Econnections responds to the growing ecological footprint of the ecommerce sector by leveraging an ecosystem of corporate and scale-up partners.

ACTIONS

Econnections is a 5-month programme that brings together corporates, startups, scaleups and knowledge partners to generate sustainable impact. Ikea, Deloitte, bol.com, PostNL, Google Cloud and Mollie joined as partners in the first edition held in 2022. They collaborate and explore sustainable alternatives by launching pilot projects while 7 selected scaleups gain access to industry experts and stress-test their sustainable propositions at scale.Some concrete examples:

Manyfolds teamed up with IKEA to create custom packaging for fragile shipped products and cut down on breakage and returns. PlasticFri and bol.com collaborated to replace 6,000 existing small-item packages with the scale-up’s sustainable and recyclable solution.

Chargetrip is partnering with PostNL on electric fleet charging simulations to test how charging insights might improve fleet management and reduce range anxiety for subcontractors.

RESULTS AND IMPACT

All seven scale-ups have gained useful insights through their journey. “It is unbelievably valuable how tailored the sessions are. There is no other programme that reaches this level” said Pieter Waller, co-founder of Chargetrip.
Check the after movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOlB2Ezlw8c