Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environmental
• Social
• Governance

Environmental Achievements

• CO2 neutral company since 2019 by compensating total carbon footprint; reduced footprint to 8.5 CO2e per FTE by 2018; uses 100% renewable electricity since 2010; compensates carbon footprint for flights since 2010; 28% decrease in printing in the last 5 years; uses only FSC/PEFC certified paper.

Social Achievements

• Various forms of non-wage compensation to employees, including benefits relating to employee health; Socially responsible procurement; actively communicates CSR policy and actions to stakeholders; involved in developing, evaluating and assessing housing policy in the Netherlands; contributes to sustainable socio-economic development through policy advice.

Governance Achievements

• CSR policy in place for over a decade; ISO 14001 certified; actively communicates CSR policy and actions to stakeholders; in-house reporting on CSR performance.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Lack of quantitative tools to measure wider impacts of consulting advice on sustainable socio-economic development; Affordability of heat transition in the Netherlands; Economic damage caused by drought; Challenges in commercialisation of airborne wind energy systems; Spatial needs of the circular economy; Social consequences of a circular economy.

Mitigation Strategies

• This report is a first attempt to communicate topics and illustrate impacts of consulting advice; Research on financial heat transition challenges and potential financing; Quantification of economic damage caused by 2018 drought; Recommendations for commercialisation of airborne wind energy systems; Research on spatial needs of circular economy in Amsterdam; Research on social consequences of circular economy in South Holland.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• Socially responsible procurement of goods and services considering environmental and social impacts throughout the supply chain.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Employment
• Social impact of Connected and Automated Driving (CAD)
• Economic impact of CAD

Social Achievements

• Stakeholder consultations (interviews and workshops) conducted to gather data and insights on CAD's impact.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Data gaps on CAD vehicles' cost and performance by automation level.
• Difficulty in collecting data on behavioral responses to CAD.
• Lack of empirical data on employment generated by automated services.
• Uncertainty in quantifying infrastructure costs.

Mitigation Strategies

• Used various methods to fill data gaps (informed assumptions, comparable variables, extrapolations, typologies).
• Used non-driver employment parameters as substitutes for automated services' employment data.
• Used various sources and post-processed data for accounting coherency in NEMESIS model.
• Used a simplified distinction between initial and follow-up costs for infrastructure components.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Just Transition
• Working Conditions
• Skills Development
• Gender Diversity
• Decarbonization

Environmental Achievements

• Not disclosed

Social Achievements

• Autonomous Agreement on Women in Rail (railway sector)
• Various collective agreements addressing logistics sector and platform workers (road transport sector)

Governance Achievements

• Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Ageing workforce across all transport modes
• Labor shortages, particularly in road transport (truck drivers, bus and coach drivers)
• Lack of attractiveness of transport jobs for younger generations and women
• Increased competition based on labor costs
• Exploitative labor practices in road transport
• Impact of digitalization and automation on skills needs and occupational profiles
• Decarbonization and its impact on workforce requirements
• Poor regulation of emerging mobility and logistics services and platforms
• Insufficient implementation of existing social rules
• Prevalence of atypical forms of work
• Impacts of Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine

Mitigation Strategies

• Sectoral Blueprint consortia on skills development (various modes)
• Initiatives to improve the image and attractiveness of the sector (various modes)
• Collective bargaining agreements (road and rail)
• Autonomous Agreement on Women in Rail (railway sector)
• Upskilling and reskilling programs (automotive, rail, maritime)
• Policy recommendations for improved working conditions and regulation (all modes)

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Shift away from road transport

Opportunities

• Growth in rail and inland waterway transport

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
• SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• SDG 13: Climate Action

Initiatives contribute to these goals through job creation, skills development, and decarbonization efforts.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed