Next Roundtable 2025

The 22nd European Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production (ERSCP 2025) conference will be held in Prague from September 16-18, 2025 with the PhD Day scheduled for September 15.

Organized by EMPRESS (an NGO focusing on SCP issues) in cooperation with the Czech University of Life Sciences and the ERSCP Society, the conference will focus on “Multi-stakeholder cooperation on sustainability: Role of business, academia, public sector, and civil society in Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP)” with the aim to enable leading experts to exchange cutting-edge ideas on the topic and contribute to shaping the future of sustainable practices.

The key conference thematic tracks include:

  1. Sustainable and Circular Business Models in Industry
    • Sustainable value chain management
    • Closed-loop supply chains
    • Sustainable innovation
    • Teal organizations
    • Digitalization and big data
  2. Circular Economy and Sustainable Use of Resources
    • Design for sustainability
    • Circular economy
    • Sustainable/circular products and services
    • Sustainable buildings and construction
    • Energy and material efficiency
    • Water management
    • Sustainable procurement
    • Critical materials
  3. Sustainable Consumption and Lifestyles for a Circular Society
    • Sustainable consumption
    • Sharing economy
    • Sustainable lifestyles
    • Role of consumers
    • Social innovation
  4. Resilient Cities and Regions
    Climate change mitigation and adaptation
    • Resilience; Smart cities
    • Role of local actions
    • Digitalization
    • Urban zoning
    • Sustainable rural areas
    • Sustainable agri-food systems
    • Sustainable tourism
  5. ESG and Financing Sustainability
    • ESG and carbon management
    • Non-financial reporting
    • Innovative financing models
    • Social and impact financing
  6. Policies for SCP and a Circular Society
    • Public regulations at various levels (EU, national, regional, local)
    • SFDR
    • ESRS
    • EU Taxonomy
  7. Education and learning for SCP and a Circular Society
    • Integrated education for SCP competencies at different stages of life-long learning
    • Education for SCP and Circular society
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We invite researchers, scholars and practitioners (like business representatives, policymakers, activists, representatives of NGOs) to join the conference and present and discuss their innovative ideas, practices, experiences, and methods.

The conference website is now online at www.erscp2025.eu.

Please submit your abstract by February 15, 2025.T he deadline for the submission of abstracts has been extended to the March 17, 2025, now to April 21, 2025. Submission guidelines for the Call for Abstracts can be found here: https://www.erscp2025.eu/abstracts/

Download the latest Call for Abstracts as PDF.