City Barging transports construction goods by water in the (inner) urban area with eight zero-emission pusher tugs. The Rutte Groep subsidiary thus makes an important contribution to the Green Deal Zero Emission City Logistics MRA, an initiative of Amsterdam Economic Board. For example, the satellite tower of the Nederlandsche Bank has already sailed out of the city via the Amstel river.
With her passion for technology and sustainability and a background in politics, Eske van Egerschot is the ideal intendant for LEAP. Together with Amsterdam Economic Board's LEAP team and 40 frontrunners, she is continuing to work on the accelerated transition to a sustainable digital infrastructure. “By joining forces, you can solve complex social issues.”
For a few years now, textile frontrunners in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area have been working towards a great goal: 100 percent circular textiles by 2030. With a new vision they give a clear and concrete interpretation to this ambition. This was the main topic at last week's Meetup #5 Circular Textile.
These are the best care innovators in Noord Holland! CareXS, Elementa Labs, KOPPL and Skinive have been nominated for the Healthcare Innovation Award 2022. They introduce themselves.
Get more employees and residents to cycle more often: that's the goal of Green Deal Bicycle. Cycling is good for the environment and for your own health. In the first work session of 2022, the enthusiastic participants ensured that the Green Deal Bicycle is now in second gear. “We have to position ourselves well in the existing bicycle network.”
The Amsterdam Metropolitan Area faces major challenges in the field of responsible digitization, sustainable innovation and an agile education & labor market. Amsterdam Economic Board translates this into concrete action. General manager Nina Tellegen talks about our strategy for the next five years.
Circular products and services can deliver enormous reductions in greenhouse gases and reduce our over-consumption and scarcity of raw materials. The government has a crucial role in this through strong policy and targeted measures. But it needs the joint efforts of the business community, local government, knowledge institutions and civil society organizations to implement the policy. Network management can accelerate this.
Cultural institutions hardly share data with each other. If it were up to filmmaker and entrepreneur Chris van der Vorm, that would soon change. “By sharing data, we could reach more audiences and also a more diverse public.”
A national health data infrastructure makes data accessible for faster and better ...
There are serious shortages of personnel in healthcare, IT and technology. While it is precisely in these sectors that people are needed to work on the smart, green and healthy future of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area. In the Board Talk series, we talk with Board member Dominique Hermans (CEO of Randstad Netherlands) about mismatches in the labor market.
