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Governments can play a decisive role in this through their spending. They can influence companies’ supply chains, set sustainability standards and encourage heavy industry to cut emissions. But although green public procurement is an effective way to fight climate change and is often talked about as a key solution, it…
Toine Poppelaars, board member of the Dutch Water Authorities: “The water authorities see the CO₂ Performance Ladder as a powerful tool for making our sector more sustainable, including our own operations. That is why we have jointly decided on this call.” Certification for the CO₂ Performance Ladder is an instrument…
“The construction sector is responsible for a significant part of the CO₂ emissions in the Netherlands and worldwide. That alone is an important reason for the construction sector to become more sustainable,” says Esther Heijink. She has been involved in the sector for years as a senior sustainable infrastructure consultant…
Selecta and Pelican Rouge Coffee Roasters (PRCR) strive for sustainable development and are convinced that good business performance is realised when there is a balance between People, Planet and Profit. An important starting point is to strive for the smallest possible ecological footprint. The annual mapping of a CO₂ footprint…
Individual choices and actions can make a difference The second part of the survey, conducted in partnership with market research firm BVA, finds that although most respondents are more worried about COVID-19 than climate change, they still believe their choices and actions can contribute to the fight against…
New contracts signed thanks to CO2 Performance Ladder The CO2 Performance Ladder is a measuring instrument and certification schedule, to stimulate CO2 reduction. Therefore, the government incorporates the instrument into its tenders by granting the certified companies an award advantage. Companies scoring well on the Ladder, show indeed that they are…
How did the RES in Zeeland come about and what was your role in it? Evert: “The Regional Energy Strategy (RES) was created from the global and national Climate Agreement. Of this is also a Zeeland (province in Holland) version: Paris in Zeeland. In our energy strategy, we indicate how…
As soon as the COVID-19 pandemic began, we saw an urgent need to deliver essential services to citizens across the globe. Because of this, greater attention was paid to public procurement processes and policies, largely to ensure they remained flexible and adaptive in a time of crisis. Now, public procurement…
Sustainable Delfland The CO₂ Performance Ladder helps organizations to map out and reduce their CO₂ emissions. Delfland has set itself the goal of being energy neutral by 2025 and climate neutral by 2050. Director Pieter Janssen of Delfland: “In our policy for sustainable purchasing, we already grant award advantages to…
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