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To fulfil climate targets, we need to make mobility greener. In doing so, we need to focus not only on making current mobility solutions greener, but also on shifting to more environmentally friendly forms of transport. Thus, the Clean Power for Transport action plan focuses on greening the vehicle fleet across all segments and rolling out the necessary infrastructure. For this, the Department of Mobility and Public Works also works together with foreign partners where possible for knowledge exchange and cross-border solutions.

To promote sustainable combimobility, we are working on Mobility as a Service (MaaS) in Flanders. MaaS gives users access to multimodal transport solutions with greater user-friendliness, putting the end user at the centre. But organising mobility is a complex task. Users want control and reliability, but also freedom and flexibility. For this, we need reliable apps and agreements with providers and all MaaS actors. A full-fledged MaaS ecosystem, as it were. We are on the lookout for international knowledge sharing and cooperation to ensure combimobility reaches far beyond our own borders.

Vandersanden, Europe's largest family-owned brick manufacturing company, has officially opened the first Pirrouet® factory in Lanklaar. It involves an investment of 32.5 million euros. The plant produces 20 million CO₂-negative Pirrouet® facing bricks annually when at maximum capacity. One ton of these bricks absorbs 60 kg of CO₂ during curing, and the entire production process is powered by green energy from the factory’s solar panels and wind turbine. “With the plant, we are making a significant contribution to CO₂ reduction and reinforcing our ambition to operate completely CO₂ neutral by 2050,” said Johan Deburchgrave, CEO of Vandersanden.

Under the motto "Is het een verpakking, dan mag het de zak in! - C’est un emballage, tant mieux il va dans le sac bleu!", Fost Plus is pushing for better sorting this autumn. After all, without sorting, recycling is not possible. And sorting has become part of daily life. The campaign clarifies what is and what is not allowed in the blue bag.

The Department of Mobility and Public Works aims to make our mobility system more efficient by means of methodical digital solutions. They therefore are implementing BIM, a virtual way to build and collaborate on our infrastructure. Their goal? Setting up a ‘digital twin’: digital equivalents of our infrastructure and artworks. With these solutions they will be able to create analytics for optimal management via machine learning and smart data collection. To achieve that goal, collaboration is crucial.

Recticel is committed to high-performance insulation solutions that continuously reduce its carbon footprint, without compromising on the most stringent technical requirements.