Sustainability

Only a few more days to go before our judges finally announce the winners of the 2024 Zuidas Sustainability Award! We were delighted to receive scores of wonderful and inspiring submissions again this...

The official presentation of the 2024 Zuidas Sustainability Award is coming up! On Thursday 14 November, a panel of expert judges will announce this year’s award-winning organisations and institutions...

This year, RAI Amsterdam, VU Amsterdam and Vebego are sponsoring the 2024 Zuidas Sustainability Award. The organisers (Hello Zuidas, Green Business Club Zuidas and Amsterdam Zuidas district office) co...

This year, Victor Nieuwenhuizen of VU Amsterdam’s Green Office will be joining the judging panel of the Zuidas Sustainability Award for the first time. Here, we introduce him to you.

After months of preparation, on 9 November it was finally time to present the Zuidas Sustainability Award to six inspiring, sustainable projects. First up was RAI Amsterdam, whose project (‘Hartverwar...

Submissions for the 2023 Zuidas Sustainability Award are in! On Thursday 9 November, from 3pm to 5pm, Hello Zuidas, Green Business Club Zuidas and the Amsterdam Zuidas district office will be announci...

With catering attributable for a sizeable share of the average Zuidas office’s CO2 emissions, 2023 has been declared the year of plant-based food. And summer is back in full force, which means puzzlin...

For the second edition of the Zuidas Sustainability Award, the organizers managed to recruit the distinguished Dr. Andy van den Dobbelsteen to join the judging panel. Andy van den Dobbelsteen is profe...

Reducing the district’s environmental impact is an ambition shared by many. Green Business Club Zuidas and its seventy active member organizations are tackling a range of sustainability issues in Zuid...

The Zuidas Sustainability Award is returning for another edition in 2023. Presented at the end of the year to sustainable initiatives in Zuidas, the award recognizes efforts in five categories. The fi...

Though it makes for great pictures (see video), Green Business Club Zuidas members are calling for a nightly lights out between the hours of 11pm and 6am district-wide in Zuidas. They want unnecessary...

After twice being postponed due to Covid restrictions, this year Green Business Club Zuidas finally celebrated its tenth anniversary. For the 130 or so guests from Zuidas who attended the celebration...

For many, the world of finance calls to mind money, numbers and profits. But what if we could harness financial resources to green the economy and create real value? And what can you as a professional...

A clean, circular Zuidas where every waste product is the beginning of something new: this is the clear-cut ambition of Zero Waste Zuidas 2030. Spearheaded by Green Business Club Zuidas, the programme...

Did you spot the dynamics at the vacant plot between EMA and Van der Valk on Domenico Scarlattilaan yet? The area is awaiting for development, which will start at the end of 2022. Instead of just leav...

For years, Hello Zuidas, Green Business Club Zuidas and Bureau Zuidas have been compiling the annual Sustainability Report. A report about all things sustainable in Zuidas, it is a worthy, if slightly...

When it comes to urban development, Zuidas is already a pioneer in sustainability. But there are still plenty of projects in the works to make and keep the district as sustainable as possible. Tom van...

Sustainability has been a hot topic for some time now and is playing an increasingly visible role in our daily lives: from the growing range of eco-friendly products to flight shame and plant-based fo...

Having been with ABN AMRO for 33 years, Peter van der Werf is the embodiment of learning and development. As a mortgage business expert at the bank, he experienced first-hand how learning about sustai...