best practices

Practical guides to identify environmental problems, detect waste- and emission-reduction actions, and introduce cleaner production measures. The guides include case studies of how companies tackled environmental problems and dealt with relevant legislation to deliver positive business outcomes...

This guide provides criteria and seven handy steps to help companies integrate environmental factors into product and service designs. It is aimed at industrial design companies and/or people involved in product design. The handbook includes four case studies of Basque companies that successfully...

Ekoscan provides a working method to help companies, including SMEs, incorporate environmental thinking into their daily business routines by involving the whole company and consolidating internal knowledge. The tool establishes the environment as a management function not just a cost. Performance...

Cleaner Production Projects Development Manual is a methodology that provides guidance for implementing cleaner production projects in companies. The projects aim to reduce manufacturing costs through more efficient use of energy and material resources, lower pollution, and improved health and...

The Circulator is a web-based tool developed in a framework of the project of the same name (funded by EIT Raw Materials) that helps companies to navigate potential circular strategies and learn from inspiring cases. The tool provides an overview of the most relevant business models for the raw...

The government of the Brussels-Capital Region helps organisations (business, non-profit and public) include circular economy principles in their activities. The programme offers several financial instruments to support the organisations: subsidies, grants, tax allowances, but also tools, good...

Many countries have seen the potential in sustaiable, economic growth in the ocean economy. Offshore floating wind, tourism, seafood, fishery, autnomous ships and clean maritime technologies are just some of the growth sectors in the global blue economy. But how exactly can governments kickstart and...

Business Upper Austria presented the final agenda for the Cluster Academy 2019 (5th - 8th November) in Linz. Take this opportunity to Work 4 days long in one of Austria`s most innovative eco system the Tabakfabrik / the GRAND GARAGE / the Austrian DesAlps DT Lab @ GRAND GARAGE Get challenged by...

The Cluster Academy 2019 organised by Business Upper Austria on 5-8 November 2019 in Linz, Austria, is a good opportunity to: Work 4 days long in one of Austria`s most Innovative ecosystems: the Tabakfabrik / the Grand Garage / the DT Lab. Get challenged by applying Open Innovation formats such as...

Ceipiemonte, with the support of France Clusters organized the second Benchmarking Visits & Training last week in Piedmont (Italy). 8 cluster managers and cluster representatives from Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon and Egypt took part to this second inspiration and learning week and had the opportunity...

The second Benchmarking Visits & Training of THE NEXT SOCIETY is about to start in Piedmont, Italy. As of next Monday, 10 June, 8 cluster managers and cluster representatives from Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia, will take part to this second exciting inspiration and learning 5 day-tour and will...

The Digital Innovation Hub Enhanced-Learning Programme (DIHELP), funded by the European Union under grant agreement Nº 00847927, is a mentoring and coaching programme that is supporting 30 Digital Innovation Hubs to develop and/or scale-up their activities for 9 months. In the frame of its...