Actionplan Sustainable Trade

On June 29 Dick Boer (CEO Ahold Nederland), Peter ter Kulve (CEO Unilever Benelux), Johan van de Gronden (Director WWF Netherlands) and Joost Oorthuizen (director of the Dutch Sustainable Trade Initiative) presented the Action Plan Sustainable Trade 2011-2015.

The Action Plan consist of a vison letter (441.6 Kb)undersigned by more than 60 companies and 8 civil society organisations, and a portfolio with sectoral development programs (198.5 Kb).

The Action Plan is targetted at the members (and candidate members) of the House of Parlement of the Netherlands. With a annual turnover of 37 billion euros and 61.000 FTE, the supply chains of the development programs are of great importance to the Dutch economy.

Watch the video (only in Dutch) in which companies as Cargill, Sara Lee,  Nutreco, Rabobank and Nevedi talk about the importance of sustainable trade and the role of the government.

Please contact  Lucian Peppelenbos: peppelenbos@duurzamehandel.com for more information. You can also reach huim by phone: +31 (0) 30 236 34 88.