On November 16th, Accenture —in conjunction with Ahold— organized last week’s Round Table titled “Sustainability Performance Management: An evaluation of high-performance”. This round table was especially organized for sustainability and finance experts from large Dutch companies. Next to Ahold, the following companies attended: Philips, Heineken, Alliander, KLM, Schiphol, DSM, Wavin, ASML, FrieslandCampina and Sita.
Accenture’s Kees-Jan de Korver and I had the opportunity to present an overview of the current state of —and interactively discuss the key challenges around—Sustainability Performance Management (SPM). Furthermore, during the event Hugo van den Ochtend took us into the world of Ahold by discussing Ahold’s Corporate Responsibility practices. He emphasized the progress and opportunities for improvements and ended with several lessons learned in his journey of Corporate Responsibility.
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Although the rise of sustainable office buildings in the Netherlands is noteworthy, the focus of these projects lies mostly on new constructions. There are fewer initiatives to make existing buildings more energy efficient. The main reason is that traditional energy efficient solutions (such as new installations, insulation or renewable energy sources) still have a relatively long return on investment time.
31 years ago today, on April 22nd, ‘Earth Day’ was founded with the intention to create awareness and appreciation for our natural environment, for better understanding the affect our actions have on planet ‘Earth’ and making positive environmental changes in our community. A day to think about what each of us can do to help upkeep our planet and to remind us that even in this time of environmental challenge, every citizen has the power to affect change on a global level. But not only citizens have these powers. 
