Nordic Council Environment Prize

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Nordic Council Environment Prize
Awarded for"exemplary efforts to integrate respect for the environment into ... business or work" or "some other form of extraordinary initiative on behalf of the environment" [1]
Country Nordic countries
Presented by Nordic Council
Reward(s) DKK 350,000 [1]
First awarded1995
Website norden.org/en/environmentprize

The Nordic Council Environment Prize (also known as the Nordic Council Nature and Environment Prize [2] ) is awarded each year to a Nordic company, organization, or individual to recognize "exemplary efforts to integrate respect for the environment into their business or work or for some other form of extraordinary initiative on behalf of the environment". [1] The nominees and winner are chosen by a 13-person committee consisting of two representatives each from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland, as well as one each from the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Åland. [1] The first prize was awarded in 1995. Since 2005, the committee has chosen a theme each year for the nominations and award.

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Prize recipients

YearTheme [3] Winner [3] Country/Region
1995– Torleif Ingelög Sweden
1996– Inuit Circumpolar Conference Greenland
1997–The Institute of Product Development at the Technical University of Denmark Denmark
1998–The "Jarðvegsvernd" project, led by Ólafur Arnalds Iceland
1999– Agenda 21 office, Åland Natur & Miljö [4] Åland
2000– Bellona Foundation Norway
2001– Mats Segnestam Sweden
2002– Arne Næss Norway
2003– Luonto-Liitto (Finnish Nature League)Finland
2004– Coalition Clean Baltic multiple countries
2005Contributions to the Nordic cultural landscape Ann-Cecilie Norderhaug Norway
2006 Climate change and adaption Bogi Hansen Faroe Islands
2007Environmentally sustainable cities Albertslund Municipality Denmark
2008 Energy efficiency Marorka marine energy management companyIceland
2009Promoting nature and outdoor recreation Swedish forest schools initiative "I Ur och Skur" (Rain or Shine)Sweden
2010Green investment managementThe banks Merkur Andelskasse, Ekobanken, and Cultura Sparebank Denmark, Sweden, and Norway
2011 Sustainable tourism Scandic Hotels Norway
2012 Biodiversity Olli Manninen Finland
2013 Resource efficiency Selina Juul and the Stop Wasting Food movementDenmark
2014Environmental work by a Nordic town or communityCity of Reykjavik [2] Iceland
2015Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions [5] SEV energy company [5] Faroe Islands
2016Digital promotion of sustainable living [6] Too Good To Go, an app that combats food waste by enabling users to buy surplus food from restaurants at affordable prices [7] Denmark
2017Initiatives that bring people closer to the waste-free society. [8] RePack, a packaging service which enables the return and reuse of delivery packaging for online retailers and their users. [9] Finland
2018 Participatory monitoring protecting marine life and helping to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. [10] PISUNA-net Local Observations database developed to record, archive, and share indigenous and local knowledge and expertise on natural resources and resource use. This information is generously shared with the public by the observers and the communities within which the observers reside. [11] Greenland
2019Initiatives that promote sustainable consumption and production by doing more and better with less. [12] Greta Thunberg for her mobilisation of millions of people around the world to demand climate action now. She declined the award, in protest at a lack of climate action. [13] Sweden

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  2. 1 2 "The City of Reykjavik wins the Nordic Council Nature and Environment Prize 2014". Nordic Council. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Previous prize winners and nominees". Nordic Council. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  4. ↑ Nordic Council of Ministers (2001). Towards a Sustainable Nordic Tourism. ISBN   9789289306447 . Retrieved 19 October 2016.
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  7. ↑ "Winner of the Nordic Council Environment Prize 2016". Nordic Council. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
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  12. ↑ "Nominations for the Nordic Council Environment Prize 2019". Nordic Council.
  13. ↑ "Greta Thunberg declines Nordic Council Environment Prize".
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