Arcadis Netherlands is the first engineering and consultancy firm to be certified at Step 3 of CO₂ Performance Ladder 4.0. Below, Sophie Hanekamp and Benjamin van Olffen explain how, at Arcadis, they drew up a Climate Transition Plan (CTP) in eight steps and share some useful tips along…
The Belgium and Luxembourg branches of the Siemens Group – Siemens NV and Siemens Mobility NV – received a certificate for Step 2 of the CO2 Performance Ladder 4.0 at the start of 2026. By electrifying its vehicle fleet and moving to a new zero-emission office, the company is taking major steps towards becoming zero-emission by…
Roadstone has become the first company in the UK and Ireland to achieve company-wide certification at the highest level of the CO₂ Performance Ladder. The milestone marks a significant moment for green public procurement and carbon management in the Irish construction sector. The CO₂ Performance Ladder is an internationally recognised certification and procurement instrument…
Your tapwater has been purified with it. So has the sugar in your tea. The petrol fumes in your car are captured by it. Activated carbon is one of the most widely used purification materials in the world, and NORIT has been making it for over a hundred years. For a company that contributes to cleaner water…
A mission to make an impact with every project requires high ambitions for CO2 reduction. It’s no coincidence that Rebel Group is one of the first organisations to achieve certification on Step 3 of version 4.0 of the CO2 Performance Ladder. However, the consultancy also faces dilemmas. For example,…
An increasing number of organisations certified on the CO₂ Performance Ladder are embracing circularity. One of them is Dura Vermeer, one of the largest construction companies in the Netherlands. Circularity is one of the key strategies for achieving their CO₂ reduction targets: 50% reduction by 2030 and 90% by…
Sustainability is not just a good principle; it plays an increasingly crucial role in the future resilience of businesses. Urbastyle, a specialist in architectural concrete, chose the CO₂ Performance Ladder as an objective benchmark to map its impact and underpin strategic decisions. Managing Partner Jan Laroy shares his insights…
Breedweer – provider of facility services such as cleaning – goes far in their fight for a more sustainable and inclusive world. Managing director Jack Stuifbergen accepts that this sometimes hurts the wallet. The CO2 Performance Ladder is one of the tools Breedweer uses to achieve visible impact. Stuifbergen…
The Netherlands’ largest municipality and capital city, Amsterdam, has been certified at level 3 of the CO2 Performance Ladder since 2024. Although the municipality has been actively working on CO2 reduction for several years, including by making their premises and vehicle fleet more sustainable, the Ladder gives the municipality…
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