Power suppliers: the facts

In February, 2014,  the Dutch Consumers Association, Greenpeace, HIVOS, the Netherlands Society for Nature and Environment, the Dutch Home Owners’ Association, WWF and the World Information Service on Energy (WISE) presented a ranking of 23 power suppliers operating in the Dutch market according to the sustainability of their products. The background data for this report were provided by CE Delft in the form of factsheets providing raw data on each of the providers. 

 

These factsheets were updated in the latter part of 2014 and used by the first four of these organisations for a new ranking, which was published on 8 December, 2014.  

 

N.B. The assessment criteria used for the ‘sustainability ranking’ were explicitly not part of the CE Delft study. CE Delft has no knowledge of these criteria, nor has it advised on them, thus guaranteeing its independence and objectivity.

 

Factsheets providing background data on each provider were again prepared, distinguishing three categories: 

For suppliers with own production capacity, the factsheet covers the following issues:

For suppliers with no own production capacity, the following issues: