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“Weve been making real headway. 2500 companies are participating, with 750 certificates, and those numbers are growing steadily.” The ladder demonstrably saves on emissions by some 10 percent over a three-year period, not to mention the enormous boost it has caused in the construction industry with the use of green…
What is green energy according to the CO₂ Performance Ladder? Green energy refers to wind, hydro or biomass- generated electricity. The ladder emphasises two aspects regarding green energy: additionality and demonstrability with Guarantees of Origin Additionality The ladder expects the procurement of green energy to actually lead to…
The ladder has 5 levels. The first 3 levels focus on the CO₂ emissions of the organisation. Levels 4 and 5 focus on the emissions in the supplier and customer chains to which the organisation is part. Aside from mapping and reducing the carbon footprint, participating organisations are expected to…
Blok is far from being dogmatic. He will never be the one to say: this is the only way were doing it. Boasting nearly four decades of research experience in energy systems, he knows the futility of such an attitude. “Its a matter of pragmatism, finding out what works and…
On the list appear 193 ‘A Listers’, which has been produced at the request of 827 investors with assets of US$100 trillion. Thousands of companies submit annual climate disclosures to CDP for independent assessment against its scoring methodology. Royal BAM Group is among nine percent of corporations participating in CDP’s…
Covalent is a consulting and software company in the infrastructure and real estate working field. Using the CO₂ performance ladder they have developed and implemented a policy that aims to reduce CO₂ emissions from its operations. Energy consumption Covalent made measures on the energy consumption at the office, fuel and…
Best practice for sustainable procurement The OECD recently published the report ‘Going Green: best practices for sustainable procurement’, in which best practices for sustainable procurement where highlighted to serve as an inspiring example for other countries. Part of the dimension ‘environmental standards in procurement’ is Rijkswaterstaat (the Department of Public…
The economic value of fossil investment will shrink in a manner reminiscent of the rapid collapse of the Eastern European economies after the fall of the Wall in 1989. 2% annual GDP on investments The consequences of a proposed 80-95% CO₂…
The COâ‚‚ reduction of the companies surveyed from 2010 to 2013, after correction for the economic recession, was 3.2 percent per year. This while the average energy saving rate in the Netherlands is 1.5 percent per year. The COâ‚‚ Performance Ladder, which has been in existence for five years this…
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