Royal Jaarbeurs, in collaboration with the Dutch Green Building Council (DGBC) and Change Inc, is organising the first ever 'Transition Dinner'. An exclusive dinner for top executives from the construction and installation sector with the theme 'Sustainability: the perfect storm'. Jeroen van Hooff, CEO Royal Jaarbeurs: "The construction world is in full swing, especially in the field of sustainability. Sustainability is seen as one of the main challenges in the market. The Transition Dinner aims to exchange views at the highest level, build constructive and sustainable collaborations for the future together and, above all, accelerate sustainable growth together." The Transition Dinner will take place on 6 February 2023 during the Bouwbeurs, chaired by BNR presenter Rens de Jong.
Driving and accelerating sustainability
Jaarbeurs is committed to sustainability. It is one of its strategic pillars. Marloes van den Berg, Chief Sustainability Officer Jaarbeurs: "For Jaarbeurs, the Transition Dinner is fully in line with our ambition to be the most sustainable organiser and facilitator of trade fairs, events and conferences in Europe. In doing so, we want to demonstrably drive and accelerate sustainability within all the industries in which we operate. We do this at the Bouwbeurs itself, but certainly also at the very highest level. We are organising this dinner to connect CEOs and decision-makers in the construction industry to drive and accelerate sustainability."
Partners
The Transition Dinner is organised in collaboration with the Dutch Green Building Council (DGBC) Foundation and Change Inc. DGBC is the national civil society organisation committed to rapidly making the built environment future-proof. Change Inc. is the platform of future-makers, a modern media house that inspires and mobilises. Chairman of the dinner is Rens de Jong, presenter at BNR and a specialist in entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability.
"We are entering a period of great change in the construction and real estate sector," states Annemarie van Doorn, director of DGBC. "The consequences of everything that has to change are only just starting to sink in in the minds of those involved. And then it has to happen very quickly, because climate change is happening faster than thought. Besides cooperation, leadership is needed and we must act now to turn the tide."
Yoeri van Alteren, founder and managing director Change Inc: "Sustainability is no longer a department but the business model of the future. The transition to a sustainable economy gains speed when the fear of change is removed. This is only possible by not only giving experience experts, scalable solutions and companies of tomorrow a big stage, but also connecting them. This Transition Dinner for the construction industry ensures that."
"I am enormously proud to be able to help build a green future for construction together with these partners from Jaarbeurs," said Jeroen van Hooff.
