The prize goes to a company, organisation or individual in the Nordics for exemplary efforts to integrate respect for nature and the environment into their business or work or for some other form of extraordinary initiative on behalf of nature and the environment.
The 2023 Nordic Council Environment Prize goes to Renewcell from Sweden for its groundbreaking solution for recycling and reusing textile waste for use in new clothes and products.
The 2020 Nordic Council Environment Prize goes to Jens-Kjeld Jensen from the Faroe Islands. The theme of the prize this year is biodiversity. The prize goes to a Nordic initiative that se...
RePack from Finland has won the Nordic Council Environment Price 2017. Director Jonne Hellgren accepted the prize at the award ceremony in Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, on 1 November.
The Nordic Council's prestigious Nature and Environment Prize worth DKK 350,000 goes this year to Danish Selina Juul for the Stop Wasting Food movement
Nordens förnämsta miljöpris på 350 000 danska kronor går i år till Olli Manninen från Finland. Priset ges för hans stora insats för att bevara Nordens skogar och bygga nätverk mellan de n...
The winner of the Nordic Council’s Nature and Environment Prize 2011 is Scandic Hotels in the Nordic Region for their contribution to sustainable tourism.
The Nordic Council Nature and Environment Prize 2010 is awarded to three banks Merkur Andelskasse, Ekobanken and Cultura Bank for their commitment to green values and sustainable principl...
The Nordic Council Nature and Environment Prize 2009 has been awarded to the Swedish forest-schools initiative "I Ur och Skur" (Rain or Shine). The Adjudicating Committee made i...
Marorka in Iceland has been named as the winner of the DKK 350,000 Nordic Council's Nature and Environment Prize 2008. The theme for this year's prize was 'Less energy cons...
Albertslunds kommun i Danmark får Nordiska rådets Natur - och Miljöpris för år 2007 på 350 000 danska kronor. Temat för årets pris har varit den miljömässigt hållbara staden.
Bogi Hansen professor, författare och debattör från Färöarna får Nordiska rådets Natur-och Miljöpris för 2006 på 350 000 danska kronor. Temat för årets pris har varit klimatförändring och...
Ann-Cecile Norderhaug, biolog och forskare från Norge, får Nordiska rådets Natur-och Miljöpris 2005 på 350 000 danska kronor. Temat för årets pris har varit insatser för kulturlandskap i ...
The Huopalahti station area in Helsinki is an example of how circular solutions can significantly improve the built environment and make it more sustainable and inspiring.
The 2014 Nature and Environment Prize will go to a Nordic local authority/town/community that has either made an impact on the environment in general or has put extraordinary effort into ...
Storebrand er en ledende aktør i markedet for langsiktig sparing og forsikring. Konsernet består av de fire forretningsområdene livsforsikring, skadeforsikring, kapitalforvaltning og bank...
Cultura Bank er en frittstående norsk sparebank grunnlagt i 1997, som driver sin virksomhet etter prinsippene for "social banking". Det innebærer for det første at utlånsformåle...
GES Investment Services levererar sofistikerade informationssystem, avancerade analystjänster och expertråd till stora institutionella investerare - banker, försäkringsbolag och pensionsf...
Ásta Arnardóttir and Ósk Vilhjálmsdóttir are nominated for having organised trips for a large number of people to an area in the central highlands of Iceland which was threatened by plans...
The Nordic Scouts are nominated for their long-standing tradition for outdoor life and commitment to the environment, as well as the opportunities the organisation has given Nordic childr...
The organisation was founded in the 1800s and since 1985 it has developed its work by getting children to be active outdoors. The organisation currently covers about 100,000 children and ...
The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, the Study Promotion Association and the Swedish Ornithological Society are nominated for their project “Local Nature Guides” (Närnaturguider),...
The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation is nominated for its work at local, regional and national level to get people out into the countryside and improve their knowledge of nature an...
The Organisation for the Protection of Nature and the Environment’s campaign “Keep up with spring” is nominated for its work to inspire people in general and young people in particular to...
Alpo Komulainen has made an important contribution as a teacher, researcher and entrepreneur. He has influenced generations of pupils and students with the attitude that is now predominan...
Learning about Forests is nominated for communicating and spreading knowledge and ideas about teaching outdoors in the countryside and outdoor schools for teachers and pupils all over Den...
The project Green Shoots is nominated for its work in developing green children’s institutions that help children and adults experience the countryside.
Nominated for a building equipment system developed by the company Are Oy. It integrates heating, cooling, ventilation in a building; it facilitates the reduction of energy supplies consi...
Nominated for the Alingsås local authority project 'houses without central heating', which will communicate knowledge, support building, ensure quality and participate in resear...
Nominated for the establishment and development of Pendlernet (Commuter Net), a free car-pooling database aimed at commuters for regular trips to and from work.
Daniel Ehrnberg is nominated for having developed a new wave-power principle for an exam project at the University of Gothenburg, which has the potential to develop into a tool for use du...
The biggest producer of energy in the Nordic Region, Vattenfall, has developed a model for long-term global co-operation to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, representing a 'third way...
Tarjei Haaland has been nominated for his 32 years of dedication to combating man-made climate change and promoting renewable energy sources, energy savings and efficiency.
The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SNF) does a great deal of work distributing information about climate change, and has been nominated for its objective and professional campai...
Preben Maegaard has pioneered the development of renewable energy in Denmark since the mid-'70s. As the head of the Nordic Centre for Renewable Energy, it is his job to teach others ...
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 are nominated jointly because of the commitment in their work, individually and together, to disseminate knowledge on climate change.
Pär Holmgren has been a meteorologist on Swedish TV since 1988, and has used his popularity to spread clear and accessible messages about the relationship between human activity and clima...
Bogi Hansen professor, författare och debattör från Färöarna får Nordiska rådets Natur-och Miljöpris för 2006 på 350 000 danska kronor. Temat för årets pris har varit klimatförändring och...
Ann-Cecile Norderhaug, biolog och forskare från Norge, får Nordiska rådets Natur-och Miljöpris 2005 på 350 000 danska kronor. Temat för årets pris har varit insatser för kulturlandskap i ...
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...
'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, 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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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 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.
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...