- 08/05/2012Biodiversity Action PlanOur apologies, we are working on the English version of this newsitem. Read more >>
- 07/05/2012More sustainable riceOur apologies, we are working on the English version of this news item. Read more >>
- 07/05/2012The Green Collective The Green Collective is an umbrella, interdisciplinary organisation initiated by Amsterdam Fashion Week (AFW) and made possible by The Ministry of Economical Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation in cooperation with The Dutch Organisation of Architecture and Dutch Design Week. The Green Collective organises three industry related entrepreneur competitions in Read more >>
- 10/04/2012Winner Leaders for Economic ChangeOn March 16 the closing conference of Leaders for Economic Change Programme was held. During this meeting the participating teams presented their vision for 2030. The presentations were judged by a jury consisting of among others Paul Gilding (The Great Disruption) and Professor Herman Wijffels.
The team of SustainaBILLY, up-styling the economy came out on Read more >>
- 10/04/2012CREM in partnership with EnactCREM is happy to announce that it recently established a new partnership with Enact, a Stockholm-based consultancy firm specialised in the area of Sustainable Business Development and Corporate Responsibility.
Enact supports companies and organizations in strengthening their brand and becoming more successful by behaving in a more responsible way, turning Read more >>
- 13/03/2012ReDENIM on the catwalkStudents of the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam and Saxion in Enschede give fashion made of recycled fibres a new face. Together with Enviu and CREM Clothing collector KICI initiated the ReDENIM competition. The initiators ask attention for the use of recycled materials and want to encourage the collection of dismissed textiles. The students are challenged to Read more >>
- 03/03/2012LEI presents business case 'Blaarkoppen'Raising the water table in the Green Heart is a policy issue of the federal government. The policy aims at combatting subsidence and greenhouse gas emissions. The objective of raising the water table is putting the present method of dairy farming under pressure.
The most common cow in Dutch dairy farming is the Holstein-Friesian breed (the hf-cow). This cow Read more >>
- 02/03/2012Economic Exchange Conference Paul Gilding (The Great Disruption), prof. Herman Wijffels, Alexander Rinnooy Kan and many more at the Economic Exchange conference on the 16th of March!
The Leaders for Economic Change programme challenged 15 students and 15 young professionals to learn more about economic change by participating in trainings and teachings and working on a vision in Read more >>
- 10/02/2012CSR in TunisiaCREM assists a consortium of nine ICT-companies in Tunisia in drafting a CSR-implementation plan. The nine companies are cooperating in this consortium to enhance their competitiveness on the European market in relation to European companies.
Together with CREM and a local consultant the consortium will first of all establish a CSR-strategy. This overall strategy Read more >>
- 24/01/2012Fashion from recycled DENIMApologies, we are working on an English translation Read more >>
- 19/01/2012Paying cocoa farmers for environmental services part IICocoa farmers can make an important contribution to the preservation of biodiversity. Cocoa producing areas can act as a buffer for – or a corridor between -- nature reserves. However, famers are not compensated for such ecosystem services, the so-called ‘Payment for Ecosystem Services’ (PES).
Payment mechanism
The first phase of the project Read more >>
- 19/01/2012Sustainable consuming: it can be learnedSustainable consuming does not seem to be a real issue among young people between the age of 15 and 25 years. A study of the Wageningen University ‘How young people think about food’, shows that they sometimes even consider biological food to be ‘vile’ or ‘not cool’.
They often do not make the connection between the food they eat Read more >>
- 10/01/2012Export from Armenia, Georgia and MoldaviaCREM will implement a ‘tailored market intelligence study’ for the ‘fresh vegetables&fruit’ sector of Armenia, Georgia and Moldavia. Moldavia is the poorest country in Europe. More than a quarter of the population live below the poverty line and approximately 40% of the population work in agriculture. It is an opportunity for these people Read more >>
