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Nico van Dooren is the Port of Rotterdam s director for new business development.
van Dooren discusses the plan to build a sustainable infrastructure at the port that will support Europe s energy transition.
This article is part of Changemakers Playbook, a series that looks at innovation across different industries.
As Europe seeks to position itself as a leader in hydrogen technology, the Port of Rotterdam has been busy building infrastructure to overhaul the country s energy system. Nico van Dooren, the Port of Rotterdam director for new business development, is working closely with the industry to future-proof the port and support the energy transition.
Backx discusses his company s strategies for breeding better potatoes through a sustainable supply chain.
This article is part of Changemakers Playbook, a series that looks at innovation across different industries.
Potato seed provider HZPC is looking at how to embed more sustainability in its supply chain. But that is not all: CEO Gerard Backx tells us the company is also trying to breed better potatoes.
How are you making your potato seed business more sustainable?
I had a lot of problems to solve in the beginning, and we only really started to work on corporate social responsibility 10 years ago. When I thought about what we could do, my initial feeling was that seeds are a food source so there isn t much to improve upon.