Belgian 'Captains of society' call for an ambitious climate strategy
10. 09. 2015
The temperature on earth should not rise with more than 2 degrees Celsius by 2100, we can not afford more. The top figures of a whole series of Belgian companies is aware of the seriousness of the situation: they commit to take action themselves, and request the Belgian delegation to make a success of the Climate conference in Paris COP21. The top figures propose amongst other the introduction of a CO2 tax in the countries with the largest emissions and to extinct existing CO2 subsidies. The call - that was front page news of leading Belgian newspapers such as De Standaard - was signed by an unusual coalition of 67 Belgian companies (amongst other Factor4) and non-profit organisations.
The signing companies and non-profit organisations: Accenture Belgium, Alpro, Antwerp Management School, Antwerp Port Authority, Argenta, Antwerp World Diamond Centre, Baltimore Aircoil Company, Bond Beter Leefmilieu, Beauvent, Befimmo, Beyers Koffie, Bma Ergonomics, Bopro, Boydens, Bpost, Bvba 32 (Ann Demeulemeester), Care, Climact, Cofely, Cofinimmo, Coop. Leuzoise Energies Du Futur, Daoust, Delhaize, De Lijn, Deloitte Belgium, D’ieteren Auto, Ecores, EDF Luminus, Efico, Electrabel, Eneco, Exki, Factor4, Fairtrade Belgium, Fondation Generation Futures, Goodplanet Belgium, Greencaps, IBA, Ichec, Ikea, Infrabel, Intellisol, Iris Group, Janssen Pharmaceutica, KBC Group, KPMG, MCA Recycling, Mobistar, Natuurpunt, Nestlé Belgilux, Nike, Nnof, Passiefhuis Platform, Philippe De Woot, Proximus, Quilla, Randstad Group, Rescoop (EU, Vlaanderen en Wallonië), Ricoh, Saint-Gobain Construction Products Belgium, Siemens, Sipef, Sodexo, Solvay, Spadel, STIB, The Shift, Triodos Bank, UCB, Umicore, UN Global Compact Network Belgium, Unilever, Université De Namur, Van Marcke, Vlerick Business School en WWF
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