The Nordic Council Environment Prize

Nominations 2011

Merkur – Den Almennyttige Andelskasse, Danmark

Merkur er til for at fremme en bæredygtig samfundsudvikling og gør dette gennem finansiering af sociale, kulturelle og miljøvenlige projekter.

GES Investment Services, Sverige

GES Investment Services levererar sofistikerade informationssystem, avancerade analystjänster och expertråd till stora institutionella investerare - banker, försäkringsbolag och pensionsf...

Ekobanken, Sverige

Ekobanken är Sveriges fristående representant för den växande internationella bankimpuls som kallas social banking.

Nomination 2007

The Environment Association’s Climate Change Project 2004-2005, Iceland

The aim of the Icelandic Environment Association’s Climate Change Project was to determine whether it would be theoretically and economically feasible to reduce Iceland's emissions o...

Pär Holmgren and Claes Bernes, Sweden

Pär Holmgren and Claes Bernes are nominated jointly because of the commitment in their work, individually and together, to disseminate knowledge on climate change.

The Archipelago Foundation in the county of Stockholm, Sweden

The Stockholm Archipelago Foundation is a non-profit foundation whose aim is to preserve and protect important parts of the Stockholm Archipelago for natural heritage and leisure purposes...

The organisation 'Save the Vefsna', Mosjøen, Norway

'Save the Vefsna' is a private, non-political organisation established in February 2003, with 7 members on the Board of Directors. The organisation is nominated for its work to ...

Urban Emanuelsson, Swedish Biodiversity Centre, Uppsala, Sweden

Urban Emanuelsson, who is a much sought after speaker both at home and abroad, is nominated for his committed work over many years for the preservation and sustainable exploitation of bio...

The Advisory Centre for Rural Women and Homemakers' work on landscape preservation, Finland

The Advisory Centre for Rural Women and Homemakers is nominated for the prize for its advisory work on landscape care, which is considered to be ground-breaking and an example for other c...

Stiftelsen Gardar Foundation, Narsaq, Greenland

The work of increasing the visibility, sustainability, use and management of invaluable cultural landscapes is of great topical interest in Greenland. At the same time it can be seen that...

The Capital Area Cemeteries, KGRP in Reykjavik, Iceland

Holavallagardur is the largest Icelandic cemetery, dating from the 19th century, and is the second largest cemetery managed by KGRP. The cemetery is a wonderful example of the versatility...

Fiskars Oyj Abp, Finland

In Pojo, in Vester Nyland, there is a company and an area called Fiskars. Fiskars Company Ltd, Finland's oldest industrial company, has, despite its growth and international expansio...

The Cultural and Historical Landscape in the Roskilde, Lejre and Hvalsø area, Denmark

Since the summer of 2004, on the initiative of local mayors, civil servants, landowners and the business community, a new cohesive vision for the unique historical countryside and cultura...

Västanfjärd Council, Finland

Västanfjärd is a typical archipelago municipality (830 inhabitants) and lacks a centralised waste water system. As in most other archipelago and coastal municipalities, the treatment of i...

The Åland Foundation for the Future of the Baltic Sea (the Baltic Foundation) Åland

The main area of the work of the Baltic Foundation, which comprises members from Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Åland, is to protect the marine environment of the Baltic Sea.

Stjornu-Oddi, Iceland

The company Stjornu-Oddi aims to develop hi-tech instruments and systems for researchers to monitor the surroundings and living resources of the seas.

Pinngoritaleriffk, the Greenland Nature Institute, Greenland

The Greenland Nature Institute was set up in 1995. The aim was to lay the scientific basis for sustainable usage and to safeguard biodiversity.

P/F OSR Faroes, Faroe Islands

P/F OSR Faroes works to combat, protect against and prevent oil leaks round the Faroe and Shetland Islands.

Lofoten against Sellafield, Norway

For many years the organisation has been working to stop mainly TC-99 emissions from Sellafield.

The Marine Research Institute, Iceland

The Marine Research Institute is Iceland's largest research institute in the marine environment and fisheries research and also has an advisory role on sustainable usage and protecti...

Bengt-Owe Jansson, Professor, Sweden

Bengt Owe Janssons has had a decisive influence on marine environments and environmental problems for more than 40 years. He has been a leading figure in Swedish and international marine ...

Coalition Clean Baltic, Sweden

CCB is a NGO network which spans the Baltic and was set up in 1990 only a few months after the fall of the wall between eastern and western Europe.