Neuigkeiten & Veröffentlichungen

Endlich ist es soweit: am Montag, den 3. September 2018, kann Eosta, das niederländische Bio-Handelsunternehmen für Obst und Gemüse mit der Eigenmarke Nature & More, in ein neues Firmengebäude einziehen. Die Logistik operiert bereits seit einem Monat vom neuen, 19.500 Quadratmeter großen Standort aus, der sich unweit des bisherigen Firmensitzes in Waddinxveen befindet. Nun zieht auch die Verwaltung nach. Mit zahlreichen nachhaltigen und zirkulären Maßnahmen repräsentiert der Neubau aus der Feder von Architekt Thomas Rau nicht nur die Firmenwerte, sondern will Eosta auch fit für die Wirtschaft der Zukunft machen.

Der „Day Zero“, die Stunde Null – also der Tag, an dem die Stadtobersten die Wasserhähne abstellen müssen, weil die Trinkwasserreservoirs fast leer sind – bedroht nicht nur Südafrika und Neu Delhi, sondern bald auch Europa. Biologische Landwirtschaft zeigt mit smartem Wasser- und vor allem Bodenmanagement sowie klimaschonenden Anbaupraktiken Auswege aus der Klima-krise – vor allem aus den immer länger werdenden Trockenperioden. Volkert Engelsman, CEO Eosta, und Eddy Redelinghuys, Traubenzüchter aus Südafrika, erklären warum.

Brussels/Waddinxveen, 3 July – Organic produce specialist Eosta is a proud finalist of the European Business Awards for the Environment (EBAE). This prestigious prize will be awarded by the European Commission in November 2018. The competition was set up to highlight companies that combine innovation, competition and sustainability successfully.

Last week Eosta landed a Sustainable Food Award for its ‘Natural Branding’ scheme, ahead of competition from Switzerland and the UK. Eosta has been applying Natural Branding laser marking on organic produce since 2016, in order to battle against environmental polluting plastic. So far Eosta has already saved 6.3 million plastic packaging units. Major retailers in Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands have embraced the technique and continue to do so.

Waddinxveen, 30. Mai 2018 – Eosta, niederländischer Importeur von Bio-Obst und -Gemüse, erhielt den prestigeträchtigen „Koning Willem I“-Preis für nachhaltiges Entrepreneurship. Die Jury lobte vor allem die Pionierleistung des Unternehmens im Bereich „True Cost Accounting“.

South Africa has approximately 650 table grape producers, almost all of which are conventional growers. More than 150 of them, or 20%, attended a conference on May 10th on the opportunities for organic grape cultivation in South Africa. The conference, held in Stellenbosch, was organized by Eosta, a leading European importer and distributor of organic fruit and vegetables. ‘With conventional cultivation you are increasingly running into problems,’ said grape grower Easton Marsh from Lushof. ‘Annual droughts are becoming extreme, and public resistance to pesticides is growing. Organic cultivation can offer some solutions.‘

Waddinxveen, 16. Mai 2018 – Eosta veranstaltete eine Nachhaltigkeitskonferenz in Stellenbosch (Südafrika).

On behalf of 80,000 concerned citizens and 150 health food stores, Volkert Engelsman of Eosta / Nature & More handed over the petition “No VAT on organic” to the Dutch parliament today. “Consumers who buy organic products are saving the government and tax payers money. By lowering the VAT on organic, the government will create a more level playing field and encourage sustainable production” said Volkert Engelsman.

Waddinxveen, 15 March 2018 – Eosta, distributor of organic fruits and vegetables has won the Packaging Award 2018 within the category of sustainability. Nature & More was the first company in Europe that has been introducing ‘Natural Branding’ in Europe end 2016, in order to battle against useless, environmental polluting plastic.

WADDINXVEEN, Netherlands, 31 January 2018 — Eosta, one of Europe’s leading importers of organic fresh produce and a prominent campaigner for fairer practices in global agriculture, is calling on fruit and vegetable growers, importers and marketers worldwide to take up the challenge of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to ensure the long-term survival of the sector.

Volkert Engelsman, CEO of major organics marketer Eosta and one of the driving forces behind the True Cost Accounting movement, has made an appeal to banks and investors through HRH Queen Máxima calling on the sector to move up a gear with more “inclusive finance”. By including the environmental and societal damage caused by large scale conventional farming in profit and loss accounts, the financial sector can make a huge impact towards saving our planet, argued Engelsman.

Organic products should not be charged with VAT, according to a new petition from the organic sector. On Friday 3rd of November, Volkert Engelsman, Director of Eosta, and recently elected No. 1 in the Trouw Sustainable Top 100 ranking, was the first to put his signature on the 'No VAT on Organic’ petition. The initiators aim for a ‘0% VAT on organic food’ regulation in the upcoming first 100 days of the current new Dutch Government. On November 10, 11 and 12, people can go VAT-free grocery shopping at the participating organic specialty stores throughout the Netherlands. If you want to support the cause and live in the Netherlands, you can sign here: WWW.GEENBTWOPBIO.NL.