This week we submitted the pre-proposal to the Dutch science funding agency NWO for the National Science Agenda (NWA). The NWA enables universities to build consortia with the aim to make a positive, structural contribution to the society of tomorrow. In the last months we have been building a strong consortium with 9 (applied) universities…

In the recent in-depth reportage on sustainability labels, Dr. Walter J.V. Vermeulen and Dr. Pim Croes presented their work with Oiconomy Pricing. Read an excerpt of the full reportage by Marta Jiménez below: Illustration David Alabo “Sustainability in global value chains is everyone’s business: farmers, big companies, entrepreneurs, local governments,… But what about us, consumers?…

On April 6th, 2022 three pilot companies shared the results of applying the Oiconomy Pricing approach in the final meeting of the pilot project funded by the Dutch Enterprise Agency RVO. Verstegen Spices & Sauces B.V calculated the real price of pepper from Indonesia together with their pepper farmers in Bali. “We liked the process. The…

The Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development of Utrecht University started the procedure of building a consortium for the the further development and introduction of the Oiconomy Pricing approach. The Dutch science funding agency NWO enables in the National Science Agenda universities to build consortia to build and utilise knowledge to make a positive, structural contribution…

In collaboration with the Dutch government (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland, RVO) Utrecht University now started a pilot project with the aim to advance the Oiconomy Price Methodology. In this pilot, three companies are going to measure full costs of their product. This starts with an assessment of the downstream supply chain actors all the way…

Dr. Pim Croes has developed a method for determining the actual price of products in the supply chain: the price for the sustainable version of a product. The prices for most products do not reflect their actual cost, as the products’ manufacture, trade, use and end of life are responsible for a significant portion of…