| Posted July 9, 2018

Wissenschaftsjahr is Coming to Your City – Plan Your Visit at Our Popup Dialogue-Centers

What does tomorrow’s working world look like? Will we partner with robots to do the computationally expensive work so we can follow our creative instincts? Will we connect with colleagues from all over the world in virtual offices while never leaving the comfort of our homes? What new jobs will be created when data and digitalisation-driven business models become the norm? We want to discuss these and many questions with you! The Wissenschaftsjahr 2018 carries the title “The Future of Work: Insights – Popup Dialogue-Centers on the Working World of Tomorrow”. Together with our consortium partners, we are designing an interactive […]

| Posted July 8, 2018

A Big Step for a Climate-Friendly Future for North Rhine-Westphalia, One Final Step for the ILoNa Project

The logistics sector has enormous potential for incorporating practices that take into consideration the social and ecological aspects of all steps along the way. Over the course of three years, our ILoNa Project looked at the interaction of customer behavior and logistics services and worked out the future challenges for the sector on its way to sustainability practices. At its final conference, the project was recognised by KlimaExpo.NRWas the 296th of 1,000 steps into a climate-friendly future in North Rhine Westphalia. The research project ILoNa, “Innovative Logistics for Sustainable Lifestyles” was committed to promoting sustainable logistics for business and society. In […]

| Posted June 27, 2018

Apply Now! “Sharing and the City”, the Interdisciplinary Autumn Academy in Wuppertal on 1 – 5 October 2018

What can sharing contribute to a more sustainable lifestyle, future work patterns and local consumption patterns in cities? What is the potential for sustainable business? The participants of this year’s academy will discuss these and other questions while developing creative new concepts. ‘Sharing’ has become a trend in many parts of Europe and has been reintroduced into many spheres of life in recent years. Especially in the urban context, ’sharing’ is playing an increasingly important role. Concepts like carsharing, foodsharing, urban gardening and co-working are becoming increasingly popular with a growing community of supporters and users. The academy offers participants the […]

| Posted June 25, 2018

EU Plastics Strategy Opens Doors for Rethinking Business Models

150 000 to 500 000 tonnes of plastic waste are dumped in the oceans yearly – from the EU alone*. And this only accounts for a small percentage of worldwide plastic litter, as 80% of all plastic waste enters the oceans from Asia. While we are watching the large plastic vortices in the ocean, perhaps as we sip a drink through a plastic straw from a convenient plastic cup, we forget that these are ‘single use’ plastics. Now the EU plans to put an end to that – opening up avenues for new products, changing lifestyles, and entire new business models. […]

| Posted June 7, 2018

How to Future-proof Your Products and Services and Become a Sustainability Trailblazer

While we offer a variety of Think and Do Services to all actors in society, we have created fact sheets for your organisations and municipalities to get a quick and clear overview of our top tools to future-proof your products and services through procurement strategies, holistic impact assessments, sustainable portfolios and business model innovation. Our featured tools have been implemented successfully for a number of projects. They provide the exact combination of proven strategy and flexibility necessary to meet your needs and make your products and services future-proof. Read the short descriptions for each below and download the fact sheet for […]

| Posted June 6, 2018

Kompetenzzentrum eStandards Pilot Project: Where Should Used Backpacks Go?

It is not uncommon for customers to call FOND OF, the backpack company from Cologne known for brands like Ergobag, Satch or Aevor, asking something along the lines of: “My daughter has an Ergobag for primary school, but it has been up in the attic for several years now, unused. We don’t need it anymore. Do you have an idea what we can do with it?” To date, FOND OF’s only reply option was unsatisfying: Customer service recommended donation or disposal, depending on its condition. That is about to change. Unhappy with their current response, a team from FOND OF, made […]

| Posted June 5, 2018

Increasing the Efficiency of Sugar in Energy Processes in Pakistan

Bagasse, a waste of the sugar industry, is used to produce electricity for the factory where it’s generated or fed into the domestic energy grid. This process is highly variable and inefficient. The productivity and efficiency of generating electricity from bagasse varies. Inefficient technologies account for higher energy consumption and a waste of energy resources. For example, an average sugar mill in Pakistan consumes about 1250 MJ/ton, much more than their Indian counterparts, which consume only 935 MJ/ton. This excess energy consumption translates to higher costs and increased emissions of greenhouse gases. The Switch Asia project is intended to “promote sustainable […]

| Posted May 17, 2018

Meet Us at the BCI 2018 Global Cotton Conference and Discuss How to Scale Impact Through Collaboration 26 – 28 June 2018

At the BCI 2018 Global Cotton Conference in Brussels on 27 – 28 June 2018, the global cotton sector is coming together to discuss opportunities for collaboration for a sustainable future for the material. Join us and don’t miss the CSCP’s Cristina Fedato’s key note on future trends for supply chains in the textile sector. The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), initiator and host of the Conference, implements a number of measures to make global cotton production better for the people who produce it and the environment in which it is produced. The Global Cotton Conference is one of these measures, bringing […]

| Posted May 9, 2018

EcoProcura 2018 Launches Registration and Extends Call for Contributions to 18 May 2018

Registration is now open for the EcoProcura 2018 conference on sustainable, circular, and innovation procurement, taking place from 3 – 5 October 2018 in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. EcoProcura 2018, marking the 20th year of the conference series, will bring together over 400 procurers, policy makers, businesses, researchers and international organisations. The conference is organised by ICLEI and the 2018 European Green Capital, the City of Nijmegen. As a strategic partner to ICLEI’s Procura+ Network, the CSCP invites you to join the 2018EcoProcura Conference! The interactive programme of the conference will present, discuss and identify ways of using procurement as an effective […]

| Posted May 3, 2018

Towards a Longer Life: Backpack Company FOND OF Develops Circular Solutions for Their Backpacks

How many of your old backpacks have been forgotten in the attic or on the top shelf of your closet? What if they could be given a second life rather than cluttering up your storage space? Together with the Mittelstand 4.0 – Kompetenzzentrum eStandards, the backpack company FOND OF is developing solutions for prolonging your favourite backpack’s life – or reusing its raw material. “Since its inception in 2010, FOND OF has always been committed to responsible production. A large part of fabrics used for our backpacks and bags are made from recycled PET-bottles”, explains Hannes Weber, who is responsible for […]

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