EKOenergy

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EKOenergy is an ecolabel managed by the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation. It is an indication of sustainable production of renewable energy, consumption of said energy, or energy saving. 

The label is impartial and subject to strict environmental criteria. Only the best can get certified. Therefore the label can be trusted by customers, companies and partner organisations.

Criteria

Sustainability in the energy sector demands more than simply a low-carbon future and no form of energy production is completely 'clean and green'. Wind farms and hydropower stations have their own environmental impacts. The EKOenergy label takes these into account, and extra criteria is in place to minimise the impacts of renewable energy production. Only the cleanest sources of energy will be granted the EKOenergy-label. The aim is to continue developing the criteria to target the most efficient methods of reducing the environmental impacts of energy production.

Target

The Nordic energy market has been open to competition for longest in the world. Now that the rest of Europe is following suit, the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation believes that the developing common internal energy market in the European Union requires a common, independent ecolabel for energy. The EKOenergy label has been designed to be internationally recognisable.

For further information, visit: http://www.ekoenergy.org/