| Posted March 12, 2024

How AI is Paving the Way to Sustainable Business for SMEs: Listen to our WertNetzWerke Podcast!

At a time when many companies are looking for innovative solutions to make their business practices more sustainable, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the main promising technologies. But what does this mean for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their specific business contexts? Do they have the capacities to identify and leverage AI opportunities and, on the other side, assess and mitigate related risks? CSCP’s Arne von Hofe and Mike Table delve into these questions in a podcast of the Digital Centre WertNetzWerke. Artificial intelligence offers a wide range of applications that can help companies make more sustainable decisions […]

| Posted March 6, 2024

Convenient Instead of Complicated: How to Make Reusable Packaging an Easy Choice for Consumers

Whether it’s a coffee to go or a veggie bowl for lunch at the office – takeaway services are an everyday convenience for many people. However, the prevalence of disposable packaging for takeaway food and drinks has a significant impact on the environment. According to the German Packaging Act, all companies that offer takeaway food and drinks are obliged to offer their customers a reusable alternative. Several years after the new law came into force, reusable packaging is still not being used sufficiently. The Digital Centre WertNetzWerke is working together with companies and relevant stakeholders to overcome this hurdle. Convenient […]

| Posted March 5, 2024

Supporting IT Companies to Become Sustainability Accelerators

The European Union has committed to mobilise at least 1 trillion Euros in sustainable investments until 2030 to achieve the goals set by the European Green Deal. This sends a strong signal that we have entered a phase of major economic transformation to reconcile economic activity with the environmental boundaries of our planet and to achieve progress on the societal challenges we face. As the circular transition gets into full swing, many businesses opportunities arise. How can German small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in the Information Technology (IT) sector leverage this market development and act as transformation accelerators and […]

| Posted February 28, 2024

The CSCP Partners Up with X-Creation to Accelerate Sustainable Innovation

Climate change, biodiversity loss, inequalities within and among countries – these are only a few of the challenges that the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to tackle. However, achieving the 17 ambitious goals requires bold and immediate action. We are happy to announce our partnership with X-Creation to connect and collaborate toward addressing current critical challenges aligned with the SDGs. X-Creation is a curated community and service that accelerates sustainable innovation. By connecting and facilitating a tightly curated and highly diverse group of practitioners from companies, scientific institutions, non-profits, and public organisations, X-Creation enables the co-creation of sustainable […]

| Posted February 19, 2024

The CARE Project Kicks-Off: Inspiring and Enabling Circular Lifestyles

From better meal planning and food storage to thoughtful shopping and the repairing of old garments, the sum of our individual actions can hold the key to greater sustainability on a systemic level. In our CARE project, we have joined hands with eleven partner organisations to inspire and enable 100 households across Europe to endorse and implement circularity on a daily basis. The project, which kicked-off in January 2024 in Tampere, Finland will focus on how households can most easily and effectively use food and clothing in a circular way. Through close collaboration with individuals, families, and communities, the project […]

| Posted February 5, 2024

The Fab Region Project Has Kicked-Off: Accelerating the Transition Toward a Sustainable and Co-Creative Circular Economy Region

Cities and regions can play a strategic role in unlocking the potential of circular economy in order to accelerate the sustainable transformation. But how can relevant actors on a city level be brought together to spearhead this transformation in a whole region? What formats and approaches are needed? How can successful innovative solutions be scaled to increase positive impact? Our new project, Fab Region in the Bergische city-triangle will support the cities of Wuppertal, Solingen, and Remscheid in North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW), Germany, to develop, pilot and implement sustainable and collaborative circular economy approaches with scale-up potential. Drawing inspiration from the […]

| Posted January 31, 2024

The BREADCRUMB Project is Launched: How to Save Food Through Better Marketing Standards

The quality and appearance of food products that we find on retailer shelves is at least partially defined by marketing standards. At early stages of the supply chain, like the interface of production and retail, certain product specifications may result in products being sorted out and becoming food loss or waste. 21 partners from eight European countries have come together in the Breadcrumb project aiming to better understand and reduce the impacts of marketing standards on food waste. 14 multi-actor case studies covering five food commodities (fruits & vegetables, meat, eggs, cereals and fish) will play a major role in […]

| Posted January 24, 2024

Skills and Competences for the Future: Join our CATALYST Event on 6 February 2024!

In a world racing against time to meet ambitious climate targets, increasing sustainability skills and competences should be on top of the agenda. In particular, the lack of comprehensive approaches to continuously build capacities for transformation in organisations such as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) need to be addressed with priority. In response to this urgent need, the CSCP has teamed up with the German Sustainable Economy Association (BNW) and Bells Solutions to establish a joint European Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVe) in Germany as part of the CATALYST project. A key goal of the centre is to foster excellence […]

| Posted December 13, 2023

Enabling Organisations to Reshape Their Business Models

Janna Prager has joined the CSCP as a Project Manager in the Sustainable Business and Entrepreneurship (SBE) team. Her work evolves around inspiring and enabling companies to rethink their business models on their way to becoming sustainable businesses. She believes that through many small but persisting steps social and sustainable entrepreneurship can become the new normal. Can you tell us more about some of your career highlights so far? I started working in the music business as a public relations manager, which allowed me to work with creative and inspiring people in such a dynamic industry. After a career switch, […]

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The CSCP and the co-do! lab Support the City of Duisburg to Become a Circularity Frontrunner

Public transport, waste management, water and energy supply are all policies that impact citizens’ lives directly and fall under the responsibility of cities. So, what can cities do to unlock their potential and become Circular Economy pioneers in order to achieve greater sustainability and ensure a better life for their citizens in the long run? Which actors need to be involved and how can transformation be approached and implemented successfully? The opportunities are many, from setting up the right infrastructure to engaging citizens and companies in an impactful way. The CSCP and the co-do lab collaborated with the city of […]