Environment & Sustainability

Sailing in Utrecht strives to be increasingly sustainable

Nowadays, sustainability within our environment is unthinkable. We too believe it is important for everyone to do their part.

We serve Earth Water on board, which has allowed us to completely replace plastic PET bottles ( one of the biggest surface water polluters ). Within our assortment you will find this Dutch mineral water in an innovative cardboard packaging. The packaging is made from 100% renewable resources and is the most sustainable packaging. With the proceeds of sales, several water projects are financed.
In our office, the toilets are equipped with water-saving toilet cisterns. The user can pause the flush button and control how much water is needed to flush properly. This water stop saves an average of 50% water.
We strive to work digitally as much as possible and print out as little as possible. Our administration is now 90% digitized. We ask our customers to preferably have the reservation confirmation available digitally (smartphone) on the sailing day.
With us on board you drink from a glass, this has allowed us to replace the plastic cups.
We have continued with the greening of our fleet. We have now replaced the first tour boat with a diesel engine for a new tour boat with electric propulsion. We are also investigating the possibilities of having only the engines replaced and a battery pack installed for a number of boats in order to save the environment even more.
We have started a study to run our passenger vessels on blue diesel. Blue diesel is made from waste vegetable oils, which are renewable resources. A nice development and between solution we find ourselves. The use of blue diesel reduces waste, is biodegradable, low-emission, fossil free and CO2 neutral.
We work together with local companies. Think of a pastry from the Utrecht pastry shop Theo Blom or Bakkerij Wammes, a wine from the local winery and snacks from our caterer and also neighbor on the Oudegracht.