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Germany is the latest country to adopt the CO2 Performance Ladder, a key tool for sustainable procurement and carbon emission reduction. This innovative tool, already a success in the Netherlands, Belgium, and beyond, is now being rolled out in Germany with the national coordination led by the Center for…
Updated 20 May 2025 Sustainability management has become an integral part of business operations in 2025. Where some measures were once innovative, they are now considered mainstream. Both the market and legislation are responding to this shift with new ideas and concepts. In 2024, for example, the European Commission introduced…
Insight into emissions: a much-cited added value of the CO2 Performance Ladder. But it won’t stop there: with Handbook 4.0, we can expect even more insight into the CO2 emitted and energy consumed. From your own organisation, from other certified organisations and from projects. Footprints will be centrally accessible and…
The United Kingdom has become the newest country to pilot the CO2 Performance Ladder. Following successful ongoing implementation in the Netherlands and Belgium and pilots in Ireland and France, the Ladder will be used to strengthen the CO2 reduction efforts of UK organisations and governments. Action Sustainability, an award-winning sustainability…
After a successful pilot of the CO₂ Performance in Belgium which was coordinated by CO₂logic, our new partner foundation BENOR will be responsible for further implementation of the Ladder. This kicks off the promising expansion in Belgium. By structurally deploying the Ladder, an average annual 5.5% CO₂ reduction is expected.
Belgium was the first country after the Netherlands to use the CO₂ Performance Ladder. Between 2019 and 2023, 24 pilot projects in three regions were launched implementing the Ladder. The results of the pilot are positive among both participating companies and contracting authorities, and can be read in the…
The CO2 Performance Ladder is expanding to France, marking the next step in its dissemination across Europe. This expansion follows successful implementation in the Netherlands, Belgium and Ireland. The Ladder’s launch in France was heralded on 27 March in Paris at the residence of the Dutch ambassador, in the presence…
On March 13th and 14th, the 11th edition of the Procura+ Conference, where sustainable, circular and innovation procurement policy meets practice, will take place in Lisbon. The conference is organised by ICLEI Europe and CO2 Performance Ladder takes the center stage in the two-day programme as one of the key…
The CO2 Performance Ladder was in the spotlight in Ireland recently as part of an event held at the Dutch Embassy in Dublin focusing on Circular and Sustainable Construction in a Dutch-Irish context. Throughout the afternoon, participants…
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