Legacy projects during your conference – Rotterdam Collaboration for Change Framework. Together with our clients we develop legacy projects to make more impact for the city during the conference.
Rotterdam’s ambition and desire for conferences to leave a legacy in our city goes beyond the Rotterdam Collaboration for Change framework. Rotterdam has a long tradition of working collaboratively to find solutions to societal challenges. This is an ecosystem which is keeping pace with Rotterdam’s rapid evolution, to better coordinate efforts between the local government and other stakeholders.
Since 2022, our green roof, captures rainwater during heavy downpours and contributes to cooling when it is hot. There are 84 species of native herbs, bulbs, ornamental grasses, plants and shrubs on the roof. There are five insect hotels and the vegetation attracts bees, butterflies and birds. The greenery thus contributes to more biodiversity in the city.
Since October 2010, de Doelen has been the proud holder of the Golden Green Key, the international hallmark for environmentally friendly businesses. The Green Key is an effective means of measuring environmental performance at companies and guarantees an organisation’s commitment to doing more for the environment than required by laws and regulations.
De Doelen is one of the seven partners of 7 Square Endeavour. This international collaboration and sustainability project’s mission is to make cities future-ready. It responds on a local scale to global urbanisation and its adverse effects such as pollution, heat stress and flooding. Smart and innovative use of energy is one of the spearheads of this project. Here, Schouwburgplein serves as a testing ground for new innovative technologies, cyclical processes and business models. The Rotterdam square is the first in a series of seven worldwide.
To gain insight into the CO2 emissions of your meeting, you can calculate these in the form of a CO2 footprint. By mapping the CO2 emissions of your event or organization, it quickly becomes clear what the main causes of those CO2 emissions are. For example, are the CO2 emissions mainly related to mobility or to the production process? Or in both? By calculating the carbon footprint, you know which measures you need to take to reduce your footprint.
calculate a CO2 footprintDe Doelen is a co-signatory to two covenants concluded in Rotterdam. The covenant ‘Green Theatre’ and ‘Sustainable Hotels and Congress Venues Rotterdam’.
These covenants were initiated by the Rotterdam Climate Initiative agency. In doing so, the participants have committed themselves to reducing their environmental impact as much as possible. By obtaining the Green Key, de Doelen is fulfilling these covenants and thus making a structural contribution to making Rotterdam more sustainable.
Our restaurant ‘The Kitchen’ is a collaboration between the Doelen and Zadkine college to train young people within the hospitality sector.
At de Doelen, we believe in the transformative power of education. Therefore, we continuously develop education- and participation projects that have a lasting impact on individuals and communities. With an inclusive and interactive music programme in different genres, especially for kids and young people, we actively involve this youngest target group in our programmes and introduce them to music and art in the broadest sense of the word.
With a view to the future of music and Rotterdam as a city of music, we see talent development as an important task of de Doelen. Through various programs such as The Jazz Corner, Het Nieuwe Nu YOUNG and talent breaks, we offer a stage to emerging talents.
With these programs, we create a fertile breeding ground in which talent can flourish and grow. This enables us to give numerous musicians a kickstart to a wonderful music career every season.