Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production - CSCP

15/06/2026

Emerging food technologies such as cultured meat and seafood are often discussed from technological or regulatory perspectives.

But what happens when consumers are actively involved in shaping these innovations?

✨ Within the FEASTS project, we are exploring how participatory approaches can support future food innovation across Europe.

👉🏽 This is what we learned so far: https://www.cscp.org/why-consumers-are-key-to-the-future-of-food/

Emerging food technologies such as cultured meat and seafood are often discussed from technological or regulatory perspectives. But what happens when consumers are actively involved in shaping these innovations? Within the FEASTS project, we are exploring how participatory approaches can support fut...

12/05/2026

🎯 The transformation toward requires more than just a vision.

⚡️ It demands an actionable framework and implementation capacities.

🙌🏽 In the Flavours of Change Cup project, we are bridging the gap between strategy and action by equipping European project partners to lead transformations in their local food systems.

💡 Read more how we're building capacities to support the project goal of promoting the social and professional inclusion of migrants in the culinary sector!

Transforming sustainable food systems requires more than just a vision. It demands a clear and actionable framework as well as implementation capacities. In the Flavours of Change Cup project, the CSCP is bridging the gap between strategy and action by equipping European project partners to lead tra...

27/04/2026

16/04/2026

🫜 Food data is now everywhere: supermarket purchases, delivery orders, nutrition apps, and everyday habits.

💡As more of this data is collected, a new report from our SPOON project shows that sharing food-data only works when people feel in control, not exposed.

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Food data is now everywhere: supermarket purchases, delivery orders, nutrition apps, and everyday habits. As more of this data is collected, a new SPOON report shows that sharing food-data only works when people feel in control, not exposed.We often talk about the food system in big numbers: emissio...

31/03/2026

🌱 As Europe aims for a & economy, the key question remains: how can we make it work on the ground?

✨ The hubs of our CEE2ACT Project project offer real-world learnings from 10 Central and Eastern Europe and how these countries are actively shaping their bioeconomy pathways.

Dive into the key learnings from the hubs 👇🏾

As Europe aims for a circular, bio-based economy, the key question remains: how can we make it work on the ground? The bioeconomy hubs of our CEE2ACT project offer real-world learnings from Central and Eastern Europe and how these countries are actively shaping their bioeconomy pathways.As the EU-fu...

26/03/2026

🌱 How can cities move from individual circular economy efforts to systemic change?

🚀 In the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia , a new initiative is taking this question head-on.

🔗 Read all the details here: https://www.cscp.org/new-community-of-practice-launched-to-accelerate-circular-action/

25/03/2026

✨ Driven by the potential of and eager to learn how to increase the market acceptance of algae-based products?

🚀 Then, our AlgaeProBANOS summer school 2026 is the place to be!

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Algae-based products can contribute to healthier diets, sustainable materials, and sustainable innovations. Yet, despite these advantages, they remain rather unfamiliar and under-adopted. Join our AlgaeProBANOS summer school 2026 and learn how to co-create sustainable products, increase their market...

24/03/2026

🗞️ Our latest CSCP newsletter is out!

⚡🌱From German cities to global initiatives, discover how local action is driving and .

Explore stories, events & opportunities 👇

Dear Reader, Cities are spaces where transformation happens: hubs of community, business, and governance. Through our work in the past 20 years, we have seen the power of cities in rethinking infrastructure, mobility, procurement, and local collaboration to retain value, minimise waste, and close ma...

23/03/2026

💡 How can local production, open technologies and circular approaches strengthen resilient communities?

The upcoming FAB Region Bergisches Städtedreieck Symposium in Wuppertal, Germany invites researchers and practitioners to share ideas and solutions shaping sustainable regional futures.

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How can local production, open technologies and circular approaches strengthen resilient communities? The upcoming FAB Region Symposium in Wuppertal, Germany invites researchers and practitioners to share ideas and solutions shaping sustainable regional futures.On 16 June 2026, the interdisciplinary...

23/03/2026

🥗 Across Europe, bring rich culinary knowledge rooted in , resource-conscious traditions—but these skills are often overlooked, even as the hospitality sector struggles with staff shortages and practices are urgently needed.

Read how our Flavours of Change Cup project aims to turn this challenge into an opportunity, using cooking to empower migrants & promote inclusion!

Few things have the power to connect people like food does. At the Flavours of Change Cup kick-off in Verona, Italy project partners came together to shape a competition that empowers migrants, celebrates cultural culinary heritage, and advances sustainable food practices—showing how kitchens can ...