More than half of the Netherlands’ major bourse-listed companies either use or are developing environmentally friendly technology, according to Rabobank and Robeco’s research institute Iris, says today’s Trouw.

‘Star’ companies include Shell, chemical firms DSM and Akzo Nobel, Philips and Unilever, says Iris. But temps agency Randstad and publisher Wolters Kluwer could do more while navigational systems maker TomTom does not even produce an environmental report.