Nominations for the Nature and Environment Prize 2013
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Johannes Jansson/norden.org
The ten nominees for the Nature and Environment Prize 2013 are presented here in alphabetic order:
ASKO, wholesaler and supplier of groceries (Norway)
Carbon Recycling International, innovation company (Iceland)
HINKU-forum, Kolneutrala kommuner, municipal environmental project (Finland)
Hållbara Hav, initiative (Sweden)
Jarðhitaskóli Sameinuðu þjóðanna, UN’s geothermal school (Iceland)
Katvig ApS, children's clothes manufacturer (Denmark)
Selina Juul, Stop Spild Af Mad movement (Denmark)
Solvatten AB, water treatment (Sweden)
Shared nomination:
TOMRA, environmental technology company (Norway) / The founders, brothers Tore and Petter Planke, who founded TOMRA 1972
Ålands Biodlarförening, beekeepers association (Åland)
This is how the nominations are chosen:
The people in the Nordic countries have submitted their candidates for this year's prize. This year there were 24 proposals.
The decision on who is nominated is taken by a Nordic Adjudication Committee made up of 13 people, two from each Nordic country and one from the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland respectively.