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Triodos and CBRE pioneer circular procurement

CBRE, Triodos Real Estate Fund and Cairn are the first pioneers in the real estate world with a property containing two circular meeting rooms. The tenants of this object can meet in a unique, high-profile environment made of 700 kilos of cellulose waste fibres.

Because CBRE and Triodos procure circularly, all raw materials are retrieved and reprocessed at the end of their useful life. Triboo takes responsibility for this with its circular supply chain.

CBRE works with 75,000 people worldwide on real estate issues, both current and for the future. A future in which real estate will have a greater impact on people's well-being and productivity, because an environment has more influence than you think.

That is why CBRE also manages real estate for Triodos. Triodos works primarily with companies that strive for a healthy environment and nature. Companies that are committed to a change towards more social and sustainable entrepreneurship. People who understand that companies are not just there to make money.

Together with asset manager Cairn, we have made these ambitions tangible in a healthy, circular environment.

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Healthy work environment

A working environment in which people are central makes a huge difference when it comes to the health and effectiveness of employees. That is why CBRE is committed to making healthy offices possible for everyone. By sharing knowledge, but also by continually attracting new, innovative partners.

Partners such as TRIBOO who apply new techniques and materials with their circular supply chain, so that we can extract the maximum value from raw materials without further harming nature. In this way, customer and supplier take responsibility together. That is the essence of circular procurement.

Circular pioneer who keeps looking

Addy van Zoelen, Senior Technical Manager Property Management at CBRE, is constantly looking for new materials to create a healthy environment for his clients. Materials that do not contain toxins, do not make people sick during processing and are used in such a way that they have an eternal life.

In this way, as a circular pioneer, he can do his bit for the environment. Not only because CBRE wants to take responsibility for it, but also because Addy is committed to leaving a beautiful world for his children.

Pioneers like Addy make change possible by sticking their necks out. By looking further, where others stop. If you are satisfied with what is already there, you can help customers just fine. For me, that's not enough.

You always have to keep thinking and searching for possibilities to reuse raw materials'.

You always have to keep thinking and searching for possibilities to reuse raw materials in a more economical way. In this way, without burdening nature, you can create the highest possible value for people and companies. That is why I am pioneering circular procurement.

Supporting great companies

Addy is in exactly the right place. CBRE is an employer that gives a lot of room to look for the best solutions. Combine that with a fantastic collaboration with sustainable clients such as Triodos and asset manager Cairn, and extraordinary changes can be made.

I had no trouble getting everyone enthusiastic about TRIBOO as a partner. TRIBOO is a party that has its own vision of circular materials and doesn't talk about it, but simply does it. That fits in perfectly with the sustainable ambitions of CBRE, TRIODOS and Cairn.

Thanks to the cooperation, we are making Triodos' real estate more sustainable, reducing its carbon footprint and solving its waste problem. TRIBOO has decorated meeting rooms with furniture made from cellulose waste fibres. And this is just the beginning.