Welcome to the CSCP

  • Learn more about what we do on Sustainable Lifestyles
    Learn more about what we do on Sustainable Lifestyles
  • Download our publications from our library
    Download our publications from our library
  • Learn more about what we do on Sustainable Infrastructure, Products and Services
    Learn more about what we do on Sustainable Infrastructure, Products and Services
  • Get informed about our actions in our project section
    Get informed about our actions in our project section
  • Learn more about what we do on Sustainable Business and Entrepreneurship
    Learn more about what we do on Sustainable Business and Entrepreneurship
  • Get to know the think and do tank CSCP and our team
    Get to know the think and do tank CSCP and our team
  • Get informed about recent developmtents around SCP in our news section
    Get informed about recent developmtents around SCP in our news section
  • CSCP's 10th anniversary Unconference 2016
    CSCP's 10th anniversary Unconference 2016

The Centre provides scientific support to clients from the private and the public sector, such as 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. Feel free to explore our website, read more about us or find all information nicely consolidated in the CSCP Information Brochure.

  

LATEST NEWS

March 17, 2015  

The Future of Digital Communication – CSCP moderated session at conference organised by three ministries from North-Rhine Westphalia.

Digitalisation is of growing importance for each area of life, changing business models, value creation processes, mobility, research and a lot more. It was therefore also the topic of the second „Shaping progress – Fortschritt gestalten“ congress organised on 22 January 2015 by the Ministries of Science, Economy and Urban Development in North-Rhine-Westphalia and joined by about 400 participants from business, academia and civil society. Read more

March 03, 2015  

Jury Meeting of the GreenTec Awards

Final decisions on the awardees for 2015. On 25 February the GreenTec Award selection committee of which Michael Kuhndt has been part of since 2014 decided on the best environmental technologies for 2015 within a closed session. Host of the jury committee was the headquarter of Microsoft Berlin.  Read more

February 24, 2015  

bigEE Policy Brochures published

Energy efficiency in buildings and building related appliances is crucial for sustainable development, climate and resource protection and a low-risk worldwide energy system. However, while information on technologies and policies is abundant, it is scattered loosely and decision-makers find it difficult to access. The bigEE initiative was developed to address the need for a structured and systematic knowledge source on Energy Efficiency. The online knowledge platform bigee.net is a one-stop source of knowledge for policy-makers about energy efficiency options and how policy can support achieving those savings in buildings and appliances. Read more

January 22, 2015  

First issue of SWITCH-Asia Magazine published

Following a number of events and initiatives on the topic of Green Finance for SMEs held in 2014, the SWITCH-Asia Network Facility has summarised some of the key messages and findings in the first issue of the newly launched SWITCH-Asia Magazine. Read more