Publications & Position Papers
Whether legislative amendment, climate strike, or C2C in the textile sector, we get involved in public and political debates and take a position. Always with the aim of shaping and accelerating the transformation towards a Cradle to Cradle world. Here you can find our statements, published studies and info material.
Publications & Position Papers
September 2023
What is Cradle to Cradle, who is Cradle to Cradle NGO and what are our goals?
In this brochure we introduce ourselves and give an insight into our work. We would like to motivate and invite as many people as possible to get in touch with us.
September 2023
Climate change, resource scarcity, insecure supply chains, dwindling biodiversity, social inequalities – we humans face a multitude of challenges that are closely interrelated. These global issues have a very concrete impact on our daily lives and our regional structures. Municipalities must increasingly address issues such as climate adaptation and sustainability to ensure that both urban and rural areas remain livable in the future.
August 2023
How will we get ourselves and our products from A to B in the future? Sustainable mobility is an issue that affects us all. It touches on key aspects of our daily lives: How do I get to work? How do I get the products for my daily needs to the supermarket or directly to my home? How can I move around my city without barriers despite physical limitations? To all these questions, we need answers that satisfy our basic need for mobility while enabling us to manage and live within planetary boundaries. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
August 2023
Three concerts, 180,000 people – and a lot learned!
The Tempelhof Laboratory project shows the extent to which climate- and resource-positive events can already be implemented today and where the limits of what is (currently) feasible lie.
What went well? Where were there challenges? We have evaluated these experiences, written them down and published them.
May 2023
This guide is aimed at actors in the field of municipal procurement. The first section describes why social-ecological, circular and innovative public procurement according to the Cradle to Cradle concept makes sense and is relevant. The second section deals with conducive structural framework conditions as well as starting points for Cradle to Cradle criteria in the context of a procurement process. In the last section, assistance such as further literature and advice centers can be found.
May 2023
With the revision of the Ecodesign Directive, the EU is taking an important step towards ensuring healthy and recyclable products for all EU citizens. It is more than welcome that the proposal covers a broader range of products and no longer exclusively includes energy-related products. Ecodesign requirements must not be limited to just a few products; instead, it should be the EU’s goal and also aspiration to define precise quality requirements for all products.
April 2023
The National Circular Economy Strategy (NCWS) must be used as an opportunity for a holistic strategic approach to economic action with the aim of creating economic, ecological and social added value. Such an approach must treat the issues of climate and resources as interrelated complexes.
August 2022
The bands Die Ärzte and Die Toten Hosen are providing four concerts in August 2022 at Tempelhof Airport in Berlin for a laboratory that aims to accelerate the transformation toward a Cradle to Cradle circular economy.
July 2022
Our lives are becoming increasingly urban, and that brings many benefits – but also challenges. Municipalities are in the best position to develop solutions to these problems and thus to be role models for business and society.
August 2021
Climate change, species extinction, raw materials crisis, Corona pandemic … A look at the world shows: We need a master plan now, otherwise we will continue to stumble from one crisis to the next. The basic prerequisite for this must be to build an economy that no longer reduces its negative consequences, but leaves a positive footprint.
April 2021
In this handout, we would like to open a new perspective on our built environment. We want to offer potentials and solutions for community development inspired by Cradle to Cradle (C2C) and going beyond the pursuit of climate or energy neutrality.
March 2021
The C2C Summit Textiles & Supply Chain with a focus on the Global South has shown that the global textile industry is facing fundamental change towards circularity and true sustainability.
January 2021
With the European Green Deal, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, wants to initiate a “new European Bauhaus movement”.
September 2020
The climate strike on 25.9. will move politics, the media and minds – most of them in only two directions: Love or hate. As a Cradle to Cradle NGO, we argue beyond good and evil and observe the climate protests with mixed feelings.
May 2020
Die Coronakrise als Chance zu feiern wäre zynisch. Den Neustart, den sie verursacht, nicht für die Installation eines Updates zu nutzen, wäre fahrlässig.
September 2019
We dealt with the revision of the EU Waste Framework Directive and the EU Circular Economy Package, as well as the resulting amendment to the Closed Substance Cycle Waste Management Act.
January 2019
The concept of the circular economy is becoming increasingly important in the textile industry. This study examines options for establishing closed-loop fiber systems in the apparel and fashion industries.
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