European environmental award

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The European Environmental Award for companies (also called "European Business Awards for the Environment") is a 1990 by DG Environment of the European Union conferred in two annual basis economic price .

Goal setting

The competition was introduced to honor companies that bring innovation , economic feasibility and environmental issues together in an exemplary manner.

Design

The European Environment Prize for Business is awarded in five categories:

  • the “Management Prize for Sustainable Development” for companies whose environmental performance is permanently and measurably improved through their management
  • the “Product Prize for Sustainable Development” for the development of a new product or service that makes a special contribution to sustainable development
  • the "Prize for Sustainable Development Processes" for the development of new, environmentally friendly production techniques and processes
  • the “Prize for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development” for international partnerships that contribute to environmental protection , economic growth and social justice in a developing or emerging country
  • the "Prize for Biodiversity" for a project to preserve biodiversity and support ecosystems

The biodiversity category was only introduced in 2012.

Procedure

Companies wishing to take part in the European competition must first have successfully asserted themselves in the national programs. In Germany, the winners of the Innovation Prize for Climate and Environment (IKU) qualify for the European Business Awards for the Environment. The winners of the European Business Awards for the Environment are selected by an independent committee made up of environmental experts from business, public administration, non-governmental organizations , universities and the media.

Award winners

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2012

Products
  • Aquamarine Power (Great Britain) for the "Oyster" system for generating electricity from wave energy
Procedure
  • Umicore (Belgium) for the first process to recycle Li-ion and NiMH batteries
management
  • Marks & Spencer (Great Britain) for the "Plan A - Doing the Right Thing" program, which aims to make all the company's activities sustainable
International cooperation
  • INENSUS GmbH (Germany) for the micro-energy industry, a privately organized power supply for rural regions of Africa based on renewable energies
biodiversity
  • Slovenské elektrárne, as for the "Energy for Nature" project, which includes measures to protect the environment and stabilize biodiversity

2010

Products
  • EnergyICT (Belgium) for the introduction of an energy control system (EIServer) for buildings, which enabled 20% energy savings in the branches of the British retailer Tesco
Procedure
  • Zenergy Power GmbH and Bültmann GmbH (Germany) for the use of superconductors for heating the magnet block, with which 50% energy savings are possible
management
International cooperation
  • Ferrovial (Spain) for the "Maji ni Uhai" project to supply water to the people of the Serengeti in Tanzania

2008

The 2008 jury selected eleven finalists from 125 companies that applied. As is common practice, the award winners were presented to the public by EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas at a ceremony during the annual Green Week in Brussels .

Products
Procedure
management
  • The Co-operative Group Ltd (Great Britain) for constant annual measurement of key values ​​in environmental protection
International cooperation
  • KIT (Royal Tropical Institute) Holding (Netherlands) together with Mali BioCarburant SA, for sustainable biodiesel production in Mali . The wind Simonsfeld GmbH (Austria) received the second prize for their project "EL SOL" in Bolivia , where the locals are taught how to make their own solar panels can build for hot water production.

2006

There were 139 competitors from 23 countries.

Products
  • Windsave Ltd (UK), for a compact wind turbine for homes and offices that feeds renewable electrical energy directly into the relevant grid, and DTS OABE SL (Spain), for an environmentally friendly insecticidal varnish that can be used in urban pest control. The second prize went to VA Tech Hydro GmbH & Co (Austria) for an innovative concept for generating electricity from hydropower in existing weirs or dams using customized generators and turbines.
Procedure
  • Volkswagen AG (Germany) for the development of an industrial process for the extraction of recyclable secondary raw materials from the shredded residues of old vehicles. Second prize was shared by Fortum Power and Heat Oy (Finland) for the development of a cost-effective technology to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions from power plants, and Ten Cate | Ten Cate Advanced Textiles BV and Color Wings BV (Netherlands) for developing a digital technology for precise drip dosing when printing and finishing textiles, with which environmental friendliness and economy are improved.
management
  • Sotral SpA (Italy) for the implementation of an environmental concept in the catering logistics sector, including the use of innovative indicators of environmental performance. Second prize was shared by Aceria Compacta de Bizkaia SA (Spain) for a range of environmental management measures such as the establishment of systems to monitor pollution, and General Electric Hungary Ltd Light Source Factory (Hungary), the world's largest manufacturer of incandescent lamps , for the exemplary environmental performance of your production facility.
International cooperation
  • iD-L inspired innovations (Netherlands) for a project to manufacture fashion items from recycled plastic carrier bags, in which more than 50 needy people from the slums of the Indian city of Delhi find employment and YIT Rakennus Oy (Finland) for the construction of a sewage treatment plant in the Russian one City of Saint Petersburg , an important contribution to reducing the environmental impact of the Baltic Sea as part of the first public-private partnership in Russia. The second prize went to BASF AG (Germany) for a management tool developed in-house to determine the possibilities for improving the environmental efficiency of products and processes.

1990

Products
  • Société Claude Blaizat, France for the project: Zeoroll refrigeration system
Procedure
  • BP Chemicals SNC, France for the project: Low waste gas-phase process for production of high-density and linear low-density polyethylene
management
  • Yamanouchi Ireland Company Limited, Ireland for the project: Comprehensive environmental protection system at a bulk pharmaceuticals manufacturing plant
International cooperation
  • Treco, Belgium for the project: Treco energy systems / turbowinds

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b European Business Awards for the Environment: What is the EBAE? . European Commission website, accessed January 15, 2013
  2. ^ European Business Awards for the Environment: Categories . European Commission website, accessed January 15, 2013
  3. ↑ IKU: Good reasons for participating. Website of the Innovation Prize for Climate and Environment IKU, accessed on October 20, 2017.
  4. ^ European Business Awards for the Environment: Evaluation Process . European Commission website, accessed January 15, 2013
  5. ↑ a b c d e European Business Awards for the Environment: Winners 2012 . European Commission website, accessed January 15, 2013
  6. ↑ a b c d European Business Awards for the Environment: Winners 2010 . European Commission website, accessed January 15, 2013
  7. ↑ EU Commission: Winner 2008 (Eng.)
  8. ↑ European Environment Prize 2008 . Glocalist Daily News dated June 11, 2008
  9. ↑ europa.eu
  10. ↑ http://ec.europa.eu/environment/awards/winners_nominees_1990.html?panel=2 . Retrieved January 15, 2014.