In 1934 Rients Smeding went door-to-door with a horse and carriage to sell fruit and vegetables in Wommels, a small village in Friesland. Today Smeding & Zoon has grown into one of the largest fruit and vegetable wholesalers in the Netherlands, complete with two large distribution centers and a range…
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…
18% of national emissions by government procurement A report by the RIVM this summer revealed that the Dutch government is responsible for 18% of national emissions through procurement. In concrete terms, this concerns 22 megatonnes of CO₂ equivalents. The national…
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…
The EU and the Dutch government emphasise the importance of sustainable and innovative procurement and their own responsibility in this regard. And rightly so, because the total procurement volume of Dutch public authorities amounted to €85 billion in 2019. At European level that is €2 trillion, divided among 250,000 local…
The new publication is good news, for example, for buyers who have never tendered with the CO₂ Performance Ladder, because Guide 3.1 promises practical tools, such as a step-by-step plan and ready-to-use tender texts. But project managers who are ready for the next step in the implementation are also served:…
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