What is the difference between CO2-neutral and Net Zero targets? We often hear this question in our conversations with clients and partners about sustainability. The terms CO2-neutral and Net Zero are often used interchangeably, but in actual fact represent completely…
The cartoon is based on this interesting article. In Albert Jan’s dreams, the wind blades have already beaten the coal factories… In the story, for which our colleague Maurits Kuijpers went to Belchatow, Poland, we present research showing that Europe’s most…
About this column:In a weekly column written alternately by Eveline van Zeeland, Eugene Franken, Katleen Gabriels, PG Kroeger, Carina Weijma, Bernd Maier-Leppla, Willemijn Brouwer and Colinda de Beer, Innovation Origins tries to figure out what the future will look like.…
On average, once a year, the representatives of our foreign services – embassies, consulates, NBSOs – get the chance to be updated on the most crucial trends and developments in their home country, the Netherlands. Usually, it stops at a…
Where are the heat islands in Dutch inner cities? With this question and a whole heap of cartographic fireworks, the editor on duty first set to work on this column late last August. Two months later, 26 Dutch inner cities…
It was a personal experience gave Georg Müller the idea for B.A.M. Ticketing GmbH. He was working in the open-plan office of a bank and observed that many of his colleagues wanted to buy a Rammstein ticket—but no one got…
The group of drivers of electric vehicles is growing and so is the demand for charging points. This is why 23 housing corporations have teamed up with the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and market parties to explore options for charging…
Science and nature sometimes seem like two adversaries. Yet science can be constructive when it comes to protecting nature. As scientists, the founders of dimpora believe that they need to take action to preserve the environment. That is why they…
An excessive amount of sludge in Dutch inland waterways poses a threat to marine life and interferes with shipping, as it does in the Eems-Dollard in the province of Groningen. Through the use of innovative GEOWALL technology, artificial reef blocks…
It looks like cow’s milk. The mouthfeel and texture are the same. But no cow is used in the production of this plant-based dairy substitute from Cultivated BIOSCIENCES. The Swiss start-up has developed a fermentation process that uses fats found…