Inspired entrepreneurs who help spread the opportunities of carbon offsetting

Jan is involved in our business strategy. He monitors our interests, the quality of our services and the influx of new collaborations. With a background as a successful entrepreneurial engineer, this role is tailor-made for him. He proudly advises colleagues and customers because “the revolutionary idea of ecommit got me thinking”.

Why? 'No matter how high an entrepreneur's ambition is, it is not easy to bring a company's carbon emissions to zero within a few years. Moreover, as a successful entrepreneur, you have many other major challenges that require attention right now. To maintain a competitive position while being able to comply with all the rules, offsetting carbon is a nice bridging solution," Jan explains.

In addition to helping entrepreneurs with their carbon challenges, the world needs powerful accelerators that encourage nature projects. Jan believes ecommit provides a powerful solution in this. With great results for all parties. 'And with the strong we-can-do mentality of the team, ecommit will probably become one of the most successful start-ups in the Netherlands, that is what I believe in,' concludes Jan.

Maxed out... Martijn Verschuren will never be maxed out. He is a highly skilled and experienced manager with a proven track record of working towards sustainability in the construction and infrastructure sector. His aim is to make companies aware of the need to start the sustainability transition. Martijn is always exploring and literally puts his “energy” into figuring out all the possibilities to reduce CO2 emissions. From experience, Martijn (a former manager of business development at H4A) knows that it has to happen now! With regard to the Climate Agreement, Martijn thinks it is important to commit to meeting the zero-emission targets. Martijn likes to tell companies that ecommit offers the solution to the residual emissions that cannot be avoided when companies focus on reducing their emissions: You can compensate that part directly by investing in certified nature projects, thereby contributing to the capture of CO2 from the atmosphere.

Tilly is Managing Director of Wavemakers United, an international impact community passionate about water innovation, and Program Director of the UN2023 Water Conference Gamechanger Challenge (United Nations, New York), in Soemmerring with the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education.

The success of Wavemakers United came about during an international collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, and the Centre of Expertise Water & Energy on the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-2018. In 2020, Tilly collaborated on water programmes for the Netherlands Water Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. In addition to her intensive commitment to the water sector, Tilly works as Project Manager at the Platform Energy Port Zeeland. Within this platform, academics, industry and governments work to strengthen the offshore wind sector.

Rem van den Bosch is an inspired visual artist who wants to make the world a more beautiful and better place. He wants to make people aware of relevant social issues, such as sustainability and CO2. And Rem also puts this into practice.

As owner of Superfood Zeeland, he develops seabased products with minimal CO2 emissions, such as the innovative Seabor Mosselburger. As director and photographic artist of the MASFOR (Make A Stand For) Water Network and the #herecomestheflood project, Rem engages organisations and agencies on water management and rising sea levels. Rem is also an active ambassador for the UNESCO Geopark Scheldt Delta. Above all, Rem is a professional. For instance, he studied photography at AKV St. Joost and NARAFI in Brussels.