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…
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…
Failing to decarbonize procurement could jeopardize the NWE-wide LAs’ ability to meet the EU’s ambitious reduction goals for 2030 and align with the objectives outlined in the EU Green Deal. Green Public Procurement The DeCarb-Pro project is a collaborative effort involving 12 project partners from five NWE countries. The primary…
Why does Handbook 4.0 take a different approach? Gijs: “The current Ladder always asks organisations to at least focus on their own operations (scope 1 and 2), while that is not always where the most CO2 can be reduced. Yet the organisation has to make separate targets for scope 1,…
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