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Big companies can bring a lot of value in terms of innovation, employment, investment and career opportunities and tax revenues. But they can also create corporate power, which brings big risks for society and that must be properly addressed at the national and EU level.

Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijn (AH) will remove unclear and incorrect sustainability claims from its stores. It will do so after ACM confronted the company with the claims.

ACM has no objections against the launch of a new sector-wide sustainability standard of Thuiswinkel.org, the Dutch trade association for the e-commerce sector (Thuiswinkel).

Following conversations with ACM, the Dutch Real Estate Council (ROZ) has adjusted the model contracts for renting office and retail spaces. This has taken away anticompetitive concerns.

The number of households with access to fiber-optic has considerably increased over the past year, by approximately 25 percent. That is one of the conclusions of the 2023 annual review of the Telecom Monitor of ACM. Mobile-data consumption also increased considerably in 2023, by over 25 percent.