Sustainable products - but how? This is the motto for a conference in Cologne on December 4th. Retailers and manufacturers face the challenge to implement sustainability into applied value chain management. Among others, the CSCP has developed a tool to identify the hotspots, the most challenging parts of the value chain. How retailers and suppliers can jointly improve those hotspots ... Read more
Mannheim: On September 4, 2013 a number of recognized experts aimed to identify an optimal pathway toward a sustainable future at an event hosted at the University for Applied Management Studies (HdWM) at an event of the University for Applied Management Studies (HdWM). Prof. Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, co-chair of the United Nations Environment Programme and co-president of the Club of Rome, spoke... Read more
The multi-stakeholder workstudio “Collaboration for Sustainable Lifestyles through Business and Social Innovations” will take place in Berlin on the 4th and 5th November 2013. The CSCP is organising this event in partnership with the European Environment Agency (EEA) and its Topic Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (ETC/SCP), and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Read more
The CSCP will be leading the SWITCH-Asia Network Facility for four more years. Since 2008 the Network Facility has worked to support SWITCH-Asia projects by exchanging lessons learned, taking stock of project results, and establishing new synergies to scale up project activities. Read what people had to say about the Network Facilities previous work. Read more
How can NGOs, sustainability centres and companies motivate people in North Rhine-Westphalia to adopt a sustainable lifestyle? That was the focus of the Platform for Sustainable Lifestyles in NRW workshop. Experts on environmental communication, product designers and entrepreneurs presented innovative ideas and engaged in a fruitful discussion. Read more