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The Centre provides scientific support to activities undertaken by UNEP and other organisations in the field of SCP. This support includes the development, testing, implementation and monitoring of concrete projects, especially in developing countries, which enables these countries to leapfrog to sustainable consumption and production patterns using life cycle thinking and regional perspectives as guiding principles.
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LATEST NEWS
“Global lifestyles – new pathways for development policy”
30th and 31st January 2012, Bonn The 3rd Bonn Conference on International Development Policy is acknowledging the growing importance of the topic of global and sustainable lifestyles. It will focus on the connections between lifestyles and consumption habits and living conditions in developing countries... Read more
Strategy Workshop: Sustainable Business Models 2030
25th October and 22th November 2011 Wuppertal, Germany Sustainable Business Models of the Future Part of the GS1 Series of Sustainability Workshops The Workshop presents and discusses Sustainable Business Models of the future. Participants learn about future trends and lifestyles via experiencing a virtual future world 2030. The future world gives insights into different aspects... Read more
Sustainable Innovation 2011 - 16th International Conference
24th – 25th October 2011, Farnham, UK: ‘State of the Art‘ in Sustainable Innovation & Design - Part of the 'Towards Sustainable Product Design' series of conferences Sustainable Innovation 11will provide a platform to discuss the opportunities and challenges related to sustainable innovation, technology, product and service design and development. Sustainable Innovation 11 will include invited and refereed papers from academics, consultants, entrepreneurs, investors, technology providers, designers, sustainability, environment and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) managers as well as other business functions. The event will be a unique learning experience, networking space and will pr [...] Read more
Recent Publications
Advanced Sustainable Public Procurement in Urban China
Philipps/Espert/Eichhorst (2011)
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Unter der Lupe - 60 Projektideen zu nachhaltigem Konsum und zukünftigen Lebensstilen
Groezinger/Kuhndt (2011)
Was denken, was zeigen, was sagen? - Medienmacher und Nachhaltigkeit
Müller/Georgi/Schneider/Guillen (2011)
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Create Impact! Handbook for Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Pascual/van Klink/Rozo Grisales (2011)
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Sustainable Public Procurement in Urban China
How the Government as Consumer Can Drive SCP (2011)
Roadmap for better living
A chance to shape a different future (2011)
International Review
International Review on Consumer Oriented Environmental Projects and Initiatives (2010)
The story of smart
Advancing Sustainable Entrepreneurship through inspiring and designing Lifestyles (2010)
Alliances for Sustainability in Value Chains
A Manual for Enterprises (2010)
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