TNT selects Triodos and OVG to implement the ‘Green Buildings’ initiative

17 January 2008 – TNT selected Triodos Group and OVG to implement TNT’s Green Buildings initiative, recently announced as part of TNT’s Planet Me program.

TNT’s new head office in Hoofddorp will be the first of several Green Offices to be built across the Netherlands. The total portfolio will contain approximately 70.000 sqm of sustainable office space. TNT’s Green head office should be operational by 2010. TNT will rent this office at comparable or lower costs as its current rented head office in Hoofddorp.
Triodos and OVG will build and manage offices for TNT that are guaranteed to be 100% CO2 neutral during the entire exploitation period. A unique aspect of the partnership between TNT, Triodos and OVG is the long term commitment the parties have with each other in order to make sure the sustainability goals will be reached. Triodos and OVG both have a track record in the field of sustainability and corporate governance, which is why TNT selected these companies.

Triodos Group and OVG are both responsible for the sustainable design, built, management, investment and asset management of TNT’s Green Offices.

About Triodos
Triodos Bank is an independent bank that advocates and embodies sustainable and transparent banking. Established in the Netherlands in 1980, it believes that rather than placing profits against people and planet, these aspects can complement each other, creating wider, lasting benefits. The Triodos Group, comprising Triodos Bank and Triodos Investment management, is entrusted with the management of funds amounting to 3.2 billion euros. The bank has offices in the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom and Spain, and an agency in Germany. Triodes Bank has been developing and investing in sustainable real estate since 1993. You can read more about Triodos on its website at www.triodos.com

About OVG
OVG was established in 1997 as an independent property developer. OVG aims to continuously exceed client expectations by excelling in the development of real estate. The company specialises in the area of commercial development, retail, infrastructure development and area development. As a leader in sustainable real estate development, OVG endeavours to take a green approach in all the properties it develops, without making sacrifices in cost or quantity. The company has a professional team of 60 people and annual revenues of 300 million euros. You can find out more about OVG on its website: www.ovg.eu

About TNT’s Planet Me Program
In August 2007 TNT launched its comprehensive program to cut CO2 emissions. This program is called Planet Me. TNT’s strategy is focussed on improving transparency on the company’s carbon footprint, to drastically reduce CO2 emissions from the company’s operations and to stimulate its 159,000 employees to do the same in their private lives. The company is implementing CO2 reduction initiatives in its eight most important operational areas: aviation, buildings business travel, company cars, partnering with customers, operational fleet, procurement, and investments. Significant part of this program is the Green buildings initiative. More information can be found on TNT’s website www.tnt.com

 

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