A coalition of companies and governments from the Amsterdam data center chain has achieved energy savings of 10 percent in recent months by running data servers in 'saving mode' without any loss of performance. With this data center energy saving coalition 'LEAP' (Lower Energy Acceleration Program) achieves its first demonstrable success in the goal of reducing energy consumption by 20 to 40 percent in the next three years. The positive results of the pilots at Schiphol, KPN, Rabobank and the North Sea Canal Area Environmental Service have now been actively shared with the parties in the LEAP coalition. The active sharing of the results, on the basis of information, instruction and training material, the so-called 'Happy Flow Manual', should make the transition to wide-ranging use of the energy-efficient eco mode quickly and efficiently applicable to any organization.

Logistics, sustainability and digitization: these themes play an important role at the Royal Flora Holland cooperative, as they do for many Board members. The cooperative, with nearly 4,000 growers as a member, makes an important contribution to the green and healthy Metropolitan Region, says General Manager Steven van Schilfgaarde.

If it were up to Atilla Aytekin and Jeroen Verwoort, the Board will not only work on a smart, green and healthy region, but also on an entrepreneurial region. "The energy transition in our region, in the port and at Schiphol must become a business case that is interesting for the whole world."