For the past three years, Davy Goossens has been at the forefront of advancing sustainable practices at Bekina. While his primary focus is on product and process improvements, as SDE Director (Sustainability – Development – Engineering), he also oversees critical areas such as quality, health and safety, and sustainability.

In early 2024, Davy was introduced to ClimateCamp through his colleague Ruben, who had attended a VOKA course on sustainable sourcing where ClimateCamp was presenting.

In January 2024, we worked with Davy to identify key sustainability challenges Bekina was facing:

• Customers were requesting Bekina’s emissions data, which had yet to be calculated.

• Bekina had ambitious sustainability goals, including becoming energy neutral by 2040 and achieving a 30% reduction in Scope 3 emissions by 2030.

• They aimed to be CSRD-compliant by December 2024 and sought strategic advice on the different ESG categories.

• Efforts to engage suppliers for primary data had been challenging, with difficulties in both outreach and obtaining accurate data.

These challenges laid the foundation for our collaboration to help Bekina meet their sustainability goals.

To support Davy and Bekina in addressing their challenges, ClimateCamp provided a tailored combination of solutions through its platform and dedicated customer success team.

• Using the ClimateCamp sustainability platform, Bekina successfully calculated its Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions.

• Together, we launched impactful supplier engagement campaigns, reaching up to 60% of their suppliers to drive meaningful collaboration.

• We also organized a series of collaborative workshops to prepare for CSRD compliance. When the European Commission revised the CSRD scope for SMEs we extended the deadline to December 2025. ClimateCamp’s customer success team works closely with Bekina to meet the updated requirements. Additionally, we referred Bekina to Karomia, a specialized platform to help with their double materiality analysis.

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This integrated approach has enabled Bekina to make significant strides toward its sustainability goals. However, like many companies, the journey toward greater sustainability is still ongoing and not without its challenges. Collecting the data and documents required for CSRD remains a large time investment on Davy’s side. Furthermore investments in sustainability must deliver a return, whether through higher profit margins or cost savings linked to new regulations like CBAM. Building strong business cases for these investments remains challenging, as non-European countries place less emphasis on sustainable practices, and certain regulations have yet to take full effect.

Despite these challenges, we commend Bekina and Davy for their unwavering efforts to lead their value chain in sustainability and set an example for others to follow.