Sustainability sorted in no time with the online Climate Store

8,273

purchased solutions

associated suppliers

using organizations

8,273

purchased solutions

associated suppliers

using organizations

Selfservice portal

Financial services

When 12,000 employees start working towards sustainability, you make a significant difference together. That's why Achmea provides each of them with a special climate budget. It can be spent on sustainable solutions like solar panels, insulation, energy-efficient appliances, or bicycles. Having a budget is one thing, but how do you encourage employees to spend it wisely? And how do you motivate other organizations to do the same and increase the impact together?

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Without this platform we wouldn't have been able to realize this special employment condition.

Karin Stevens-Pierik - Product Owner at Centraal Beheer

Solution

Online store for sustainable solutions

With the development of the Climate Store we are directly tackling both challenges: it is the place where Achmea employees can easily buy sustainable solutions and a digital product that Achmea makes available to other organizations. “In the Climate Store, all offers from qualified suppliers come together in a clear way,” says Product Owner Karin Stevens-Pierik of Centraal Beheer. “With the login code on their voucher, employees can easily shop there, and we prevent a lot of manual expense claim processing for employers. Those who do not really know where to start with making their homes more sustainable can get advice through webinars or complete the online scan.”

Process

A series of innovative services

Centraal Beheer and Freshheads have been working together since 2015. The Climate Store is part of a series of smart, innovative services. “Thanks to our previous experiences with Freshheads, we immediately had the confidence that they would make this a success”, Karin says. “The platform above all had to be user-friendly, and we succeeded. We see that users easily and quickly find what they are looking for!”

Result

Rush leads to major sustainable impact

At the beginning of 2023, Achmea's Klimaatwinkel was launched. And it is a hit! Karin: “More than half of our 12,000 employees have already used the platform to purchase or declare sustainable solutions. That exceeds our expectations!” Just the employees who invested in solar panels through the platform have already reduced 1,500 tons of CO₂ emissions combined in six months. That equals about 6,000 flights from Amsterdam to Paris. To further increase that share in sustainability, the platform is now also ready to be used by other organizations. In September 2023, the Klimaatwinkel for Attens went live, and that of Syntrus followed later.