Deal! Magazine April 2025: Social Return, Smart Procurement & Innovation

Highlights from the April Edition

This edition features a diverse selection of topics that shed light on the challenges and opportunities within the profession:

• Social Return: From Promise to Impact   Maaike de Vreede, winner of the Nevi Thesis Award in the higher‑vocational category, shares her insights on how social return can be implemented more effectively in public tenders. She emphasises the importance of monitoring, uniform guidelines and strong partnerships between contracting authorities and suppliers to achieve real social impact.

• Smart Energy Procurement  - An article exploring how organisations can take a strategic approach to energy procurement to manage risks and control costs. Simone Hendrikx‑Pardoel (TenneT) discusses how suppliers struggle to meet demand, while CPO Job Verkerke (Heijmans) advocates dual sourcing as a solution.

• De Kuip: Procurement Under the Spotlight   - Wesley Lagerwerf, Procurement Manager at Stadion Feijenoord, explains how he is professionalising the procurement function at De Kuip. With a budget of €15 million, he focuses on innovation, maintenance and connecting stakeholders both inside and outside the organisation.

• Column: Energy Efficiency as a Challenge  - Theo de Kort reflects on the European energy‑efficiency targets for 2030. He discusses obstacles such as grid congestion and highlights the importance of investing in green technologies.

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