Nominate candidates for the Nordic Council Environment Prize 2016
Criteria for nomination
The prize is awarded to a Nordic enterprise, organisation, or individual which has successfully integrated a consideration for the environment into its business or work in an exemplary way, or which in some other way has made an extraordinary positive contribution to the environment. The winning entity must have a Nordic perspective and operate in the Nordic Region and/or in relation to parties outside of the Nordic Region.
This year’s topic and your nomination
The Nordic adjudication committee’s aim with this year’s topic is to raise awareness of both established and new initiatives that promote and inspire sustainable lifestyles using creative digital solutions.
Do you know a Nordic enterprise, organisation, or individual that supports sustainable lifestyles through digital innovation? If so you can nominate your candidate here. Your reasoning must not exceed one A4 page.
- Nomination form
The deadline for the nomination of candidates is Wednesday 20 April 2016.
Prize and award ceremony
The nominees for the Nordic Council Environment Prize will be announced in June, and the prize will be awarded for the twenty-second time at an award ceremony in Copenhagen on 1 November 2016. The winner will receive DKK 350,000.
Previous winners
2015 Energy company SEV from the Faroe Islands (green electrification)
2014 Municipality of Reykjavik in Iceland (broad and determined commitment to the environment)
2013 Selina Juul from Denmark (the fight against food waste)
