Ongoing Projects
This project looks into how CSOs can provide new insights for research in sustainable consump-tion and production. It focuses on concrete actions by creating partnerships between CSOs and research organisations. [...] Read more...
The African 10 Year Framework of Programmes (10YFP) on sustainable consumption and production (SCP) regards awareness and education through schools and other institutions as the means to achieve the objectives of its thematic areas that are crafted in the context [...] Read more...
In order to reach the goal of shifting towards less environmentally damaging consumption pat-terns, the involvement of all societal actors - government, business, academia and civil society - is needed. Although participation [...] Read more...
CSCP und Ö-Quadrat (Freiburg) are implementing a ‘lighthouse’ pilot project at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) to develop and demonstrate instruments to reach an efficient and rational use of energy. The project will explore the feasibility of new instruments [...] Read more...
The issue of environmental governance has been and will always be in the forefront of ADFIAP's activities. ADFIAP's "Greening of DFIs" Project is its collective & responsive effort to pursue sustainable development through its adherence to the principle [...] Read more...
In co-operation with the UNEP and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), the CSCP started developing a booklet for promoting procurement of efficient lighting in the United Nations offices and operations as well as in the public sector around the world. The CSCP [...] Read more...
The Human Development through the Market (HDtM) Project aims at introducing innovative business model for entrepreneurs, National Cleaner Production Centres (NCPCs) and other relevant intermediaries like financial institutions, business associations and other organizations. It is a [...] Read more...
Today’s political and economic challenges, brought about by resource scarcity and the rising price of raw materials, have focused international attention on ecologically, socially and economically sustainable solutions. Against this backdrop, the first International Conference on Sustainable Production, Trade, Consumption and Lifestyle will take [...] Read more...
Business has a huge role to play in encouraging sustainable ways of living. Reaching consumers through markets, business can do a lot to communicate and enable sustainable choices. [...] Read More...
One of the main recommendations at the Third International Expert Meeting on Sustainable Consumption and Production held in Stockholm in June 2007 was to develop a communication strategy for the Marrakech Process and to increase its visibility. As a response, the UNEP [...] Read more...
The CSCP together with the German Society for Technical Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit – GTZ) and the Wuppertal Institute have jointly published a compendium of policy instruments for resource efficiency. [...] Read more...
The PRODEV project is sponsored by the Commission of European Communities within the Asia Pro Eco Programme. The aim of the PRODEV project is to improve the policy framework and promote a more [...] Read more...
The project aims to achieve further advances in the field of resource productivity and resource protection in Germany. In order to establish future innovation and new markets, potentials, stakeholders and packages of measures shall be identified and included. [...] Read more...
The demand for natural resources is increasing all over the world and certain resources are limited. This has lead to rising resource prices and it is most likely that this trend will continue in the long term. Resource efficiency therefore is a prevailing topic [...] Read more...
Retailers have significant potential to affect change in society like no other industry, as they are located in a key position between suppliers and consumers. On the one hand, being in direct contact with consumers, they exert significant influence on what products consumers want [...] Read more...
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a key role in innovation, economic growth, employment creation and the provision of goods and services to underserved communities. The adoption of sustainable consumption and production (SCP) can be helpful for SMEs to foster their sustainability and competency [...] Read more...
The CSCP has started developing a self-help guidebook provisionally entitled “Do SMART Business – Week by Week” for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) around the world. This guidebook aims to introduce the basics of environmental practice and social responsibility for managers and employees [...] Read more...
Resource efficiency forms the foundation of sustainable economic growth. By producing more products with fewer resources the contribution to climate change can be decreased in addition to conserving natural resources and lowering production costs. Supporting small and medium sized [...] Read more...
The Johannesburg Plan of Implementation agreed at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002 calls for the promotion and development of a 10-year framework of programmes (10YFP), now referred [...] Read more...
As a component of the CSCP “Human Development through the Market” programme, the CSCP plans to introduce a bread bakery powered entirely by a solar oven in a rural village in south-western Cameroon. The bakery will introduce to the region the environmentally friendly concept of solar cooking as a viable and appropriate [...] Read more...
Funded by the Ministry of the Environment and Conservation, Agriculture and Consumer Protection of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia (MUNLV), the UNEP/Wuppertal Institute Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP) conducted a study [...] Read more...
Economic growth has been very fast in China since the 1980’s. However, the growth in GDP has taken its toll on China’s environment and resources. In particular severe water and air pollu-tion are threatening ecosystems, as well as human health. [...] Read more...
The CSCP report is an engagement report on sustainability. In contrast to traditional sustainability reports or impact reports, this report is designed as a "how to guide" towards sustainable consumption and production. The different focus areas outlined in the report [...] Read more...
