| Posted March 14, 2025

Sustainable Public Procurement in Germany: A Turning Point?

The German Procurement Transformation Package (Vergabetransformationspaket) could be a key instrument in ensuring that procurement is placed as a strategic lever toward impactful climate action. The CO₂ Performance Ladder (CO₂PL) aligns with these efforts, offering a practical tool to accelerate decarbonisation and support sustainable transformation in procurement. In German policy discussions, public procurement is generally recognised as a key political instrument to advance the decarbonisation in Germany. The main approaches include: Modernisation of procurement law to simplify the integration of sustainable criteria and improve access for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Climate-friendly infrastructure investments, such as low-emission vehicles and energy-efficient […]

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“Democratising Fabrication and Sustainability: Connecting Local Actions to Global Impact”

What if industrial design and fabrication could transform entire systems? Adriana Cabrera Galindez, CSCP Project Manager, explores how Innovation Labs, sustainability initiatives, and collaborative technology reshape local industries. Read more about her work to accelerate sustainable business transformation through innovation. You are an industrial designer – what does your work look like in an organisation like the CSCP? As an industrial, textile, and material designer, my skills have been developed in spaces that operate at the intersection of technology, design, art, and innovation—an approach that aligns well with the mission of the CSCP. For me, these skills extend beyond technology […]

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Supporting Deforestation-Free Value Chains Through Voluntary Agreements: The ARABICA Project in Action

The new European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is set to be implemented starting at the end of 2025. This means that agricultural producers worldwide, who wish to remain eligible for the EU market, should start adapting to the legislation’s requirements. Producers of commodities such as coffee, cacao, and soy will need to prove that their products are not originating from an area that has been deforested after December 2020. Our ARABICA project is working closely with women coffee producers to support them prepare for the upcoming regulation. In November 2024, the project team was at the International Coffee Week in […]

| Posted March 12, 2025

Call for Application: Join Our Communities of Practice for Circular Cities and Regions in Europe!

How can cities and regions across Europe accelerate the shift to a circular economy? The new Circular Cities and Regions Initiative Communities of Practice project is supporting key city actors to collaborate, innovate, and share strategies on major challenges like urban planning, waste management, and reducing carbon footprints. The Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI) Communities of Practice offer an opportunity for cities and regions across Europe to collaborate and accelerate their circular economy efforts. By focusing on specific topics, a first batch of four CCRI Communities of Practice will enable participants to dive deep into shared challenges, exchange innovative […]

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Coming Up in Spring 2025: FAB Events in the Bergisch City Triangle

Exploring the future of urban development: How can cities become more circular, resilient, and innovative? What happens when places of innovation, companies, civil society initiatives, and think tanks work together with makers and doers to rethink sustainability? In spring 2025, you can meet us at various events to explore how our FAB Region project is turning these ideas into action in the Bergisch city triangle in Germany! The FAB Region is deeply rooted in circular economy initiatives, Fab Labs and makerspaces and sustainable industry development, but at its core, it’s part of something larger: the transformation of cities and regions […]

| Posted March 11, 2025

Join Our FoodLoops Webinar on 21 March 2025: Driving Circular Food Solutions in Schools in the Baltic Sea Region

Our FoodLoops project focuses on tackling one of the biggest challenges in the Baltic Sea Region: food waste. In Lithuania alone, about 50 kg of food waste is generated per capita each year, which also represents a significant economic opportunity for creating valuable products from biowaste. At our next FoodLoops Replication Workshop on 21 March 2025, we invite schools, public authorities, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), caterers, farmers, and farmers’ associations to join us and brainstorm, explore, and co-create solutions! At the workshop, you will learn the step-by-step process of building cooperation for circular biowaste, as implemented in the FoodLoops project […]

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Join Us at the HOOP Final Conference on 25 and 26 March 2025 in Cartagena, Spain!

Consider the compostable scraps from your kitchen or the trimmed plants from your garden—these organic materials are still packed with valuable ingredients, making them far too precious to waste. European cities and regions have implemented systems to capture and valorise biowaste into new materials and energy as part of circular economy efforts. While many of these systems are already working, they haven’t yet reached their full potential in producing high-value products—this is precisely where the HOOP project aimed to make a difference. Launched in 2022 as part of the EU Horizon 2020 financing scheme, HOOP aimed at developing and implementing […]

| Posted March 6, 2025

Uniting Industries for a Circular Tomorrow: Meet Us at the Circular Valley Convention on 12 and 13 March 2025!

Designed to promote circular economy efforts, the Circular Valley Convention brings together decision-makers from business, science, politics and society to engage on relevant topics across three main themes: enabling value chains, enabling technologies, and enabling materials. The CSCP is proud to be a partner of the Circular Valley Convention 2025—join us in Düsseldorf, Germany on 12 and 13 March 2025! As part of the convention, we will draw on our experience in various circular economy projects, including bergisch.kompetenz, the Digital Centre WertNetzWerke, FAB Region, and CATALYST. In particular, we look forward to engaging with partners, topic experts, and industry representatives […]

| Posted March 5, 2025

“To Expand Sustainability Ownership, We Need to Meet People Where They Are”

Johannes Klement is an experienced researcher in the field of economics and sustainability and has co-founded sustainability civil society organisations (CSOs) in the past. With a PhD in theoretical economics, he tries to reconcile theory and practice and explores innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to economic and sustainability challenges. Learn more about him and his new journey as part of the CSCP team. At the CSCP, our vision is to enable a good life for all. In the context of sustainability research, how would you define a ‘good life’? What tentative frameworks or key principles could guide this definition? In the […]

| Posted February 28, 2025

Don’t Miss the Sustainable FUTURE Summit on Food Systems on 20 March 2025 in Frankfurt – Register Now!

As climate change, biodiversity loss, and global food security challenges mount, we need to urgently rethink and transform the way we produce and consume food. What will the future of food look like? How will we grow our food tomorrow? What does it take to build a resilient and autonomous European food system? Together with key experts and leading food system actors, we will look into these questions at the Sustainable Food Systems Summit on 20 March 2025 in Frankfurt, Germany. Join us! What’s at stake? Rising uncertainties from climate change and geopolitical crises are reshaping food systems, sparking global […]

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