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Save the date: Strategic Alliances for Sustainable Development – Conference on Strategic Alliances their management and their role for realising sustainable Innovation
The CSCP will act as a partner of the conference Strategic Alliances for Sustainable Development on 31 May 2010 in Duisburg, Germany. Participants will learn about the potentials of sustainable innovation through strategic alliances and how to tap them. PD Dr. Klaus Fichter (Borderstep) will provide the audience with input on innovation networks before concrete tools are introduced and tested in the run of interactive sessions.
Programme topics include amongst others:
- Management of sustainable and social innovation
- new kinds of partnerships,
- innovation in global value chains,
- Sustainable Production,
- new a [...] Read more
Save the date: Sustainable Innovation 2010 – International Conference on Sustainable Innovation, Technology, Product and Service Design and Development
The CSCP will act as a partner of the 15th Sustainable Innovation 2010 on 8-9 November 2010 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The conference will provide a platform to discuss the future opportunities and challenges related to the design, development and commercialisation of sustainable products, services, technologies and new business models.
Programme topics include amongst others:
- Sustainable technologies,
- Collaborations and partnerships,
- Eco-innovation,
- Sustainable entrepreneurship,
- Supply chain management and
- Green public procurement.
The Sustainable Innovation 2010 will be a [...] Read more
How can civil society organisations further their activities on SCP? What new insights can research gain on how to support CSOs? How to foster knowledge transfer between CSOs and researchers?
Numerous ideas and answers to these questions were discussed and identified at a support workshop organised by the Action Town project for civil society organisations (CSOs) active in the field of SCP. The workshop took place early February 2010 in Vienna, Austria, with participants from a selected group from civil society organisations working on SCP as well as academics and researchers working with policy instruments, assessment tools and indicators for SCP. An overview as well as more details of the outcomes are now available for download in the workshop report.
14th Eine-Welt-Netz Regional Conference – Solingen, Germany, 5th-6th March 2010
Apocalypse Now or Sustainable Gross National Happiness? - Good ideas in turbulent times
Today, humanity stands at a crossroad: are the apocalyptic prognosis right or do we manage to limit the global warming still in time by utilising global resources and living in a more sustainable way? Can we still hope for a peaceful, fair, ecologically and economically stable future? If so, how should this challenge be handled?
This year’s regional conference of the German association Eine-Welt-Netz will deal explicitly with the capabilities of our civilization to guarantee its future. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss and look [...] Read more
Reducing Poverty through SCP – International Conference to address the links
In today’s world there are over 1,2 billion people living from less then 1 US$ per day. The poor people are highly dependent on their environment and eco-system to generate their income. Reducing poverty in most cases means to expand consumption and production, which is linked to exploiting the natural resources and therefore harms the ecosystem. Sustainable consumption and production (SCP) can break this cycle by taking these issues into account and therefore contribute to overcoming poverty. However, companies have to understand the markets and find ways on how to create value and meet the needs of the costumers in a sustainable way.
The "Impact of [...] Read more
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