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CSCP Newsletter March 2013

Dear Reader,

in places as diverse as Brazil, Germany and Ghana, millions of people recently celebrated Carnival. At the same time many others welcomed the arrival of the Chinese Year of the Snake with parades and fireworks in Asia and indeed across many parts of the globe. We love to see the enthusiasm of people in all parts of the world.

We too are enthusiastic about Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) and we are particularly excited about the ambitious work plan we have underway for the year ahead of us. In China we recently began working on a roadmap for sustainable consumption. In Colombia and Switzerland we are engaging people on sustainable lifestyles. In North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, we kicked off a local project on sustainable consumption.

I invite you to read more about these projects and many other CSCP activities in the latest edition of our newsletter - our contribution to the worldwide process toward One-Planet-Living.

Michael Kuhndt

Head of CSCP

CSCP Project and Conference News

Michael Kuhndt meets Wen Jiabao

There are more than 1.3 billion consumers in China. Because of this fact sustainable consumption is of major importance in China as economic growth and prosperity continue to advance. Beginning in September 2012 the task force on Sustainable Consumption and Green Development, has been co-chaired by Michael Kuhndt, Head of the CSCP. In December 2012, in this regard, he met Wen Jiabao, the Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. Read more...

What's Hot in the CSCP Global Networks

They have been rippling across the globe for six month now. Interesting discussions, promising practices, innovative tools and other material feature on two dynamic and interactive websites www.scaling-up.net and www.vision2050.net. The flagship projects, BIG2050 and BISS, are also moving forward generating outcomes and lessons learned through applied research. Read more...

Interview: Networking on SCP in Asia

Is SCP on the agenda in fast growing Asia? Frans Verspeek, SWITCH-Asia Network Facility team leader, answers with “Yes”. More than 50 projects in over 16 countries are currently underway within the SWITCH-Asia Programme alone. To coordinate these diverse projects a CSCP-led Network Facility was created. In this interview Frans Verspeek provides an overview of the work of the Network Facility over the past year and shares his vision for the future. Read more...

My Flat, My Bike, My Shopping Basket

Each and every one of us makes dozens of small and large decisions every day. These decisions shape our lifestyles and determine the environmental and social impacts that arise from our choices. To help people make informed decisions and to show that it can be fun to make sustainable choices are the aims of the Sustainable Lifestyles in NRW project. Read more...

One-Stop-Shop on Energy Efficiency in Buildings

It is in buildings that we live, work and carry out almost all of our business. To make our houses and work sites suitable to live and work, we need energy, most importantly for space heating and cooling and for operating appliances. BigEE is an international initiative that aims to provide a web-based “one-stop-shop” resource for energy efficiency issues in buildings. Read more...

Sustainable Infrastructure Investment

The Global Energy Basel (GEB) summit is a leading platform for sustainable infrastructure investment and finance. In January 2013 the CSCP was for the first time a partner in the delivery of the annual Global Energy Basel Summit on Sustainable Infrastructure and Financing. Aside from speaking during several sessions the CSCP also had the opportunity to interview GEB Chairman Mr. Daniel Wiener as follow-up to the summit. Read more...

How Sustainable Entrepreneurship Can Drive Low-Carbon Development

Low-carbon, energy and resource efficient business strategies will be necessary to shift the development paradigm in China toward a sustainable path. But what are the necessary conditions to enable entrepreneurial action to achieve this aim? What types of business models are successful and what are the roles for different groups of actors, such as policy makers, academia, and civil society? These are the questions the CSCP is working on. Read more...

Column: Share

How celebrating a birthday party made it clear to me that sometimes collaborative consumption is mainstream

Rosa is member of the Sustainable Lifestyles Team at the CSCP. While working on the SPREAD Sustainable Lifestyles 2050 project, she was collecting ideas for a more sustainable Europe in 2050. Here she tells a story, where one of the promising practices for the future already became true in 2013. In a situation, where she didn't expect it. Read more...

Upcoming events

In cooperation with Euroforum, the CSCP is hosting two workshops:

The ‘CSR- and Sustainability Manager’ Academy

This two-day workshop is designed as an interactive and practice-oriented module that focuses on implementing successful sustainability and CSR strategies in companies. The Workshop will be held in German.

18-20March 2013 // 23-24 April 2013 // Düsseldorf // Germany

The CSCP will be an exhibitor at the

Industrial Green Tec

The Industrial Green Tec is a leading trade fair for environmental technology. The CSCP will attend the event to highlight ways of integrating environmental management systems into existing business models and identify opportunities for developing new, eco-friendly products and how to streamline complex systems and processes.

8-12 April 2013 // Hannover // Germany

Green Tec Website

The CSCP will be taking part in the

Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum

The Future of growth - economic values and the media

The international conference provides a platform for dialogue to design approaches to meeting the challenges of globalization in which the media play a central role.

17-19 June 2013 // Bonn // Germany