Nature and Environment Prize of the Nordic Council

The Nordic Council's Nature and Environment Prize is awarded every autumn at the meeting of the Nordic Council , a forum for the Nordic countries - together with the film , literature and music prize .

The nature and environment prize has been awarded since 1995 and, at 350,000 Danish kroner (47,000 euros), is as high as the other prizes. It is intended to raise awareness about nature and environmental work in the north and is aimed at Nordic organizations, companies or private individuals who have made an exceptional contribution to nature and the environment.

First, organizations and private individuals are asked to submit proposals in which the candidates meet the criteria of a topic that changes every year - for example in the areas of energy saving, sustainability or preservation of the cultural landscape. The next step is to appoint the national candidates.

National committees propose two candidates from each country or autonomous region for the final. There a thirteen-member "Nordic Judging Committee" then selects the winner. This committee consists of two representatives each from Denmark , Finland , Iceland , Norway and Sweden and one representative each from the autonomous regions of Åland , Faroe Islands and Greenland .

The award is administered by the secretariat of the Danish delegation to the Nordic Council, which is based in the Folketing , the Danish parliament in Copenhagen .

Award winners

No.	year	theme	Award winners	country	Explanation of the jury
25th	2019	Sustainability in consumption and production	Greta Thunberg	Sweden	Thunberg was awarded the prize for her commitment to the climate debate. However, she rejected the award in protest against the lack of concrete measures to protect the climate.
24.	2018	Life under water	PISUNA Naturresourcerådet i Attu	Greenland	The facility was honored for its documentation of the maritime environment.
23.	2017	Garbage-free society	RePack	Finland	The company supplies goods in recyclable packaging.
22nd	2016	Digital solutions for a sustainable lifestyle	Too good to go	Denmark	The app helps restaurants and grocery stores sell excess groceries to the population, who in turn can buy the food at an affordable price.
21st	2015	Greenhouse gas reduction	SEV	Faroe Islands	The energy company was honored for its commitment to ecological energy generation.
20th	2014	Environmental protection in general	Reykjavík	Iceland	The Icelandic capital has implemented a series of exemplary environmental policy initiatives.
19th	2013	Resource efficiency	Selina Juul	Denmark	The Dane was honored for her work against food waste.
18th	2012	Biological Diversity	Olli Manninen	Finland	The Finn is committed to the protection of forests in the Nordic countries and created the web portal nordicforests.org for this purpose . a transnational network.
17th	2011	Sustainable tourism	Scandic Hotels	Norway	The hotel chain has been honored for reducing its own environmental footprint since 1994.
16.	2010	Green capital management	Merkur Andelskasse , Ekobanken , Cultura bank	Denmark , Norway , Sweden	The three banks would be rewarded for their green commitment and sustainable principles. For the first time there were three winners.
15th	2009	Increased awareness of nature	I Ur och Skur (" whatever the weather")	Sweden	Contribution to the understanding of nature in children
14th	2008	Less energy consumption	Company Marorka	Iceland	Development of an IT tool that can significantly reduce energy consumption in shipping
13.	2007	Sustainability in the city	Albertslund Commune	Denmark	Anchoring environmental work among fellow citizens and companies - e.g. B. by halving carbon dioxide emissions in the community
12.	2006	Climate change and adaptation	Professor and author Bogi Hansen	Faroe Islands	Research on the climate and oceanography in the Nordic seas
11.	2005	Commitment to the cultural landscape in the north	Ann-Cecilie Norderhaug	Norway	Contribution to safeguarding biological values
10.	2004		Coalition Clean Baltic	Baltic region	Linking environmental work in the Baltic Sea region to a network
9.	2003		Youth environmental organization Luonto-Liittory	Finland	Largest and oldest youth environmental organization in the north
8th.	2002		Professor Arne Næss	Norway	Commitment to ecological philosophy and development of perspectives
7th	2001		Mats Segnestam	Sweden	Inclusion of environmental issues in development programs
6th	2000		Bellona Environmental Foundation	Norway	Work against radioactive pollution
5.	1999		Åland's nature & Miljö	Åland	Creation of a local network for an exchange of ideas and its implementation in practical environmental work
4th	1998		Jarðvegsvernd project and its head Ólafur Arnalds	Iceland	Providing knowledge about earth erosion in Iceland
3.	1997		Institut for Produktudvikling (IPU) at Denmark's Technical University	Denmark	Leading role in the development of environmentally friendly industrial products
2.	1996		Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC)	Greenland	Maintaining an environmentally friendly way of life for the indigenous people of Greenland
1.	1995		Researcher Torleif Ingelög	Sweden	Contribution to effectively conserving biological diversity in rational agriculture and forestry

See also

• Nordic Council Film Award
• Nordic Council Literature Prize
• Nordic Council Music Prize

Web links

• Nature and Environment Prize at the Nordic Council (English, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Norden: About the Environment Prize , accessed November 11, 2018 (English, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish)
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Norden: Previous prize winners and nominees ( Memento of the original from May 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on September 15, 2010 (English etc.) 
3. ^ Greta Thunberg declines Nordic Council Environment Prize. Retrieved December 3, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Winner of the Nordic Council Environment Prize 2018. Accessed November 11, 2018 . 
5. ↑ The winner of the Nordic Council Environment Prize 2017. Accessed November 11, 2018 . 
6. ↑ The winner of the Nordic Council Environment Prize 2016 is the Too Good To Go app from Denmark. Retrieved January 4, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Winner of the Nordic Council Nature and Environment Prize 2015. Accessed December 1, 2015 . 
8. ↑ The Winner of the Nordic Council Nature and Environment Prize 2014. Accessed February 13, 2015 . 
9. ^ Winner of the Nordic Council Nature and Environment Prize 2013. Accessed on February 13, 2015 . 
10. ↑ Prisvinnare 2012. Accessed on 29 November 2012 (Swedish). 
11. ↑ North: Prisvinder 2011 , accessed on June 13, 2011 (Norwegian)
12. ↑ North: Three Nordic banks win the Nordic Council Nature and Environment Prize 2010 , June 3, 2010, accessed on September 15, 2010 (English etc.)