Highlights

The C2C LAB’s real-life laboratory character is now also visible from the outside. A framework made of C2C-certified hot-dip galvanized steel provides the basis for many other façade elements in C2C quality.

Numerous guests from politics, business, science, society and voluntary work as well as our team of almost 40 people came together at the C2C LAB in Berlin on June 22.

In a total of five expert discussions, we wanted to find out what role data and digital infrastructures play or could potentially play in the emergence of circular ecosystems.

How can a circular transformation according to Cradle to Cradle succeed at the municipal level? We discussed this at the C2C Expert Forum: Procurement and presented our guideline for Cradle to Cradle procurement.

At the “C2C Expert Forum: Raumkonzepte – Innovatives Produktdesign und Innenarchitektur nach Cradle to Cradle”, experts and the professional audience discussed what healthy and recyclable interior design can look like.

At the “C2C Summit: Shaping Communities of the Future,” we discussed with 250 participants how we can use Cradle to Cradle (C2C) to shape circular and livable communities.

What do packaging and plastics look like for tomorrow? We answered this question at our second congress stage on September 7 together with numerous experts in this field.

This year we started with our new format “Deep Dive” and gave both VDID and Bike Magazine a 2-day digital and technical workshop on Cradle to Cradle.

At our 21st LAB Talk we had the executive director of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Ellen Ueberschär, as our guest. The conversation was about how we can achieve political change and promote Cradle to Cradle on a political level.

At the Spring Academy, we set a new attendance record with 450 registrations from active and external participants. The program covered a wide range of topics. Also the academy in the fall was a success.

In the C2C LAb Talk with Prof. Dr. Claudia Kemfert  we spoke about instruments for switching to a sustainable economy, a holistic view of the climate and resource crisis, and the opportunities that Cradle to Cradle approaches offer for this.

The day-long summit focused on how the global textile value chain can be brought into cycles to end not only the waste of resources and environmental damage caused by the industry but also the social consequences thereof.

At the C2C Forum: Kreislauf-Stadt Berlin we will discuss together with citizens and responsible persons from politics and economy what exactly the current challenges in dealing with resources in Berlin are and how we can solve them together.

We chatted with Lamia Messari-Becker, about the evolution of World Creation Day, the potential impact of resource cards, and buildings of the future.

With Lars Klingbeil, Member of the German Bundestag, Secretary General of the SPD

The musician and author Bela B has been a member of the advisory board of Cradle to Cradle NGO since 2018. In the LAB Talk he talked to Tim Janßen about C2C, explains what he likes about it and why he is committed to climate protection.

We talked to Delara Burckhardt about the EU Commission’s Circular Economy Action Plan and her work as an EU parliamentarian in Corona times.

Timber construction pioneer Erwin Thoma and the architect Jörg Finkbeiner from Partner und Partner Architekten showed at the C2C Forum “Climate-Positive Building” that building according to C2C is possible.

The expert forum showed that we can and must make some changes in the field of construction and architecture so that healthy and recyclable buildings are standard.

Mosa, Tarkett and QbiQ invited to the Cradle to Cradle Café in November 2019 with the theme ‘Positive Impact! Cradle to Cradle in buildings’ at C2C LAB.

After the one-year and worldwide first refurbishment of an existing commercial unit according to C2C criteria, the C2C LAB was ceremonially opened in September 2019.