LET'S COLLABORATE FOR IMPACT!
WHERE 100+ ORGANISATIONS JOIN FORCES
Urban Future is an event that is driven by a powerful community with a mission:
it brings together more than 100 organisations, NGOs, businesses, and supporting partners in the effort to connect the world’s most passionate change-makers – with the ultimate goal of speeding up the transformation of cities.
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR PARTNERS from near and far!
We couldn’t do this without you. 🩷
City of Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second largest city in the Netherlands and Europe's largest seaport. As a city below sea level, climate change is more urgent than ever before. The city's goal is to be a sustainable beacon, a role model when it comes to resilience by working with companies, entrepreneurs, institutions and residents to tackle these problems together.
rotterdam.nl
Eurotowns
Eurotowns is a Europe-wide network for towns and cities with populations between 50.000 and 250.000. Eurotown's motto? Big enough to cope, small enough to care!
eurotowns.org
Google is one of the world’s most influential tech company, shaping digitalization and digital transformation around the planet. With the services offered within its GEO Sustainability portfolio, Google actively supports decision-making for more sustainable cities and regions.
google.com
HUGSI.green
HUGSI.green is a service from Husqvarna, supporting the greening of global cities by providing objective and recurring quantification of vital green KPI’s for urban areas. Since 2019 they deliver insights to hundreds of cities in more than 60 countries across the globe.
About Husqvarna
Fueled by passion for innovation since 1689, Husqvarna provides professional forest, park and garden products. Performance and usability meet safety and environmental care in our leading-edge innovations, where battery solutions and robotics lead the way.
www.hugsi.green
iCapital Awards
The European Capital of Innovation Awards is an annual recognition prize awarded to the European cities that best promote innovation in their communities.
eic.ec.europa.eu/icapital
Laudes Foundation
Laudes Foundation is responding to the dual crises of inequality and climate change by supporting brave, innovative efforts that inspire and challenge industry to harness its power for good. Providing their partners with philanthropic capital, expertise and connections, they work collectively with and through specific industries to help catalyse systems change.
laudesfoundation.org
RISE Cities
Sharing and supporting innovative and scalable solutions for resilient, intelligent, sustainable and equitable cities.
risecities.org
Rockwool
ROCKWOOL is a global leader in stone wool products, offering natural, versatile, and fully recyclable materials for building insulation, acoustic ceilings, horticultural solutions, industrial uses, and more. Their product range supports stakeholders in reducing their carbon footprint. With over 12,200 employees in 40 countries and sales in over 120 countries, they are dedicated to providing diverse solutions to meet the world's needs.
rockwool.com
Rotterdam Partners
As the main partner organisation for the city, Rotterdam Partners manages and implements the city marketing in order to attract international businesses, conferences and visitors. They just launched the "Rotterdam Steps Ahead" campaign.
https://en.rotterdampartners.nl/rotterdam-steps-ahead/
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is in the midst of a unique transformation process, their “Climate Protection Action Programme” being one of the largest municipal climate action programmes in Europe.
stuttgart.de
TOYOTA Mobility Foundation
Enabling more people to go more places. The Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF) was established by the Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) to support the development of a more mobile society in which everyone can move freely. The Foundation underscores TMC’s commitment to continuous improvement and respect for people. It utilizes Toyota’s expertise and technologies to support strong mobility systems while eliminating disparities in mobility. toyotamobilityfoundation.org
TVG Technologies
The TVG Institute focuses primarily on the applied development using industrial hemp materials, sustainable technologies and boosts the production of advanced and innovative products.
In doing so it cooperates with established carriers of knowledge and practices, creates projects and opportunities for private investors to invest and use EU grants for the green transition.
The design and development of the value chain of industrial hemp is the foundation for the organization of activities and the approach to implementation phase of the TVG technologies.
tvg-zerominus.com
A City Made By People
A City Made By People's mission is to show you the human side of cities, make you connect with inspiring locals, and use creativity to share meaningful stories and places. This can happen through capturing stories and city explorations, for example.
acitymadebypeople.com
Duurzaam Ondernemen
The Dutch Online Portal for Corporate (Social) Responsibility, Sustainability, and ESG.
duurzaam-ondernemen.nl
Mobility Makers
The world's first community of professionals dedicated to sustainable mobility facilitating connections and collaborations in the mobility industry.
mobilitymakers.co
Urbcast
Urbcast is an unique bilingual podcast about cities, urbanism, urban planning, architecture and much more.
urbcast.pl
A City Made By People
A City Made By People's mission is to show you the human side of cities, make you connect with inspiring locals, and use creativity to share meaningful stories and places. This can happen through capturing stories and city explorations, for example.
acitymadebypeople.com
ACT NOW Mayors' Network
ACT NOW brings together like-minded local leaders to foster hands-on mutual support and best practice exchange to bring about concrete local action.
innovationinpolitics.eu/mayors-network
All Things Urban
All Things Urban is a network of urban professionals working on city challenges worldwide.
allthingsurban.net
Autonomy Paris
Autonomy is bringing the world’s mobility makers together through trade shows, city summits, weekly articles, webinars and white papers.
autonomy.paris
BABLE Smart Cities
BABLE offers an open Smart City platform, free to join and use, along with expert advising and services.
bable-smartcities.eu
Circle Economy
Circle Economy empower businesses, cities and nations to put the circular economy into action.
circle-economy.com
Cities Forum
CITIES FORUM is a global organisation with a multidisciplinary international group of experts in the breadth of topics related to sustainable urban development.
citiesforum.org
Citizen Lab
CitizenLab is a community engagement platform for local government. Its mission is to build stronger democracies by making public decision-making more inclusive, participatory, and responsive.
citizenlab.co
CityChangers.org
CityChangers.org is your 24/7 digital resource hub for all who want to drive sustainable change in cities. Get critical skills & actionable knowledge and connect globally with your peers!
citychangers.org/
Citymakers
Citymakers is a global platform of experts in good city-making practices. They connect city-makers and influential local leaders around the world to learn from each other and inspire the transformation of their cities by offering educational programs, courses, summits, and online news and content.
citymakers.org
Climate KIC
Climate KIC is a knowledge and innovation community, working to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon, climate-resilient society.
climate-kic.org
CNCA
CNCA is a collaboration of leading global cities working to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80-100% by 2050.
carbonneutralcities.org
Connected Places Catapult
Connected Places Catapult is the UK’s innovation accelerator for cities, transport, and place leadership. They provide impartial ‘innovation as a service’ for public bodies, businesses, and infrastructure providers to catalyse step-change improvements in the way people live, work and travel.
cp.catapult.org.uk
Covenant of Mayors
As part of the European Covenant of Mayors movement, more than 10,000 cities and towns take action to secure a better future for their citizens.
eumayors.eu
Creative Bureaucracy Festival
Every year thousands of international participants from government, politics, civil society and other change-making organisations join the Creative Bureaucracy Festival and celebrate outstanding examples of innovative public administrations.
creativebureaucracy.org
Deutscher Städtetag
The German Section of the CEMR represents more than 800 municipalities which are committed to foster the European idea on a local level.
rgre.de
Euroheat & Power
Euroheat & Power (EHP) is the international network for district energy, promoting sustainable heating and cooling in Europe and beyond.
euroheat.org
European Capital of Democracy
The European Capital of Democracy Initiative will build a strong network of Cities that will foster participation; a platform for hope, and for exercising the will and power to change our world for the better.
capitalofdemocracy.eu
Fedarene
FEDARENE is the European Federation of Agencies and Regions for Energy and the Environment, counting over 80 members across 23 European countries.
fedarene.org
Futurebuilt
FutureBuilt generates and promotes low carbon architecture and urban development in the Oslo region.
futurebuilt.no
GBD Innovation Club
Global Business Districts Innovation Club is a professional ecosystem of world business districts, its managing companies, urban planning authorities, and experts of related fields mobilizing resources to foster cooperation, encourage knowledge sharing, enhance dynamism, attractiveness, and the spirit of innovation, and compare inspiring methods among the world’s most influent tertiary places.
gbdinnovationclub.com
Global Parliament of Mayors
A unique governance body of, by and for mayors from all continents with a vision to the world in which mayors, their cities and networks are equal partners in building global governance for an inclusive and sustainable world.
globalparliamentofmayors.org
ICLEI Europe
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability is a global network of more than 2500 local and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development.
www.iclei-europe.org
IE School of Architecture and Design
IE School of Architecture and Design has a responsibility to train future leaders who shape a more humane, sustainable world.
ie.edu/school-architecture-design
IFLA Europe
IFLA EUROPE, the European Region of International Federation of Landscape Architects, is formed by 34 professional Landscape Architects' Associations with 20.000 landscape architects across Europe. It aims not only to promote the landscape architecture profession, recognising excellence in educational courses and promoting the best practice operations, but also striving to enhance the quality of landscape planning, monitoring and management, provide nature-based solutions in climate change mitigation and adaptation and ensure transformational changes in landscape, urban and rural areas.
iflaeurope.eu
iRap
The International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) is a registered charity dedicated to saving lives by eliminating high risk roads throughout the world. iRAP works in partnership with governments, road authorities, mobility clubs, development banks, NGOs and research organisations to inspect high-risk roads, provide training, technology and support that will build and sustain national, regional and local capability, and track road safety performance.
irap.org
ISOCARP Institute
ISOCARP Institute is the research spin-off of the International Society of City and Regional Planners. They specialise in research communication, citizen engagement, urban advocacy and professional trainings.
isocarp-institute.org/
LIPOR
8 municipalities of Greater Porto founded LIPOR in 1982 to implement a modern and integrated waste management.
lipor.pt
Mobility Makers
The world's first community of professionals dedicated to sustainable mobility facilitating connections and collaborations in the mobility industry.
mobilitymakers.co
NetZeroCities
NetZeroCities supports Europe and in particular European cities to drastically cut down greenhouse gas emissions through climate action to achieve ‘climate neutrality’, one of the biggest challenges our societies face today.
Next Generation Academy
Born out of the Urban Future Young Leaders Programme, the Next Generation Academy is a value-driven education and consulting collective by and for the next generation of sustainable urban development.
urban-future.org/young-leaders-academy
oikos international
oikos international is a student-led non-profit organization, bringing together a global community of student change agents for over 30 years now. In over 20 countries and 40 cities worldwide, they organize on campus to raise awareness for sustainability and transform their own education.
oikos-international.org
Parent in the City
The "Parents in the City" Foundation was created out of the need to represent parents living in cities in public debate and to limit the ubiquitous exclusion of parents with children from social and cultural life.
rodzicwmiescie.pl
Placemaking Balkans
Placemaking Balkans is a non-profit, non-governmental organization for the promotion of good public space design using placemaking in the Balkans and SEE region.
placemakingweb.org
Placemaking Europe
Placemaking Europe is a European network of front-runners, who together accelerate placemaking as a way to create healthy, inclusive, and beloved communities.
placemaking-europe.eu
Resilient Cities Network
The Resilient Cities network is a city-network bringing together over 200 Chief Resilience Officers, partners, practitioners, and researchers for a common goal.
resilientcitiesnetwork.org
RMIT Europe
RMIT Europe is the European hub of RMIT, a global university of technology, design and enterprise.
rmit.eu
Smart Cities Americas
Smart Cities Americas’ mission is to interact with local, national and international actors offering a wide scope of news, research and events production that ensure sustainable solutions to the complex urban environments.
smartcitiesamericas.com
Smart City Expo Miami
Smart City Expo Miami® is an international trade show featuring experts leading the change in urban planning.
smartcityexpomiami.com
Solar Impulse Foundation
To address sustainability challenges while enabling economic growth, Bertrand Piccard and the Solar Impulse Foundation have identified 1000+ clean and profitable solutions.
solarimpulse.com
State of Green
State of Green is a not-for-profit, public-private partnership from Denmark. We facilitate relations with international stakeholders and are your one-point entry to all leading Danish players working to drive the global transition to a more sustainable, low-carbon, resource-efficient society.
https://stateofgreen.com/en/
TECHO
TECHO is an organisation made up of young volunteers together with inhabitants of popular settlements in Latin America. Through our training and joint actionof their residents, young volunteers, and other actors, they work to overcome the situation of poverty in which millions of people live.
techo.org
Torinostratosferica
Torino Stratosferica is a collective project of city imagining.
torinostratosferica.it
Urban Agenda Partnership on Public Procurement
This Urban Agenda Partnership is driving change towards sustainable cities by using Public Procurement as a strategic tool.
ec.europa.eu/futurium/en/public-procurement
Urban Revolution Conference
The URBAN REVOLUTION Aurrera! international conference and the launch of The Bay Awards premiere offers the opportunity to stop, listen to and exchange with significant people who have a view on the future of cities and metropolises that is elevated above a short-term vortex of immediate events.
thebayawards.com
UrbanOvation
urbanOvation is a global community of urban stakeholders collaborating to innovate and build a better future.
urban-ovation.com
use
use (urban sustainability exchange) is a knowledge exchange platform dedicated to sustainable city making.
use.metropolis.org
wbcsd
WBCSD is the premier global, CEO-led community of over 200 of the world’s leading sustainable businesses working collectively to accelerate the system transformations needed for a net zero, nature positive, and more equitable future.
wbcsd.org
Word Benchmarking Alliance
WBA Allies represent organisations working at global, regional, and local levels to shape the private sector’s contributions to achieving the SDGs.
worldbenchmarkingalliance.org
World Green Building Council
World Green Building Council is the largest local-regional-global action network accelerating sustainability in the built environment.
worldgbc.org
Zuko
Zuko is a rental service for mobile street furniture in Vienna. Its goal is transform public space into a mobile living room and co-create vibrant neighbourhoods with and for the citizens.
zuko.city
A City Made By People
A City Made By People's mission is to show you the human side of cities, make you connect with inspiring locals, and use creativity to share meaningful stories and places. This can happen through capturing stories and city explorations, for example.
acitymadebypeople.com
Assembly
Assembly is transforming urban construction with sustainable, mass-timber and light frame buildings, that are prefabricated and modular.
This leads to embodied emissions and maximized construction efficiency at every stage.
assemblycorp.ca
Chalmers University of Technology
The research group Sustainable building works with concepts, tools and strategies to enhance the sustainability performance of construction materials, building products, buildings as well as entire cities.
The research is related to ecological and economic life cycle assessment of construction materials, buildings and infrastructures, sustainability assessment tools for buildings, social-cultural and climate adapted design concepts as well as energy and material resource based building stock modeling and its visualization.
https://www.sb.chalmers.se/author/leonardo-rosado/
City of Dortmund
Like almost no other German city, Dortmund has seen enormous change in recent years. The former "steel city" developed into a modern and cosmopolitan metropolis, acquiring renown all across Europe as an innovative location for technological development.
www.dortmund.de
City of Łódź
Łódź is the fourth largest city in the Poland in terms of population (approx. 660,000 inhabitants) and also fourth in terms of area. It is a thriving academic, cultural and sports center.
https://www.lodz.pl/
City of Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second largest city in the Netherlands and Europe's largest seaport. As a city below sea level, climate change is more urgent than ever before. The city's goal is to be a sustainable beacon, a role model when it comes to resilience by working with companies, entrepreneurs, institutions and residents to tackle these problems together.
rotterdam.nl
CityChangers.org
CityChangers.org is your 24/7 digital resource hub for all who want to drive sustainable change in cities. Get critical skills & actionable knowledge and connect globally with your peers!
citychangers.org/
EUKN
European Urban Knowledge Network - EUKN - is a strategic knowledge network uniting European national governments to promote sustainable urban development, bridging policy, research and practice.
eukn.eu
Eurotowns
Eurotowns is a Europe-wide network for towns and cities with populations between 50.000 and 250.000. Eurotown's motto? Big enough to cope, small enough to care!
eurotowns.org
Google is one of the world’s most influential tech company, shaping digitalization and digital transformation around the planet. With the services offered within its GEO Sustainability portfolio, Google actively supports decision-making for more sustainable cities and regions.
google.com
GREATER Porto
The GREATER Porto region: Matosinhos, Porto and Gaia.
"Some say the future is a place. We believe it is an experience in our region.".
https://youtu.be/bTDYv_J8Q70?si=8zE4Q0duq82PaUeY
HUGSI.green
HUGSI.green is a service from Husqvarna, supporting the greening of global cities by providing objective and recurring quantification of vital green KPI’s for urban areas. Since 2019 they deliver insights to hundreds of cities in more than 60 countries across the globe.
About Husqvarna
Fueled by passion for innovation since 1689, Husqvarna provides professional forest, park and garden products. Performance and usability meet safety and environmental care in our leading-edge innovations, where battery solutions and robotics lead the way.
www.hugsi.green
iCapital Awards
The European Capital of Innovation Awards is an annual recognition prize awarded to the European cities that best promote innovation in their communities.
eic.ec.europa.eu/icapital
ICLEI Europe
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability is a global network of more than 2500 local and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development.
www.iclei-europe.org
Innovation City Management GmbH
The interdisciplinary team advises and supports municipalities, ministries, the real estate industry and energy suppliers in integrated urban and neighborhood development.
https://www.icm.de
Just Streets
The JUST STREETS project focuses on (re)developing street space for active mobility that are both, sustainable and inclusive for all citizens.
https://just-streets.eu
Kausal
Kausal provides local governments with a software-as-a-service to set clear climate targets, build actionable climate plans and stay on track to achieve them.
https://kausal.tech/de
ko-si
KO-SI is one of the leading manufacturers and suppliers of natural fiber technological products on the European market. They work with leading international industrial companies from all over the world.
They use only the best natural fibers offered by nature. Their strategic raw materials include coir, sisal, hemp, seaweed, lyocell, horsehair, cashmere, sheep wool, and camel hair. Their ability to develop top-quality and eco-friendly products through continuous technological optimization and the introduction of new natural materials has allowed us to be present in more than 30 countries worldwide.
https://www.ko-si.si/en
Laudes Foundation
Laudes Foundation is responding to the dual crises of inequality and climate change by supporting brave, innovative efforts that inspire and challenge industry to harness its power for good. Providing their partners with philanthropic capital, expertise and connections, they work collectively with and through specific industries to help catalyse systems change.
laudesfoundation.org
Maptionnaire
Maptionnaire Community Engagement Platform bridges the gap between a city and its residents. With Maptionnaire, you can manage the entire public participation process in one place and get insights that enable cities to change.
maptionnaire.com
MARLES
With more than 125 years of tradition in building green and innovative advanced timber solutions, Marles is the leading provider of sustainable prefabricated timber buildings in Europe. As the largest Slovenian manufacturer, it is synonymous with modernity and excellence. Our innovative engineering solutions contribute to the advancement of the industry and promote sustainable living through the development of climate-positive and energy-efficient buildings.
https://www.marles.com
ReDisplay
Sustainable equipment for trade fairs, events, shop and POS. ReDisplay is producing environmentally friendly and resource-saving advertising technology in the city of Bonn.
redisplay.de
RISE Cities
Sharing and supporting innovative and scalable solutions for resilient, intelligent, sustainable and equitable cities.
risecities.org
Rockwool
ROCKWOOL is a global leader in stone wool products, offering natural, versatile, and fully recyclable materials for building insulation, acoustic ceilings, horticultural solutions, industrial uses, and more. Their product range supports stakeholders in reducing their carbon footprint. With over 12,200 employees in 40 countries and sales in over 120 countries, they are dedicated to providing diverse solutions to meet the world's needs.
rockwool.com
Rotterdam Partners
As the main partner organisation for the city, Rotterdam Partners manages and implements the city marketing in order to attract international businesses, conferences and visitors. They just launched the "Rotterdam Steps Ahead" campaign.
https://en.rotterdampartners.nl/rotterdam-steps-ahead/
Smarter Habitat
SMARTER HABITAT’s mission to create affordable housing for millions of people around the world can be summed up as simply and succinctly as possible. The triad of ecological, economic and social-humanitarian responsibility defines the roadmap of the Munich-based company, which was founded in 2019. The goal: to create a building material from “green” bio-based materials and agricultural waste that can be produced regionally in large quantities in a cost-effective and energy-saving manner.
https://smarter-habitat.com/en/
Sportspullenbank
Sportspullenbank collects and redistributes second-hand sports gear, ensuring everyone can engage in physical activity and contribute to a sustainable economy.
“Because sports is more than just an activity; it’s about belonging, feeling fit, and staying healthy. Lack of equipment shouldn’t hinder participation.”.
https://sportspullenbank.nl
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is in the midst of a unique transformation process, their “Climate Protection Action Programme” being one of the largest municipal climate action programmes in Europe.
stuttgart.de
The Dutch Metropolitan Innovations (DMI) ecosystem
The DMI-ecosystem is a large public-private cooperation between cities (G4 and G40), private parties, knowledge institutes, provinces and two Dutch ministeries (Infrastructure and Water Management and the Interior and Kingdom Relations). DMI-partners work together under a joint, uniform System of Agreements of facilitate the responsible sharing and use of data, for the benefit of accelerating smart and sustainable urbanisation.
https://kausal.tech/de
TOYOTA Mobility Foundation
Enabling more people to go more places. The Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF) was established by the Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) to support the development of a more mobile society in which everyone can move freely. The Foundation underscores TMC’s commitment to continuous improvement and respect for people. It utilizes Toyota’s expertise and technologies to support strong mobility systems while eliminating disparities in mobility. toyotamobilityfoundation.org
TVG Technologies
The TVG Institute focuses primarily on the applied development using industrial hemp materials, sustainable technologies and boosts the production of advanced and innovative products.
In doing so it cooperates with established carriers of knowledge and practices, creates projects and opportunities for private investors to invest and use EU grants for the green transition.
The design and development of the value chain of industrial hemp is the foundation for the organization of activities and the approach to implementation phase of the TVG technologies.
tvg-zerominus.com
AIR
AIR is the Architecture Institute Rotterdam. AIR uses its programming and networks for a broad design conversation about the innovative, sustainable and inclusive city. The AIR network consists of designers, city makers, market parties, educational institutions, administrators and policy makers.
airrotterdam.eu
BlueCity
BlueCity’s mission is to accelerate the transition from the linear to the circular economy through entrepreneurship. Since 2015, it has developed from a vacant swimming pool into a circular economy hub for the city and region. Located in the heart of Rotterdam, BlueCity houses over 50+ circular entrepreneurs who work on feasible and scalable circular innovations needed to make the transition possible. In addition, it organizes business programs for both start-ups and established SME-companies in sectors ranging from food to maritime – to support and encourage early stage circular entrepreneurship, establish collaboration between chain partners and provide concrete action perspectives to make chains more circular.
bluecity.nl
Breda University of Applied Sciences
Breda University of Applied Sciences is a medium-sized higher education institute. About 7,000 Dutch and international students from some 80 countries are studying at BUas.
buas.nl/en
BYCS
BYCS works with businesses, governments and non-profits to initiate and scale breakthrough ideas that accelerate cycling in cities.
bycs.org
CIC Rotterdam
Acting as a gateway to Europe, CIC Rotterdam expands the existing community of entrepreneurs, investors and established businesses.
cic.com
Cities Northern Netherlands
he EU Office of the Northern Netherlands is an in-house office representing the cities Groningen Leeuwarden Assen and Emmen in the EU. The aim of the office is to represent the interests of the cities and to develop innovative projects with international partners in the EU. The goal is to find partners from other regions and cities, connect them to our projects and perceive new developments and projects which can contribute to our economic challenges.
citiesnorthernnetherlands.eu
City of Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second largest city in the Netherlands and Europe's largest seaport. As a city below sea level, climate change is more urgent than ever before. The city's goal is to be a sustainable beacon, a role model when it comes to resilience by working with companies, entrepreneurs, institutions and residents to tackle these problems together.
rotterdam.nl
Drift
DRIFT is a leading research institute in the field of sustainability transitions. They develop and share transformative knowledge to support people, cities, sectors and organisations to engage proactively with transitions.
drift.eur.nl
Dutch Cycling Embassy
The Dutch Cycling Embassy is a Public Private Partnership which represents a large network of 70 organizations offering the best of Dutch cycling knowledge and expertise.
dutchcycling.nl
Dutch Green Building Council
The Dutch Green Building Council (DGBC) is a non-profit organisation which performs as an independent network to accelerate the transition to a sustainable built environment. It develops practical tools and organises numerous events and training activities related to sustainable buildings and also develops and issues the internationally renowned BREEAM sustainability label in The Netherlands.
dgbc.nl
Duurzaam Ondernemen
The Dutch Online Portal for Corporate (Social) Responsibility, Sustainability, and ESG.
duurzaam-ondernemen.nl
Enviu
Together with partners, Enviu start long-term issue-driven and entrepreneurial programs to disrupt and drive broken value chains and industries towards a “new normal.” Building on an ambitious overarching theory of change, they determine what business interventions are needed along the value chain. Enviu validates new, sustainable business models by creating, replicating or accelerating ventures.
enviu.org
Erasmus UPT
Erasmus UPT is a research and education centre founded by Erasmus University Rotterdam.
eur.nl
ESN Rotterdam
Erasmus Student Network (ESN) Rotterdam is the international student organization of the Erasmus University. They aim to create a home for all international students in Rotterdam and therefore offer over 150 different events throughout the year.
esn-rotterdam.nl
Het Nieuwe Instituut
Nieuwe Instituut looks after the past of the design sector. The National Collection of Dutch Architecture and Urban Design is one of the largest architectural collections in the world, with some four million drawings, models, photographs, letters and digital files. Nieuwe Instituut is responsible for the official Dutch contribution to the Venice Architecture Biennale and organizes various events weekly.
nieuweinstituut.nl
Rotterdam Architecture Month
Rotterdam Architecture Month is the Netherlands’ largest architecture festival about the future of the city. It is open to everyone, regardless of knowledge or experience with architecture. With over 100 partners from the education, cultural and design sectors, RA Month organizes and facilitates over 125 activities across 40 locations.
rotterdamarchitectuurmaand.nl
Rotterdam Partners
As the main partner organisation for the city, Rotterdam Partners manages and implements the city marketing in order to attract international businesses, conferences and visitors. They just launched the "Rotterdam Steps Ahead" campaign.
https://en.rotterdampartners.nl/rotterdam-steps-ahead/
Stadmakers Fonds
The Citymaker-Fund (Stadmakersfonds in Dutch) is an investment fund for placemakers and citymakers. The fund is a matchmaker between placemakers, citymakers and investors, and actively contributes to a lively and inclusive city by investing in initiatives with a social and reasonable economic return.
stadmakersfonds.nl
Stipo
STIPO works as a public developer and contractor on better cities and more beautiful regions. They are a multidisciplinary urban development team, driven by sustainable quality and human scale.
stipo.nl
Studenten voor Morgen
Students for Tomorrow strives to integrate sustainability into higher education and student life and to systematically change higher education for current and future generations. They encourage collaboration between more than 40 member organizations, organize projects and advocate for their goals on local, national, and international level.
studentenvoormorgen.nl
Utrecht University
In an explicit effort to help create a better world and a sustainable society and to contribute specifically to the SDGs, Utrecht University wants to connect knowledge on sustainability (gained through education and research) to our operational management. In keeping with the SDGs, they are working to achieve climate-neutral, zero-waste operations by 2030 and to increase the local biodiversity.
uu.nl
Vital Cities and Citizens
The VCC program studies and engages with cities and its communities from a social, behavioral and humanities point of view.
eur.nl/vital-cities-and-citizens
Wageningen University & Research
Wageningen University & Research is a collaboration between Wageningen University and the Wageningen Research foundation. The strength of Wageningen University & Research lies in its ability to join the forces of specialised research institutes and the university. The domain of Wageningen University & Research consists of three related core areas: food, feed & biobased production, natural resources & living environment, and society & well-being.
wur.nl
Young Urban Engineers
The Young Urban Engineers forms a vibrant network of young professionals that come together with ambitious stakeholders to create meaningful transitions within the urban ecosystem. They focus on multidisciplinary challenges and fulfill the connecting role between young professionals, industry, and the City of Amsterdam.
youngurbanengineers.com
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