Our sustainability vision: Improve to sustain tomorrow

The world faces complex issues such as poverty, inequality, environmental degradation, climate change, and inadequate access to education and healthcare. The United Nations introduced the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a response to the need for a comprehensive, collaborative, and sustainable approach to these global challenges. By promoting social, economic, and environmental progress, the SDGs strive to create a world where no one is left behind, and our planet thrives for generations to come.

To do our bit in these challenges in a structured and continuous manner, Bright Cape’s Sustainability Committee introduced the Sustainability Vision in 2022.

The essence of our vision is built on the following four pillars:

Responsible resources

Minimizing our upstream environmental impact and footprint by responsibly using the products we need to deliver our services and perform our work.

Healthy people

Supporting the mental and physical health of our people by ensuring that they feel happy, safe, satisfied, and challenged at work.

Sustainable solutions

Making a positive impact on our clients’ environmental efforts through the services we provide and the products we deliver.

Interested to see how we have already incorporated this in recent projects? Have a look at our sustainable reference cases.

Prosperous society

Engaging in local initiatives and collaborating with organizations to contribute to the well-being of society as a whole.

How we contribute to a prosperous society: by joining forces with Brainport voor Elkaar and through our own Bright Cape Foundation

Empowering social resilience in collaboration with Brainport voor Elkaar

Recently we joined forces with Brainport voor Elkaar to foster data innovation in the social domain. Brainport voor Elkaar strives to include everyone in the success of the Brainport region, also the less fortune ones. We joined their partner network, with which they aim to connect social organizations to companies to work together on challenges in the area.

To kick start this cooperation Brainport voor Elkaar connected us to Lumens, a social organization that fosters social resilience for those who cannot take this for granted. We are going to help them to identify and quantify their contribution to social resilience within society. Curious what this exactly entails? Read this blog.

Bright Cape Foundation: our commitment to global fairness and employee well-being

Bright Cape Foundation: our commitment to global fairness and employee well-being
At Bright Cape, we acknowledge that not everyone on this planet gets the same resources, opportunities, and attention as we do. That is why the Bright Cape foundation focusses on contributing to non-profit organizations (NGOs) that strive for global fairness. Unfortunately, there are still many inequalities in today’s society when it comes to meeting basic needs, accessibility of qualitative health care and information, assurance of personal freedoms, and equal rights and treatment.

Over the next years, each Bright Caper will make a monthly donation to the foundation, empowering us to improve the quality of life for those in need.

Each year, we will prioritize a key theme within the field of human sustainability, with 2024 dedicated to combatting poverty in the Netherlands. Our employees are in the lead; everyone can suggest a related good cause that is close to their heart. Additionally, we will encourage and support Bright Capers in their own efforts to raise funds for a good cause, such as the participation in charity runs.

Thanks to the Bright Cape foundation, we were able to financially support these organizations in their mission to support the once most in need:

Discover some of our sustainability projects

Potential reduction of energy consumption based on data-driven predictions

Holland Malt’s production process consumes large amounts of energy. They struggle with setting optimal oven dials to reduce energy consumption.

To solve this problem, Bright Cape created a predictive model based on historical data, that predicts the duration of the drying process. In 71% of the cases, the model accurately predicted the drying time within a 30-minute range. The model allowed Holland’s Malt to substantially set oven dials based on data-driven predictions. By controlling the production process, the energy usage can be reduced, with a potential of 1% of heat saved per batch = 539 households’ yearly energy consumption.

Assessing the feasibility and the potential go-to-market for the Swinkels Circularity Index

Royal Swinkels developed the Swinkels Circularity Index for internal use and seeks to extend its use to help other companies enhance their circularity.

To support other companies becoming more circular, Swinkels has asked Bright Cape for help to identify concrete steps to extend the index. To address these challenges, we assessed the competitive landscape and existing approaches by conducting client interviews and extensive desk research. Based on our findings and recommended next steps, Swinkels is now able to position the index in the market. This allows them to enable other companies to understand circular performance and identify areas for improvement.

Decreasing production costs by improving prediction models for solar energy production

Hezelaer Energy faces challenges with their current solar power prediction model, lacking insights into predictor-solar power production relations and excluding local weather data. To address this, Bright Cape incorporated KNMI weather data sources into their model, leading to a 24% performance improvement. This enhanced model provides insights into key predictors like solar radiation, enabling Hezelaer to optimize asset management strategies and reduce production costs.

Analyzing, monitoring and modelling your transport network to reduce transportation costs and gain control

Curium was not able to flatten their growing transportation costs due to a complex transportation network with dependencies on many service providers, complex timings due to determined SLAs, high demand for dedicated transportation. With our solution, we realised a 20% cost reduction across the transportation network, increased network control and reduced their carbon footprint due to more efficient use of resources.

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