Bol.com:
Unpacking by not packing
more than 3.5 million articles

With an assortiment of approximately 17 million items, around 11 million customers and around 2.000 employees Bol.com has the biggest retailing platform of the Benelux. The company is centerpiece within the society and wants to improve its positive impact as integrated part of their DNA.

CO2 footprint analyses

Bol.com has the ambition to be climate neutral by 2025 and asked Sustainalize to provide insights into what their current CO2 footprint is. An extensive analysis in which all of the activities are taken into account, from the purchase of packaging material to the processing of orders in the distribution centers, including offices and business kilometers.

Xternalize-tool

Sustainalize has designed the process of a tool which enables bol.com to calculate their footprint in the future. This tool can provide insights and helps in assessing the current goals and also helps with external communication about impact.

Services provided
  • Impact Assessment & Monetarisation
Quick facts
  • Bol.com has the biggest retailing platform of the Benelux.
  • The Xternalize-tool can provide insights and helps in assessing the current goals and also helps with external communication about impact.
Experts at work
Misha Elkerbout

Misha Elkerbout

Senior Consultant & Team Lead Corporate Sustainability & Climate Change, Sustainalize

Susan van Kruijsbergen

Former colleague, Sustainalize

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"Sustainalize is an ideal partner for us. Pragmatic, with a lot of knowledge and understanding of what we need. In this way, together with their Xternalize methodology, we can quickly take the right steps in our ambition to become climate neutral."

Jori Ebskamp

Jori Ebskamp

Lead CSR & Sustainability, bol.com

CO2-Neutral

Based on these results bol.com has set the goal to send 3,5 million articles without the recognizable bol.com box.
With the delivered analysis in hand, bol.com has set itself the goal of sending around 3.5 million items this year without the recognizable bol.com box. Is the cardboard box necessary for the protection of the item? Then it is packaged as responsibly as possible. Bol.com has also introduced a new shipping bag made from recycled plastic. The use of cardboard and filling material is also limited. With these initiatives Bol.com wants to reduce CO2 emissions per package to 0 grams by 2025.

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