Some of these saving measures concern long-term energy saving policies, such as energy taxes and covenants with the business community. The Netherlands is also stepping up policy measures arising from the Energy Agreement for Sustainable Growth (Social Economic Council (SER), 2013), which brings together the activities of more than 40 organisations, including central, regional and local governments, employers&#39; and employees&#39; organisations, nature and environmental organisations, other civil society organizations and financial institutions. The national government is responsible for the elaboration, implementation, execution and evaluation of the policy measures specified in the agreement and will be accountable for this to parliament. The Energy Agreement aims to achieve an average annual saving of 1.5 percent on final energy consumption. In addition, in this context, the Parties agree on a package of measures, which is expected to enable approximately 100 PJ of additional final energy savings to be achieved in 2020 compared to a reference scenario without an Energy Agreement (Daniels et al. 2013, p. 19). The monitoring and assurance of the results of the Energy Agreement is carried out by a permanent committee within the SER in which all parties, including the government, participate. In 2016 it was decided to intensify the agreements in the Energy Agreement in order to guarantee the national target of 100 PJ additional final energy savings. Some of these intensification measures have already been implemented. These measures are also included in Annex I.