| Posted April 4, 2018

The CSCP is a Founding Member of the Climate Chain Coalition

Distributed Ledger Technologie (DLT, e.g. blockchain) is one of the major technological developments to support the transition towards sustainability. At the second anniversary of the Paris Agreement, 25 organizations jointly established the Climate Chain Coalition (CCC) to advance DLT for scaling climate actions for mitigation and adaption. During the One Planet Summit on 12 December 2017, the founding members of the Coalition agreed on shared principles and values to facilitate capacity building, networking, research, governance and pilot projects. The Coalition’s goal is the advancement of collaboration among its members in enhancing the environmental integrity and results of DLT applications for climate […]

| Posted March 27, 2018

The CSCP’s First Circular Economy Mapping Exercise Finds 50 Initiatives in Wuppertal

The next generation of our economy was mapped in Wuppertal on 7 February 2018, when local stakeholders came together to take stock of the circular economy initiatives already in place – and discuss the future of circularity. The Mapping Exercise in Wuppertal brought together local professionals working on the advancement of a circular economy under the umbrella of the CSCP’s R2Pi project. During the event, we focussed on mapping initiatives along the whole circular economy value chain, ranging from design & materials, manufacturing & logistics, sales & business models, product life extension, recycling, and across many industries, like textile and fashion, food, electronics, […]

| Posted March 21, 2018

Join Us at the Final Conference of ILoNa and Discuss Innovative Logistics in Essen on 17 April

After 3 years of intense research on innovative logistic services and consumers’ lifestyles, multiple workshops, interviews and case studies, the ILoNa project comes to an end. This conference will be the closing event for this project, which produced pioneering work for science, industries and civil society. The closing event of ILoNa project will be a unique opportunity for participants from businesses, scientific organisations and civil society to learn about the results and get hands on experience with the methods of the project. It offers plenty of room for inspiration and exchange of ideas, including a keynote by the Executive Director of […]

| Posted March 20, 2018

Public Actors Gear Up for 2018 Procura+ Awards – Are You a Potential Winner?

Is your public authority a trailblazer in the procurement of sustainable goods or services? Have you conducted exemplary green procurement in the last two years? If so, you could be in line for the Procure+ Award! The Procura+ Awards recognise sustainable and innovative public procurements that lead to real improvements in public goods, services, processes and infrastructure. The awards are co-ordinated by ICLEI, in co-operation with the EU-funded Procure2Innovate project.  The CSCP is a strategic partner to the Procura+ network, contributing our knowledge of sustainable supply chains, sustainability impacts of procurement activities, and multi-stakeholder engagement. The 2018 Procura+ Awards are now […]

| Posted March 14, 2018

How Digitalisation and Cultural Understanding Can Help Us Transition to a Better System

The CSCP led two dialogues at the Circular Economy Stakeholder Conference in Brussels in February. “Roadmap to ICT-enabled circular economy”, where we discussed how digitalisation can enable circularity and “Overcoming Cultural Challenges in the Circular Transition” on the cultural factors that are key for developing better systems. Transitioning from our linear, degenerative, wasteful economy to a circular, regenerative, value-enhancing economy requires bringing about systems level improvements across a wide range of actors and processes.  So we ask – how can we overcome the many challenges that we are encountering, and how can digitalisation and cultural understanding lead us to a system […]

| Posted March 5, 2018

Last Chance to Apply for the Academy of Change!

Looking for new and insightful approaches to accelerate change in sustainable behaviours that really matter? The Academy of Change is the place for you. The Academy is a new programme on sustainable behaviour designed for future leaders working on climate change and sustainability in the NGO sector. 50 professionals will be selected to embark on this unique professional development journey with us. Apply today – the call for applications closes on 15 April! As we transition towards a low carbon society, significant behaviour change towards sustainability is required and the thought leadership of NGOs will be critical to make that happen. […]

| Posted February 28, 2018

Happy Power Hour Project Recognised by KlimaExpo.NRW for Bringing Germany One Step Closer Towards the Energiewende

The strategy that Happy Power Hour is using sounds simple: showing industrial companies the advantages of shifting their production to when the sun is shining and winds are blowing. The required flexible energy tariffs that make it worth their while are a very innovative and effective approach to contributing to the German Energiewende – and the strategy was recognised by the KlimaExpo.NRW as one step towards a more sustainable future. In the context of the German Energiewende, higher feeds of renewable energy cause fluctuations in the power grid – when the sun shines and solar cells produce energy in abundance, more […]

| Posted February 14, 2018

Join Us for a Happy Power Hour II Milestone Event at the WSW Headquarters on 15 Febuary to Kick-off Field Testing Phase

The ambitious German Energiewende requires energy demands to be more flexibel, especially when it comes to businesses. Flexible energy tariffs enable enterpreises to handel the resulting fluctuation of energy supply and utilize it to improve their operations. Join the Happy Power Hour II Milestone Event and learn how your company can participate in the project and profit from flexible energy tariffs. By introducing a more flexible energy demand, industrial companies can contribute vitally to the success of the Energiewende and also reduce their electricity bills simultaneously. For the past two years, the Happy Power Hour II project analyzed the requirements for […]

| Posted February 8, 2018

Meet Us at Urban Future Global Conference in Vienna on 28 Feb – 2 Mar 2018

From 28 February – 3 March 2018, the world’s CityChangers come together at the Urban Future global conference (UFGC’18). The CSCP’s executive director Michael Kuhndt is one of them. CityChangers, according to the UFGC’18, are those people, that “actually drive change to make cities more sustainable”. With over 20 years of experience working with businesses, policy makers and civil society groups on mainstreaming sustainable lifestyles, Michael Kuhndt brings a disctinctly collaborative approach to the table. Having worked with large cooperations as well as entrepreneurs, he sees business’ significantly untapped potential in revitalizing cities as local development agents. Examples of business reframing […]

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CSCP Explores Roles of ICT and Culture in Circularity at the Circular Economy Stakeholder Conference in Brussels 20 – 21 February

The CSCP is hosting two sessions at the Circular Economy Stakeholder Conference. “Roadmap to ICT-enabled circular economy”, where we will sketch the untapped potential of ICT for circular economy transitions, as well as “Overcoming Cultural Challenges in the Circular Transition” on the cultural changes needed for such a transition. Moving from a linear economic system towards a circular one presents its unique challenges: If waste is supposed to become input material, its flows must be closely monitored and managed. The growth of information and communication technology (ICT) over the past decades provides the solution. The internet of things, clouds and blockchain […]

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