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More and more organizations are seeing the relevance of corporate social responsibility. The growing urgency of climate change plays an important role in fueling this shift of priorities. Organizations are looking for solutions to not only implement sustainability in their own management, but also in their supply chain. After all,…
The 13th goal of the SDG’s calls upon civilians, governments and organizations to fight against climate change. With this goal, the UN refers to the Paris Climate Agreement. This deal states that the global temperature rise should stay within the limits of 2 degrees Celsius and ultimately 1,5 degrees…
In an assignment of Rijkswaterstaat, the operational institution of the Dutch ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, Martens en Van Oord works on the redevelopment of the Heesseltsche Uiterwaarden. This project consist of the redevelopment of a flood prevention system nearby the river Maas. Martens en Van Oord has been certified…
Nationwide monitor of infrastructure The Dutch company developed a nationwide monitor for the railway infrastructure of ProRail, the so-called ‘LIM’. This Big Data solution consists of a dashboard that structurally communicates relevant data about the railway, which can then easily be viewed by ProRail. The system guards and analyses approximately…
TBI Infra consists of four independent operating companies, namely: Mobilis, Timmermans Infratechniek, Servicis en Voorbij Funderingstechniek. “Mobilis has implemented the CO₂ Performance Ladder all the way from the beginning, since 2008 and in 2010, three other companies within our concern were also included. We started…
The paper has recently been published by the American Institute of Biological Sciences. The warning states that climate change has become more urgent in the past few years, due to an increasing amount of greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere as caused by fossil fuels. Agriculture and specifically the meat…
Talanoa Fiji hosted the COP23 in Bonn and initiated the so-called Talanoa dialogue. Talanoa is a traditional word the islanders in Fiji use for an inclusive and transparent dialogue. During a Talanoa dialogue participants exchange ideas, stories and experiences to tackle a problem, such as climate change. Critical observations…
“The climate goals that were set in 2015 need to be translated in policy intentions and concrete measures on a national level.” This statement can be read on the website of the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL), the government research institution that is responsible for strategic analyses…
The Combinatie Rotterdamsebaan consist of BAM Infra, BAM Infra Verkeerstechniek, Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbureau AG, and the VolkerWessels-companies KWS Infra, Van Hattum en Blankevoort and Vialis. SKAO has spoken with Menno Visser, CSR Specialist at the Shared Service Center KAM of BAM Infra Netherlands, about the role of…
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