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National Icons

Three Dutch companies InReda Diabetic, Ioniqa and Hiber have been pronounced National Icons by Mona Keijzer on behalf of the Dutch government. The companies are shining examples of Dutch innovation. Together they open the stock exchange.

About National Icons election 

State Secretary Mona Keijzer (Economic Affairs and Climate Policy) recently announced the winners: “Inreda Diabetic, Ioniqa and Hiber are Dutch solutions to global challenges in the field of healthcare, recycling and digitisation. These new National Icons are shining examples of our innovative force. Their inventions have great economic potential. We expect a lot from them – and the government will support them with that.”

In the next three years, the government will support the three National Icons in fulfilling their ambitions. They are each assigned a Minister or a State Secretary as an ambassador. This will provide them access to a large network – both national and abroad –, help finding capital and new partners, and ensures support from the government.

About InReda Diabetic

InReda Diabetic developed an artificial pancreas for people who suffer from diabetes type 1. It is the only device in the world that works fully automatically, saving patients lots of effort. Developer Robin Koops, who suffers from diabetes himself, first tested the device on himself and then developed it into a promising product. [https://inredadiabetic.nl/]

About Ioniqa 

Ioniqa developed a technique with which eventually 25% of the world wide plastic production can be recycled infinitely, and that in a highly energy-efficient way. A number of large multinationals have already partnered up with this Dutch innovation. This is the example of how to make our economy more sustainable. [https://ioniqa.com]

About Hiber 

Hiber has their own satellite network, with which the Internet of Things (IoT) can be used all across the globe. Regular mobile networks cover about 10% of the world. The company is a frontrunner in a field in which the Netherlands want to excel: digital infrastructure. This sector will change drastically because of the starkly increasing use of smart devices. [https://hiber.global/]

National Icons 16/10/2019 - 9:15AM CEST Amsterdam

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Dutch Food Week

Aalt Dijkhuizen, Chair of Dutch Food Week, sounds the gong together with the 5th graders from the Brede School Annie M.G. Schmidt of Amsterdam: the food producers, connoisseurs, salesmen and consumers of the future.

It is Dutch Food Week (from October 5-16) and the Dutch food sector is showing the passion it puts into working on our food: both now and in the future. Ten days are spent celebrating the fact that it is for good reason that our sector is a top economic player in the world, and that every day we can be assured that delicious, healthy and sustainable food will end up on our plate.   

About Dutch Food Week
Dutch Food Week is committed to drawing national and international attention to the quality and innovations of the Dutch food sector. The entire chain shares its enthusiasm, knowledge, and skills with society, inviting everyone to discuss the question “What are we actually eating?”. Farmers, market gardeners, entrepreneurs from the supply and processing industry, retail, government, and scientists show how they work on the development, production, and distribution of our food. In a week full of master classes, surprising tours, tasty workshops, and an international event, Dutch Food Week shows all the beauty that the Netherlands has to offer in the area of food and drink for the consumers of today and tomorrow!

For more information: www.dutchfoodweek.nl 

Dutch Food Week 15/10/2019 - 9:20AM CEST Amsterdam

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SWECO

Julius Lindenbergh of the municipality of Almere, opened the Amsterdam Stock Exchange because Almere has  the most sustainable houses and buildings of all the 15 largest municipalities in the Netherlands Engineering and consultancy firm Sweco made an analysis of the energylabels of all houses and buildings in the 15 largest municipalities in the Netherlands. 

A conclusion from this analysis is that relatively young municipalities ánd municipalities with a lot of new houses, are scoring higher in the ranking, whilst municipalities with large historical areas are challenged to make their buildings sustainable. Sustainable houses and buildings are an important tool to reduce the use of energy and to achieve the climate goals. 

To analyse the energy labels, Sweco used their self-developed tool the Energy Strategy Atlas: a GeoWeb tool based on public data, combining more than 70 map layers with local data and analytics.

For more information: https://www.sweco.nl/innovaties/energie-strategie-atlas/ 

SWECO 14/10/2019 - 9:16AM CEST Amsterdam

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Euronext announces new strategic plan: Let’s Grow Together 2022

Staff of Euronext, the pan-European exchange, sound the gong on the occasion of the announcement of the new strategic plan: Let’s Grow Together 2022.

With innovation and sustainability at the heart of the plan, “Let’s Grow Together 2022” sets the path for Euronext to achieve its goal of building the leading pan-European market infrastructure, connecting local economies to global capital markets.

Let’s Grow Together 2022 11/10/2019 - 15:28PM CEST Amsterdam

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Dutch Sustainable Fashion Week – 6th edition

Natasja Stockic sounds the gong because this year will be the 6th edition of the Dutch Sustainable Fashion Week, an event that takes place between 4 and 13 October.

During these ten days, this " event presents sustainable innovation, young & established designers and ready-to-wear fashion to a large audience of more than 900,000 consumers, companies, retailers, schools and organizations.

All over the Netherlands, the Dutch Sustainable Fashion Week organizes catwalk shows, festivities, lectures, shopping routes, workshops, exhibitions, award ceremonies and debates.

History

In 2014, the first Dutch Sustainable Fashion Week took place. In collaboration with Urgenda, special attention was paid to the current theme of sustainable fashion around Sustainability Day. The goal was to bring entrepreneurs and brands & designers into contact with each other and to give consumers insight into all possibilities and developments. The event has grown enormously in a short time and every year new cooperation partners join in.

 

For more information: www.dsfw.nl   

Dutch Sustainable Fashion Week 10/10/2019 - 9:15AM CEST Amsterdam

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Boostheat s'introduit sur Euronext Paris

Luc JACQUET, Directeur Général de Boostheat ouvre les marchés financiers à Paris.

Boostheat est spécialisé dans la conception, le développement et la production de solutions de chauffage technologiquement avancées, énergétiquement efficaces et durables. Equipées d’un compresseur thermique breveté, les chaudières nouvelle génération Boostheat ont un rendement allant jusqu’à 200% et divisent jusqu’à deux fois la facture énergétique. Plus écologiques et plus économiques, elles permettent à chacun de réduire immédiatement et significativement son impact sur l’environnement.

Boostheat a installé son siège social et son site industriel à Vénissieux, en région lyonnaise (bassin historique de l’industrie du chauffage, de la ventilation et de la climatisation).

https://www.boostheat.fr/

09/10/2019 - 14:15PM CEST Paris

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Borstkankervereniging – Breastcancer awareness month

Goli Abdurahman, active member of Borstkankervereniging Nederland, opened the stock exchange to draw more attention for people with breastcancer or genetic predisposition for breastcancer.

 

About breastcancer awareness month

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign to increase awareness of the disease. Every year, more than 17.000 Dutch women and more than 100 men get breast cancer. Breast cancer has many faces. There are different types of breast cancer and all kinds of people are affected by it: young women, older women, people with metastatic breast cancer, with hereditary predisposition to breast cancer and men. Every patient experiences breast cancer differently. Not only when it comes to treatment, but also when it comes to consequences. From chronic fatigue to sexual problems. From physical complaints to misunderstanding at work. From fear of return to broken relationships. Support all these people in October.

 

About Borstkankervereniging Nederland

Borstkankervereniging Nederland is a professional patient organization for everyone who has (had) to deal with breast cancer, or has a hereditary or familial predisposition to breast cancer. BVN strives for optimum quality of care and the best possible quality of life. BVN does this by providing good, up-to-date information, organizing contact with fellow sufferers and promoting the interests of breast cancer patients. BVN brings the patient perspective to the attention of hospitals, care providers, researchers, health insurers and other stakeholders. In this way, patient experiences and patient interests get a valuable place in policy and research.

 

For more information: www.borstkanker.nl

Borstkankervereniging 09/10/2019 - 9:15AM CEST Amsterdam

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Binck Academy

Peter Siks, investor trainer at the Binck Academy and co-author of "Investing for Dummies" will sound the gong together with Anja van Koetsveld, customer of BinckBank and winner of a competition. He is supported by five customers who have won a competition. Colleague trainer and co-author Hans Oudshoorn will also attend the ceremony.

 

The reason that the Binck Academy sounds the gong is emphasizing the increasing importance of financial education. And in view of the social developments, as a result of which people are increasingly becoming responsible for their own financial future, the education of (new) investors will only become more important in the future.

 

About BinkBank N.V.

BinckBank N.V. is an online bank for investors, established and active in the Netherlands and recently part of SAXO Bank. Binck has activities in Belgium, France and Italy, and a representation in Spain. BinckBank offers investment and asset management services and focuses its services on private individuals, companies / legal entities and independent asset managers.

 

For more information: www.binck.nl

Binck Academy 08/10/2019 - 9:15AM CEST Amsterdam

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EY – Entrepreneur of the Year

Atilay Uslu, Entrepreneur of the Year winner, sounds the gong.

 

The winners were announced during the final of the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year program at Theater Amsterdam. The EY Entrepreneur Of The Year award has been awarded for more than 30 years in more than 60 countries. The award is intended to put entrepreneurship explicitly on a pedestal and to encourage and support entrepreneurs to get the best out of themselves, their customers and their employees.

 

About Atilay Uslu

The independent jury calls Atilay an entrepreneur for whom no obstacle is too great. With the travel agency Corendon, he has demonstrated over the years that he is constantly taking on new challenges and has thus established a company that is successful over the long term. The jury praises Atilay for his ability to see solutions where others experience problems and his eye for those around him. As a Dutch winner, Uslu also has the chance to become an EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year. This international election will take place next June in Monaco.

 

About EY Entrepreneur Of The Year

The title EY Entrepreneur Of The Year is awarded annually and is recognized as the most prestigious entrepreneur's prize in the world. With this competition, EY puts the "entrepreneur behind the company" in the spotlight. The program emphasizes the importance of mature entrepreneurship for the Dutch economy.

 

Marita de Hair, program director EY Entrepreneur Of The Year: “The winners have reached the top by trial and error. In short, they are "unstoppable". The winners not only win a prestigious prize, but also become part of a network of entrepreneurs with character. These entrepreneurs inspire each other. ”

 

For more information: www.ey.com

EY – Entrepreneur of the Year 07/10/2019 - 9:31AM CEST Amsterdam

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VERALLIA s'introduit sur Euronext PARIS

Michel GIANNUZZI, Directeur Général de VERALLIA ouvre les marchés financiers à Paris.

Verallia est le 3e producteur mondial et le 1er producteur européen d’emballages en verre pour les boissons et les produits alimentaires.

En 2018, le groupe a produit 16 milliards de bouteilles et de pots en verre.

La répartition géographique du CA est la suivante : Europe du Sud et de l’Ouest (68%), Europe du Nord et de l’Est (22%) et Amérique latine (10%).

Pour plus d'information: www.verallia.com

VERALLIA 04/10/2019 - 15:06PM CEST Paris

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Dierenbescherming

Mario Willemsen, Manager Finance and Control of the Dierenbescherming rings the bell for the annual fundraising campaign named ‘Help ons redden’. Each year they save thousands of animals in need for which they need support.

 

On this worldwide animals Day they also ask attention for the existence of a benchmark about animal welfare, in which big global and Dutch companies in the food industry have gone through an assessment of the company practice on farm animal welfare. This benchmark, funded by other animal welfare organisations gives possibilities to make sustainable investments which are proven animal friendly. In taking account animal welfare concepts investors can give animals the share which they deserve.

 

The Dutch animal protection company, de Dierenbescherming, is pleased to work together with commercial businesses to achieve an animal friendly environment. Therefore, they are looking for more companies and financial partners who are willing to conduct a sustainable business model.

 

The Dierenbescherming endeavours to diminish or prevent disrupted animal welfare and tries to improve the conditions for animals as for human being with animals. This is done by various projects and in cooperation with service companies like Dierenbuddy and a Helpdesk for animal-aid workers.

 

Partner animal welfare organisations such as Compassion in World Farming and World Animal Protection funded the actual benchmark for animal welfare. This benchmark is used as working practice with global companies in the food industry. To see which investors already use and support this benchmark, click here.

 

The Dierenbescherming

The Dierenbescherming, a nationwide organisation, is devoted to save animals day or night. This work is done by specially designed animal ambulances, animal shelters, special inspectors and thousands of volunteers all over the country. On a yearly basis they give shelter to 20.000 animals whereas their ambulances respond to about 65.000 calls for assistance.

Their inspectors of the Landelijke Inspectiedienst Dierenbescherming (LID) and special field volunteers deal with thousands of calls of neglect or abuse of animals. Furthermore, the Dierenbescherming gives information at schools, lobbies with political parties and tries to prevent future animal suffering by their field workers.

 

With the ‘Beter Leven keurmerk’ of the Dierenbescherming they annually save more than 35 millions animals in live stock farming.

 

For more information: www.beterleven.dierenbescherming.nl

Dierenbescherming 04/10/2019 - 9:15AM CEST Amsterdam

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OAKK – OAKK Solid Investment Solutions – 2 years

OAKK Solid Investment Solutions is celebrating their 2 years existence, Benjamin Prins- senior OAKK Consultant will sound the gong.

 

About OAKK

OAKK is an asset management platform for financial planners to provide their clients ease of mind in reaching their financial goals. Due to the low interest rates, retrenching of the collective pensions and a different look on employment in general, people have a strong preference to have individual savings and investment, based on their own personal goals. OAKK strongly believes a financial planner as the most trusted advisor can help people with fulfilling their goals.

 

OAKK unburdens both the financial advisor with all the asset management issues and the client with a highly professional managed investment portfolio. In the past two years, thousands of clients and hundreds of financial planners have already found their way to OAKK and they expect further growth in the near future.

 

For more information: www.oakk.nl

OAKK 03/10/2019 - 9:14AM CEST Amsterdam

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Maaike van Beijsterveldt – Winner of the Young Talent Award 2019

The Young Talent Award is an incentive prize for young female talent.  The 2019 Award was presented on Thursday 26 September to Maaike van Beijsterveldt.

At the same event, Rianne Letschert, Rector Maastricht University, was names Top Woman of the Year 2019.

The election, held for the fifteenth time this year, stems from the idea that it is important to create a platform on which female executives in Dutch companies and / or organizations receive attention, are visible and can thus fulfil their role as role models.

For more information: www.topvrouwvanhetjaar.nl

Top Woman of the Year 02/10/2019 - 19:31PM CEST Amsterdam

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Launch of SPDR STOXX Europe 600 ESG Screened UCITS ETF

State Street celebrates the listing of the first ESG ETF strategy based on STOXX Europe 600 that follows transparent exclusion criteria. The ETF aims to eliminate exposure to controversial weapons, tobacco and thermal coal, and companies that do not comply with United Nations Global Compact principles. 

 

The ETF (Ticker: 600X, TER 0.12%) also has a ‘Fast Exit’ feature to react quickly to breaking ESG controversies. If an index constituent has its Sustainalytics controversy risk rating raised to Level 5 (high risk), it will be deleted from the index two business days after the announcement is made.

 

Optiver will be the seed partner for the new SPDR STOXX Europe 600 ESG Screened UCITS ETF and supporting the ETF onscreen across Euronext, Xetra, Borsa Italiana and SIX. “Sustainable investing is a positive development in the industry and Optiver supports the growth of ESG ETFs”, said Kjelle Blom, Chief Operating Officer at Optiver.

 

For more information: SPDRs.com

SPDR STOXX Europe 600 ESG 01/10/2019 - 9:15AM CEST Amsterdam

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KVK Innovation Top 100 – PHYSEE is the winner

PHYSEE in Delft with Smartskin, a glass façade with integrated solar cells and sensors, wins the 14th edition of the KVK Innovation Top 100. This is why Grace Copplestone, Supply Chain Manager at PHYSEE, together with KVK sounds the gong.

 

About KVK Innovation Top 100

KVK publishes this ranking annually with 100 innovations in Dutch small and medium-sized businesses. The winner can call himself the most innovative SME company in the country for a year.

 

All innovations have been assessed for their impact on the industry and society, originality, availability, realized turnover and growth potential. There is no cash prize attached to the KVK Innovation Top 100. The ranking gives a good picture of the innovative power of SMEs at the moment. North and South Holland are represented the best with 22 companies, followed by Gelderland with 14 companies. After the IT sector, most innovations came from the creative industry and construction sectors. The announcement of the 14th Chamber of Commerce Innovation Top 100 took place in the Amsterdome in Amsterdam.

 

About PHYSEE

Where the glass industry was not interested at first, glass producers are now starting to show more and more interest. From a small start-up, PHYSEE has now become a scale-up with more than 30 employees from 10 countries. The first international assignments are now starting to come in. TU Delft is a shareholder and partner in this company. The jury was unanimous: "It is seen as a breakthrough technology for the world. Every architect can apply it this way. PHYSEE stands for a future in which buildings become energy positive without compromising on the aesthetics of the facades. That makes this company a justified winner. "

 

PHYSEE's patented invention consists of solar cells in the glass that generate electricity and sensors that make the glass smart. The solar cells ensure that there is always green energy in the facade. The sensors measure environmental data such as temperature, light and air quality and use this information to cool, heat and illuminate buildings in a more energy-efficient way. Thus, buildings become 25% more energy efficient and comfortable.

KVK Innovation Top 100 30/09/2019 - 9:15AM CEST Amsterdam

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UNITI s'introduit sur Euronext Growth

Stéphane ORIA, Président-Directeur Général de UNITI ouvre les marchés financiers à Paris.

UNITI est spécialisé dans le développement et la promotion de projets immobiliers résidentiels clés en mains à destination des collectivités et des bailleurs sociaux. La société propose notamment des résidences pour seniors, des campus pour étudiants et des logements locatifs sociaux.

UNITI 27/09/2019 - 13:11PM CEST Paris

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Erasmus MC Thorax Foundation

Dr. Annemien van den Bosch, cardiologist and chairman of the Erasmus MC Thorax Foundation, opened the stock exchange to draw more attention for scientific research into cardiovascular diseases in Erasmus Medical Center.

About World Heart Day

World Heart Day is on September 29. On this day, attention is paid worldwide to how we can keep the most important organ of our body healthy and thus prevent cardiovascular disease. In the Netherlands alone, we already have 1.4 million patients and more than 100 people die every day from cardiovascular disease. Therefore research is desperately needed.

About Erasmus MC Thorax Center

Erasmus MC Thorax Center is a center of excellence for cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery and lung diseases. In terms of patient care, top clinical research and education the center belongs to the top of the world for more than 50 years already. Pioneering treatment methods and techniques have been developed or introduced here, such as the first heart transplants, the first heart valve through the groin, ultrasound research, the soluble stents, the stents that dispense medication and the 4D-scan of the heart.

By raising funds, the Erasmus MC Thorax Foundation provides a powerful boost to innovative research at the Thorax Center, often in collaboration with other parties at home and abroad. Our goal is to accelerate scientific research to save even more lives and prevent unnecessary suffering.

For more information: www.thoraxfoundation.nl

Erasmus MC Thorax Foundation 27/09/2019 - 9:15AM CEST Amsterdam

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Partners at Work

Arthur van der Wal, CEO of Achmea Real Estate & Finance, sounds the gong as representative of Partners at Work’s clients. This is to thank them for their commitment on the diversity theme by actually appointing women in top positions.

Partners at Work is the executive search firm for a new generation of leaders in the financial and professional services sector. Since its establishment in 2003, the organization has made an important contribution to m / f diversity at the top of the business community.

Recently Partners at Work received the "Executive Search Award 2019" from the Talent to the Top Foundation.

According to the Monitoring Committee of the Talent to the Top Foundation, Partners at Work is an appealing example for other executive agencies when it comes to appointing women to the top of the business world. The Executive Search Code monitor provides insight into how search agencies are committed to appointing women to top positions and what results they are achieving.

 

For more information: www.partnersatwork.nl/?lang=en

Partners at Work 25/09/2019 - 9:15AM CEST Amsterdam