It is our stated ambition to become carbon neutral during 2013. We have developed a strategy to achieve this, involving:

• measuring and recording our carbon footprint (in progress since 2008, 2009 set as base year);
• verifying our emissions reductions through the use of ISO-14064 accreditation;
• avoiding the use of carbon-intensive technologies (e.g. road or air transport, electricity from brown coal consumption);
• reducing the use of all carbon-emitting processes to as low as practicable;
• replacing high- with low-carbon emitting technology as far as practicable (e.g. increase use of renewable energy supply).

Pursuing this strategy is both a means to achieve carbon neutrality and a learning curve for Grontmij as an organisation. As we work through these steps, we acquire knowledge that can be passed on to clients.