All ministries will implement the CO₂ Performance Ladder. The (chief) directors of operations of all ministries recently decided this. The government wants to use this to reduce its CO₂ emissions as much as possible and thus realize more sustainable business operations. The CO₂ Performance Ladder is…
Earlier this year, Nowy Styl received a gold medal from EcoVadis. This independent auditor evaluates and assesses the CSR efforts of more than 25,000 companies, divided into four categories: human and employee rights, environment, ethics and sustainable procurement. With the gold medal, Nowy Styl is one of the top 2…
Facilicom Group is a Dutch family business with various subsidiaries under its care. The group, which now has more than 18,000 employees, is active in areas such as cleaning, security, catering, social work and home care. Mapping CO₂ impact In 2017, the family business expressed the ambition to be completely…
Sustainable Delfland The CO₂ Performance Ladder helps organizations to map out and reduce their CO₂ emissions. Delfland has set itself the goal of being energy neutral by 2025 and climate neutral by 2050. Director Pieter Janssen of Delfland: “In our policy for sustainable purchasing, we already grant award advantages to…
The province of Gelderland is the first government organization to be certified for level 5 on the CO₂ Performance Ladder. Deputy Jan Markink received the certificate on Monday 28 September 2020. The province aims to be a climate neutral organization by 2030. By better insulating buildings, getting rid of…
This conclusion is drawn in a study conducted by Arcadis on behalf of the Climate Friendly Procurement & Business Foundation (SKAO) and the Union of Water Boards. The study sheds light on the extent to which the CO₂ Performance Ladder is suitable as a management system for organizations as a…
The Handbook of the CO₂ Performance Ladder is continuously being developed. The basis of the further development are evaluations of Handbook elements, wishes of (international) organizations and the need for more impact on projects. In Handbook 3.1, a number of requirements are more compactly described and clarified, which improves readability.
What is your role in the CCvD? Jeroen works at De Vries and Van de Wiel and represents the association of hydraulic engineers. “That is sometimes quite difficult, because there are large and small hydraulic engineers and they sometimes have different wishes.” He himself works for a medium to large…
This plan contains 35 additional measures to promote a European circular economy. The most outstanding? Circular procurement becomes less non-binding. The EU wants to introduce targets and reports to further stimulate circular procurement. Like the Netherlands, the EU also recognizes the importance of circularity. By 2050, each member state…
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