Räubersachen (robbers' loot in German) applies the concept of product-as-a-service to baby clothes. It provides parents with ecological woollen alternatives by refurbishing unneeded baby and toddler clothes and renting them out.
Recycled materials as part of raw materials demand (recycled content)
To be achieved by:
100% recycled and other sustainable sourced materials by 2030.
Other (Cotton content)
To be achieved by:
100% recycled, certified organic or sustainable sourced cotton by 2020.
Other (Waste collection)
To be achieved by:
To increase the collected volume of garments to reach 25,000 tonnes annually; achieved in 2019 with 29,005 tonnes of garments collected for recycling and reuse.
Other (Packaging)
Start Date:
100% reusable, recyclable, or compostable plastic packaging
Reduce plastic packaging by 25%
25% post recycled plastic across all packaging used
Other (Packaging)
Start Date:
100% recycled or other sustainably sourced material
Volpy was an all-in-one ethical and environmental innovation on the smartphone market: customers could have their smartphones valued, return them and exchange with others directly through an app.
As an adviser for environmental and climate policy, Leon de Graaf particularly follows policies related to the circular economy, trade and climate, low-emission mobility, implementation of the Paris climate agreement (COP21) and the European emission trading system (EU ETS). He is also deputy manager of BusinessEurope's corporate Advisory and Support Group (ASGroup). Prior to joining BusinessEurope, Leon worked at the research consultancy Ecorys, focusing on renewable energy and international development issues, at DG COMP on energy and environmental subsidies in Europe, and at the Dutch Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) on indirect ETS costs for energy-intensive industries. Leon has a MSc in environmental economics and climate change from the London School of Economics, and a BSc in business economics from the University of Groningen.
INDRA Automobile Recycling has been a key player in vehicle recycling in France for the last 40 years. It dismantles and processes the vehicles and then sells the resulting parts and materials.
