Reebok, SuperDry, Nike: more and more major fashion brands are launching vegan shoes. Good news you might think. In 2021, leather goods worth 250 billion euros will be sold in the fashion industry alone, while the production of leather is…
Despite increased energy costs and high inflation, 68 percent of all Dutch people between the ages of 18 and 42 say they live more sustainably than a year ago. That is the conclusion of an international study that the online…
Around the turn of the century, more and more business processes came to a standstill because of the strict way in which computer systems were implemented. “When something was automated at the time, a consultant was flown in, he was…
Public transport is not always conveniently arranged. Sometimes travelers have to deal with an overcrowded bus, and sometimes an empty bus drives away from the stop. That must and can be done differently, believes The Routing Company. Their mission: to…
He just visited India for the third time in a year. Andre Dekker, clinical physicist and professor of Clinical Data Science at Maastricht University, Maastro Clinic, and the Brightlands Institute for Smart Society (BISS), spends a lot of time on…
Improving sports performance based on data is nothing new. Running apps like Strava collect data such as your speed and route. Start-up IDRO goes one step further. They use a wearable to measure lactate, a substance in your body that…
Now that we have to get rid of gas, alternative and sustainable energy sources are coming into the picture to heat our buildings. Geothermal energy, stored deep underground in the Netherlands, is one of the most promising alternatives. The City…
Toys are not only fun but also necessary for the healthy development of children. However, most of today’s toys are less healthy for the planet. 80 percent of them end up in a landfill or disappear in an incinerator. “That…
After a career in the fossil energy industry, Oskari Jaakkola started his own green transition. Following his spell as the head of the commercial unit at an oil and gas contractor, he worked as a consultant for private equity funds,…
For many companies, it is already an absolute must-have: a strategy that allows you to predict the right maintenance timing of your machines and equipment. Instead of waiting for things to go wrong, use sensors, data analytics, and AI to…