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“Our ambition to combat global warming is great,” says alderman Joa Maouche. “We want our municipal organisation to be climate neutral by 2030. As the entire municipality of Renkum, we want to achieve this by 2040. In recent years, we have made great strides as an organisation. Between 2015 and…
Sustainable urban planners Froukje: ‘We are an urban design agency. We do both strategic projects and operational ones. We like to work on projects where sustainability is of paramount importance and where we are invited to think innovatively to solve the complex puzzle of the climate transition and the energy…
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…
Why is JDE Professional certified on the CO₂ Performance Ladder? Bas: “JDE Professional wants to actively reduce its CO₂ footprint. We were first part of the LTA3 covenant, and in this way we worked on energy savings and CO₂ reduction. But the LTA3 covenant expired at the end of 2020,…
Why the Ladder? The ministry wants to be energy and climate neutral by 2030. It then generates as much electricity as it consumes, completely sustainable. In this way, IenW contributes to the goals of the climate agreement through its operations and implementation. IenW uses the CO₂ Performance Ladder, a measurement…
One thousand tons of CO₂ can be compared to the emissions of 7,000 people flying to Paris or the burning of 338,000 liters of diesel. In Amsterdam, Van Gelder is fully committed to working without emissions. This resulted in a CO₂ saving of almost 70% compared to traditional activities. With…
Why did you start with the CO₂ Performance Ladder? Helsen: “We ask about the level at which our contractors are certified on the CO₂ Performance Ladder. Then it is strange if we do not get certified as a client. We have been working for years on reducing our energy use…
In 2019, the cabinet presented the Climate Agreement. This is an agreement between organizations and companies in the Netherlands to combat greenhouse gas emissions. The goal is that by 2030 we will emit almost half as much CO₂ as compared to 1990. By 2050 that should be almost one hundred…
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