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First organisation in the Netherlands that uses 100 percent HVO for freight transport According to Den Hartog, the sludge processing plant SNB is the very first company in the Netherlands that uses 100 percent HVO as fuel for its freight transport. “This is very special”, says Barend van Kooten, director…
Energy agreement of Gelderland The municipality of Barneveld previously joined the Gelders Energieakkoord (GEA), an energy agreement between businesses and government bodies of the Dutch province of Gelderland. The parties that joined this agreement aim to accelerate the transition towards sustainable energy and carbon reduction by means of investments in…
Sustainable innovations During this project, the construction firm worked alongside engineering and consultancy agency Sweco. According to the province, the construction works and maintenance of the N211 has led to 4.000 tons of carbon emissions, while 14.000 tons of CO₂ emissions were saved and compensated during the construction and…
Van der Stelt is specialised in freight transport by land and fertilizers. Next to the transportation of its clients’ goods, the organisation supplies high end liquid fertilizers. “The products we supply consist partly of liquid residual streams coming from the food industry, among other industries”, says Rademaker. “By using these…
Greenfalt The municipality of Breda assigned Rasenberg Infra to construct the Greenfalt asphalt road. The construction of this ‘green’ asphalt is the first of its kind in Breda. “I am proud of this great pilot. The first in Breda with a complete construction of sustainable and ‘quiet’ asphalt”,…
Interest in sustainable procurement and certification with the Ladder On the first day of the international conference, the plenary session was opened by Dr. Bertrand Piccard, initiator of the Solar Impulse Foundation. In 2016 Piccard flew 40.000 kilometers around the world in an airplane on solar batteries. “This is all…
Based on expectations of the IPCC, a global temperature rise of 1,5 °C will occur in 2040. In order to prevent this, the global emission of greenhouse gases must be cut down by half between now and 2030. In 2050 the emissions must be zero to prevent global warming to…
Combining technologies Electrically powered vehicles have been at the center of attention for many businesses in the past couple of years. Silent vehicles that do not emit greenhouse gasses appear to be a premise that speaks to the imagination. This is definitely so when it comes to freight traffic: trucks…
Sustainable policy for mobility “We have the ambition to become completely carbon neutral and circular in 2035”, says Zantinge. “When we say carbon neutral, it does not mean compensating our emissions, but actually reducing our energy use among other things to cut down our emissions. Moreover, we have the ambition…
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