participants also discussed the best ways to facilitate more resilience for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in NRW and how to enable them to exercise […]

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