13 sleeps to go and this one I'm really ready for! It has been a fantastic day. All the project team met in reception this morning and I knew straight away that it was going to be a good day. Once we were settled into our meeting room, we started the program with some words from Andre Veneman, Akzo Nobel CSR Director, delivered by Jaap van den Akker our BU CSR Manager. This was followed by introductions by each of the project team members and also our consultants from T&E. Next was the start of the program that was to take most of the day. It was a series of presentations and group exercises delivered by Kjerstin Ludvig and Karin Sanne from T&E. The program went really well. Our project team really engaged in the subject and during the group exercises it was difficult to limit our discussions to the 20 minutes allowed. Everyone has a lot to say on the issues of sustainability and this project will benefit from the enthusiasm that was displayed during these discussion exercises. We completed the program today with a short presentation about Robert Swan and his organisation, and a couple of film clips about Antarctica.
To continue the theme of sustainability, we visited a restaurant this evening in Amsterdam called De Kas. It is an organic restaurant and grows its own produce locally. The restaurant offers only 2 menus per day - a meat / fish menu and a vegetarian menu. Jaap had arranged the evening a few weeks earlier and we had decided that a vegetarian menu fit perfectly with the theme of the day as it takes significantly less natural resources to support a vegetarian diet as opposed to a carniverous diet. The meal was fantastic. We even had local Dutch wine to complement the local flavour! Overall it has been a very successful day, and I am very much looking forward to tomorrow.
To continue the theme of sustainability, we visited a restaurant this evening in Amsterdam called De Kas. It is an organic restaurant and grows its own produce locally. The restaurant offers only 2 menus per day - a meat / fish menu and a vegetarian menu. Jaap had arranged the evening a few weeks earlier and we had decided that a vegetarian menu fit perfectly with the theme of the day as it takes significantly less natural resources to support a vegetarian diet as opposed to a carniverous diet. The meal was fantastic. We even had local Dutch wine to complement the local flavour! Overall it has been a very successful day, and I am very much looking forward to tomorrow.
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