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High Impact Procurement: start now or share your knowledge

By bas_h|2023-06-06T15:21:11+02:0027 August 2020|News|

With every euro that you spend as an organization on products and services, you have the choice for the more sustainable, fairer or more innovative alternative. This makes procurement an important driver for a smart, green and healthy future for the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area. Systems and habits are thus broken. Do you already have experience with high impact procurement and do you want to share your knowledge? Or are you still new in this field and would you like to learn more? We would like to get in touch with you.

Future in times of Corona – sustainably after the crisis

By bas_h|2023-06-06T15:21:12+02:0020 August 2020|News|

We are seeing a revival of the Coronavirus and Amsterdam even has code orange. Many parties in the region have been forced to shift their priorities due to the corona crisis. At the same time, this period of reflection offers room to opt for sustainable choices in decisions that still have to be made to restore the economy and to work together on a climate-neutral and circular region. How can we use this disruption for structural change? How can the investments that are now being made quickly contribute to an inclusive and smart, green and healthy region?

Board Talk: ‘We must change our energy system’

By bas_h|2023-09-13T09:46:46+02:0017 August 2020|News|

Good cooperation between science and industry can give the energy transition a significant boost. A conversation between Board members Mirjam van Praag and Yuri Sebregts. "Without these kinds of collaborations we simply cannot get through such large files."

‘Amsterdam quickly needs new multi-millionaires’

By bas_h|2023-06-06T15:21:14+02:0013 August 2020|News|

Tycho Onnasch is 24 years old and co-founder of Deedmob, which develops software to mobilize people to volunteer online. He recently became a member of Young on Board: "I hope that we can start a new impulse for innovation in Amsterdam."

‘I hope that suppliers will compete with their logistics concept’

By bas_h|2023-06-06T15:21:15+02:0010 August 2020|News|

The University of Amsterdam and Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences together have a gigantic procurement volume. Susanne Balm is working on making this more sustainable: by reducing delivery locations, changing procurement policy and behavior and bundling at the source. It is a transition with bumps in the road, but at the same time it is also making considerable progress.

Contributing to a liveable region with data-driven innovations

By bas_h|2023-06-06T15:21:16+02:006 August 2020|News|

Sales Engineer Dana Hakman provides technical advice at Dataiku on the strategic use of data science in the organization. She is also one of our new members of Young on Board: “I am interested in the relationship between residents of the region and tech. How do we work on more digital trust and how do we ensure that the tech labor market becomes interesting for a broader target group? ”

The market doesn’t organise itself according to your needs

By bas_h|2023-06-06T15:21:17+02:0031 July 2020|News|

Leather bags from mangoes, sustainable paint from flax, ink from coffee grounds ...

Corona: first aid for entrepreneurs and companies

By bas_h|2023-06-06T15:21:18+02:0028 July 2020|News|

Entrepreneurs are full of questions in this time of crisis. What arrangements have been made for entrepreneurs? What regulations are you eligible for as a company? What are the most frequently asked questions from employers and what answers are there? Which support package does the cabinet offer? Where can you apply for an extended credit scheme?

“Circular thinking is essential in the creative sector”

By bas_h|2023-06-06T15:21:18+02:0027 July 2020|News|

Art and culture program maker Ewa Scheifes is one of the new members of Young on Board: "I want to connect the diverse networks of Young on Board and the Board itself as much as possible during program sessions in order to gain new insights and collaborations."

Board Talk: working on the energy transition

By bas_h|2023-09-13T09:46:55+02:0020 July 2020|News|

With the municipality of Amsterdam as shareholder, the Johan Cruijff ArenA simply owes it to its stand to take social issues very seriously, says CEO Henk Markerink. And they handle that extremely well, says 'neighbor' Hans Wichers Schreur, director of real estate and housing policy at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA).