| Posted June 28, 2017

How You Can Benefit from a Circular Economy?

We are overshooting the earth’s capacity to regenerate our natural resources while undershooting our human capacity to design a more viable and valuable system. Transitioning from the wasteful linear economy to an efficient circular economy will benefit you now and in the future. The top 10 benefits of a circular economy approach to your organisation: Save your business, customers, and suppliers money Capture more value from your materials and resources Develop new markets and gain new customers Build loyalty with your customer base Satisfy changing customer needs and expectations Increase the security and price stability of your supply chain Attract, retain, […]

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Pupils Are Starting to Implement Their Visions of a Sustainable Future for Their Neighbourhood

In October 2016, a group of 9th grade students set out to explore their neighbourhood and envision what their future could look like. The Gesamtschule Langerfeld students were given Sustainable Mobility, Biodiversity, Climate Protection and Networking as key words to consider during their mission. Following their exploration, they are beginning to implement their visions of a sustainable future, working together with institutions and citizens interested in contributing to a better life in their shared neighbourhood. The milestones of the project to date: Pupils and artists created posters of the students’ visions Workshops with experts in the different fields of sustainability Presentations […]

| Posted June 27, 2017

What’s on Your Menu Today?

With Europeans’ appetites accounting for over 30% of all consumption-related impacts, there is a need for governments and businesses to help shift consumers to eat more sustainably while also ensuring food value chains become more resilient. Seizing this opportunity, the VALUMICS project launches today. It will focus on developing interventions to trigger more sustainable food consumption and production behavior. VALUMICS’s core objective is to provide food value chain decision makers with a suite of tools to evaluate and increase the impact of strategies that enhance resilience, sustainability, and innovation within the chains. Price, information, quality, infrastructure, reputation, negotiation power, convenience, values, […]

| Posted June 26, 2017

Meet Us at the Thematic Workshop on Circular Economy on 29th June in Brussels

Raymond Slaughter, Senior Advisor at the CSCP and project manager of R2Pi, a three-year EU project that aims to develop policy packages and business models for transitioning from linear to circular, will be a panelist at Interreg Europe’s Thematic Workshop on Circular Economy on 29th June 2017 in Brussels. The thematic community of regional practitioners working on circular economy discusses the latest developments in the field, as well as brainstorms on what joint action can be beneficial for European stakeholders working on these issues. The workshop will gather project partners, regions and managing authorities that: Deal with policies targeting circular economy in the […]

| Posted June 22, 2017

Meet Us at the “Sustainable Lifestyle, Livelihoods and the Circular Economy” in Brighton 27 – 29 June 2017

The CSCP is a contributing partner to the Conference and Michael Kuhndt, executive director of the CSCP will be part of the planery discussion on “Sustainable lifestyles, business models and social innovation in the circular economy” after a keynote by Joss Blériot of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. The focuses is on the roles of new business models, social innovation, changing cultural norms and consumers in the circular economy. What is the role of new business models, social innovations and the blending of consumer-producer interfaces for the transition to a circular economy? How important are consumer preferences, lifestyle choices and consumer practices? And […]

| Posted May 31, 2017

How Europeans Can Hop on the Bicycle Highway to a Green Gym and Cycle to Healthier Sustainable Lifestyles

How would European societies look if they were healthier, sustainable, and equitable? This May, thirty experts set out to find answers to this question during the INHERIT scenario building expert workshop. The growing use of e-health services, a higher appreciation for well-being, and citizens as experts are only some of the directions identified by INHERIT as trends projected to shape European societies in the coming years. During the scenario building workshop organised by CSCP, the participants -experts in health and sustainability from all over Europe- had the opportunity to validate and rank these trends presented in a gallery walk. Participants also […]

| Posted May 22, 2017

Next ABNB Stakeholder-Workshop in Heilbronn on 23 May 2017

On May 23rd the next Stakeholder-Workshop takes place. Our member Kaufland is hosting the workshop on their premises in Heilbronn. The focus of the workshop will be upcoming pilot projects: Presentation of projects of our members: Kaufland Development of a joint project within the ABNB Exchange of information between the members Registration is already closed for this public event but feel free to contact Christoph Herrmann for any further information.

| Posted May 17, 2017

Where Are We Today in Adapting Behaviours for a Sustainable and Healthy Europe?

The state of the environment, our health, and levels of social equity are closely interrelated. The recently published INHERIT Baseline Report is the first of its kind looking at what can be done to encourage lifestyles that protect the environment and promote health equity by focusing on the way we live, move, and consume. The role that individual behaviours play in moving to more sustainable societies has been under-emphasised and can be a compelling entry point for change. Many measures to protect the environment improve our health while simultaneously reducing inequalities, but work is needed to fully harness and develop the […]

| Posted April 5, 2017

Close the Loop! Learn the Tools and Methods to Implement SDG 12 Successfully

Learn the tools and methods to implement SDG12 successfully! In collaboration with the Knowledge Centre for Sustainable Development of the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC), the CSCP developed a six-week online course with weekly webinars. This course is open to UN Staff, policy makers, entrepreneurs, innovators, civil society, and interested consumers willing to make responsible consumption and production happen More than a conceptual training, this course aims to support YOU as a sustainability practitioner, decision-maker, policy advisor, producer, and consumer to gain a hands-on, experiential understanding of: • why responsible consumption and production is such a key area within the Sustainable […]

| Posted April 3, 2017

Integrating the Lifestyle Perspective into the Circular Economy

Traditional business models, relying on large quantities of cheap and easily accessible materials and energy, are reaching their physical limits. Innovative business approaches, based on eco-design, repairing, refurbishing, and recycling, coupled with the spreading of a more sustainable lifestyle culture are fundamental! The European Commission adopted the Circular Economy Package 2015. This package refers to the effective potential of circular business models to stimulate Europe’s transition towards a circular economy as well as to their challenges and trade-offs, but recurrent questions have been emerging. Increasing attention has been given to innovative business-to-business interactions requiring substantial changes throughout the value chain ranging […]

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