On the road to climate neutrality in 2035

The story behind Eneco’s climate ambition

With its One Planet plan Eneco is taking an important and ambitious step in becoming climate neutral in 2035 together with its customers. What is the story behind the One Planet plan? Why is it so important to act now? As Tempelman, CEO of Eneco, spoke with Christophe Brognaux, Senior Partner & Managing Director at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), about the One Planet plan and Eneco's climate ambitions.

Interview As Tempelman, CEO Eneco, and Christophe Brognaux, Senior Partner & Managing Director BCG

Climate action: a source of inspiration

'The Netherlands has walked into the energy transition. That's better than sitting still, but for a livable planet we now need to run. With this plan, Eneco is going to run. Running hard, in fact. By bringing forward the existing ambition to become climate neutral from 2050 to 2035. This is a source of inspiration for everyone who is concerned about the climate and everyone who is enthusiastic about the opportunities that clean energy offers us. For this we need not only climate talkers, but above all climate doers, like the people at Eneco. The NVDE greatly appreciates this and is happy to work together to make it happen.'

Olof van der Gaag, Director of the Dutch Sustainable Energy Association (NVDE)

Clear and ambitious plans

'While governments have the greatest ability and responsibility to move the world onto a net zero pathway, the private sector will need to mobilise most of the investment that is required. I hope to see more energy companies announcing clear and ambitious plans that align with the milestones of our Roadmap.'

Dr Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA)

Zowiezon: the push for solar on the school roof

Many schools want to become more sustainable. This can be done with solar panels on the roof. The question for many school boards is: how do we go about this? Zowiezon gives schools in the Netherlands the final push to use their large empty school roofs to generate sustainable energy. With practical help and more.

Eneco scores 8.1 in sustainability ranking

In the 2020 sustainability ranking for electricity suppliers in the Netherlands, Eneco scores 8.1 in the consumer market. This makes us the most sustainable electricity supplier among the large companies.

The report states: 'What is striking is that for the first time in the history of this study, one of the three largest electricity suppliers scores above 8, namely Eneco'.

Platinum EcoVadis for Eneco

Eneco received the Platinum EcoVadis rating. Which proves that we are among the 1% best scoring sustainable companies in our sector. Eneco has paid a lot of attention to sustainability over the years, with positive results: we promoted from a silver EcoVadis rating in 2018, gold in 2019, to a platinum medal in 2020.