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In November 2021, we presented the Netherlands to the UAE, the wider Gulf region and the global community at Expo 2020 Dubai. The March mission focuses on integrated and sustainable future-proof solutions for water, energy and the circular economy.

India, the world’s second-largest producer of rice, is sitting on a mountain of raw material, without realistic options to cash in on it. So each year, farmers burn around 90 million tons of rice straw, releasing a considerable amount of C02 in the process. Indian and Dutch public and private organisations have created the Biomass India consortium to convert this waste into climate-positive products.

Seventeen goals for a better world. The SDGs serve as a compass for countries and businesses worldwide in addressing the most urgent challenges of our times. In the Netherlands, the 2022 SDG Action Days theme is ‘Turn it Around’. Because addressing global challenges takes a paradigm shift: instead of being part…

In the podcast series Entrepreneurial Journeys, eight entrepreneurs share their dreams and efforts to help make the world a better place, today and in the future.

The Circularity Gap Report 2023 was presented in Amsterdam during the World Economic Forum in mid-January. Unfortunately the news is not good. Circularity has fallen from 9.1 percent in 2018 to 7.2 percent today. That means proportionatly less raw materials are entering the circular economy when we need that figure to…

Today, people worldwide buy more clothes, due to rising availability of cheaper brands. But while 'fast fashion' makes dressing with style more affordable, it comes with a huge price tag for our planet. According to the World Economic Forum, the fashion industry produces 10% of all humanity's carbon emissions. It is…

In light of the United Nations' first ever International Day of Zero Waste, we're higlighting a social enterprise initiative tackling plastic pollution in Africa. This is part of the podcast series: Entrepreneurial Journeys. 

Plastics are becoming a major threat to the environment. They are clogging up our waterways and threaten our health. Searious Business helps major brands and retailers to make their use of plastic more sustainable, focussing on packaging, furniture and consumer electronics. The consultancy advises on how to avoid…

Indonesia consists of 17,000 islands and has the world’s 2nd largest amount of plastic leakage to the ocean. The archipelago generates almost 8 million tons of plastic waste annually. With only ten percent being recycled. The vastness and remoteness of the country mean waste management is fragmented and difficult to…