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The Iliad Group (Free in France, Play in Poland) announced that its branches have signed three more PPAs (Power Purchase Agreements) involving the supply of EKOenergy-labelled solar power in France, Italy, and Poland. In France, the EKOenergy supplier is Engie; in Italy and Poland, it’s Statkraft. The Iliad Group is…

German Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Action visiting SCHOTT (Photo: SCHOTT) / Hilti tools: made with EKOenergy! (Photo: Hilti Corporation) Science Based Targets initiatitive The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is a partnership between CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, the World Resources Institute (WRI), and the World Wide…

Finnish company Kupilka has been using eco-labelled electricity for 25 years! Sustainability is deep in the company’s DNA A family company, now called Kupilka, manufactures injection-moulded products that are designed to last. Their products, such as cups, plates, and cutlery, are made from natural fibre composite material sourced from certified…

Solar energy to power the hospital’s daily operations Consumers have the option to choose EKOenergy worldwide. One method of accessing EKOenergy-labelled electricity involves adding our label to locally-produced solar power. An illustrative case of this is St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor. The hospital operates in Gulu, Uganda, offering services to the…

Since last year, Microsoft has purchased EKOenergy-labelled energy attribute certificates (EACs) for a portion of its electricity consumption. Its choice of EKOenergy-labelled EACs has enabled the technology company to make a positive impact not only on the climate but also on off-grid communities in developing countries. We are honoured to…

As part of our outreach campaign “EKOappetite”, we promote the use of renewable energy in food processing businesses. We reached out to an existing EKOenergy user, the Finnish ice cream manufacturer 3 Kaveria (“3 Friends”) for an interview to learn more about their motives for using EKOenergy-labelled renewable electricity. Anna…

Thanks, SAP, for using EKOenergy In a recent article on their website, the German multinational software company SAP explains why the company chooses EKOenergy-labelled renewable electricity: SAP and EKOenergy Partner for a Renewable Future. We take the opportunity to thank SAP for their trust in our non-profit ecolabel and congratulate…

The Iliad Group is a fast-growing provider of telecommunication services in Europe, with their main activities in France, Italy and Poland. Their operations as a mobile phone service provider include prepaid SIM cards, internet access and hosting services. In early 2021, the Iliad Group started using EKOenergy-labelled electricity to power…

SCHOTT, a leading international company in the areas of specialty glass, glass-ceramics and glass innovations, closed two Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with Engie for electricity from German solar and wind farms. The total volume of the deal is 200 gigawatt-hours and all electricity will get the EKOenergy label. SCHOTT has…

Customer preference in favour of charging electric vehicles with renewables In Europe, transport emissions account for one-fifth of all greenhouse gas emissions – and 78% of them come from road transport. A customer survey conducted by EV charging network operator Virta in December 2021 showed that almost 80% of the…

Participando activamente en la transición energética Nos desplazamos hasta la localidad de Espartinas, en la soleada región de Sevilla, Andalucía, España. Y es que Espartinas no es una localidad cualquiera, sino que … ¡Se ha convertido en el primer municipio en autoabastecer sus edificios y colegios públicos con EKOenergía! EKOenergía…

Energía 100% renovable con criterios adicionales para garantizar sostenibilidad y adicionalidad El grupo Iliad es una compañía de telecomunicaciones europea que está creciendo rápidamente. Sus operaciones como proveedor de telefonía móvil incluyen acceso a internet, tarjetas sim y alojamientos web. el año pasado el grupo Iliad decidió cambiar a energía…

Educando en Desarrollo Sostenible – entrevista con Dr. Gilda Alcívar García, rectora de la Universidad ECOTEC EKOenergía es una ecoetiqueta para el consumo de energías renovables. No solo empresas y particulares pueden beneficiarse de las ventajas de EKOenergía, y beneficiarse de su impacto positivo adicional. Instituciones como colegios, institutos, o…

Favini, el fabricante italiano de papel y moldes, es líder mundial en el diseño y la producción de papel antiadherente utilizado en diversos sectores, como la moda y la ropa técnica-deportiva. Uno de sus productos más innovadores y reconocidos son los envases, fabricados a partir de materias primas naturales como…

Gracias a la creciente demanda de un consumo de energía consciente y sostenible, EKOenergía está disponible de forma global. Elegir EKOenergía es un paso adicional en favor del clima y de la protección de la naturaleza, y además, es comunicar su participación en la transición energética. Tras nuestro trabajo de…

La foto fue tomada durante uno de sus eventos «La nuit des Lampions» Coopérations Entreprises Socio-Culturelles hace referencia a dos organizaciones en Luxemburgo: Coopérations Asbl y Coopérations Société Coopérative. Una es una organización sociocultural sin ánimo de lucro que se centra en el arte y la cultura, en la implicación…

Verdonce es una marca española de productos que te ayudarán a hacer de tu casa un hogar más sostenible, reduciendo los residuos y ayudando al medio ambiente. Sus productos están elaborados con materiales naturales de proveedores locales y confeccionados a mano en Madrid. Entrevistamos a Mónica García y Oliver Green,…

L’Arbre à Café es una tostadora de café que importa sus especialidades de café directamente de los agricultores y hace la torrefacción en París utilizando gas etiquetado con EKOenergy. Los cafés de L’Arbre à Café provienen de una agricultura sostenible y regenerativa y de bosques diversificados, y se venden en…

El importador de vehículos Toyota y Lexus en los tres países bálticos, Toyota Baltic AS, eligió EKOenergía para su consumo en su sede ubicada en Tallin, Estonia! Entrevistamos a Marek Maide, Director General de la División de Marketing de Toyota Baltic AS, para saber más sobre los objetivos de sostenibilidad…

Ritex, una empresa alemana productora de condones y lubricantes, está usando ahora electricidad etiquetada como EKOenergía, incorporando el logo de EKOenergía en su nueva gama de productos PRO NATURE. Les hicimos algunas preguntas sobre este reciente proyecto, para saber más sobre su enfoque en la sostenibilidad y lo que les…

Fundada en 2018, hoy en día incluye más de 500 empresas italianas Energía agrícola orígen-a-consumidor es la primera comunidad de granjas italianas que utiliza energía 100% renovable y sostenible con la etiqueta EKOenergía. Inaugurada en 2018, gracias a la colaboración entre Coldiretti y ForGreen Spa Società Benefit, el proyecto tiene…

Pixartprinting es una empresa italiana especializada en la prestación de servicios de impresión personalizados en línea. En 2018, se unió a la comunidad Be ForGreen Be Sustainable convirtiéndose en un consumidor que utiliza energía 100% renovable, trazable y con la etiqueta EKOenergía. A través de esto, Pixartprinting ha contribuido a…

Enmarcado dentro de la campaña #PassionForGreenFashion de EKOenergía, hablamos con Francisco Rico, responsable de ventas y administración de Vesica Piscis footwear, la marca de zapatos y accesorios veganos consumidora de EKOenergía. Siendo la industria de la moda uno de los sectores que más contribuyen al calentamiento global, muchas empresas son…

La campaña “EKOenergía para su cervecería” que EKOenergía lanzó en 2016, fue una de las finalistas de los Premios de Energía Sostenible de la UE 2018. Con ella se quería sensibilizar a las cervecerías sobre el consumo de energías renovables. Además de cervecerías italianas y finlandesas, en España, la cervecería…

Kiinteistö Oy Auroranlinna is a real estate company in Finland, owned by the City of Helsinki. Auroranlinna has about 4,200 non-subsidized rental apartments in about 100 properties across Helsinki.  Auroranlinna has agreed with their supplier, Helen that they will purchase electricity labelled with EKOenergy. Thanks Auroranlinna for taking an extra step…

“El mundo no sufre por la falta de material, sino por la falta de mentalidad. Siendo innovadores y llenos de ideas frescas, nació Globe Hope con la idea de redefinir los tejidos”.Estas son las palabras motivadoras escritas en la pared principal de las oficinas de Globe Hope. En 2003, la…

Carrera Jeans es un fabricante de ropa italiana que exporta por todo el mundo sus confecciones desde 1965. Durante los tres últimos años, la energía consumida en sus oficinas y tiendas de Italia, además de ser renovable, también es 100% EKOenergía. Coincidiendo con el lanzamiento de la campaña Passion for Green Fashion,  que…

Source: Flow Festival Flow Festival is one of the world’s first carbon-neutral music and arts boutique festival. This year’s festival will take place on 10-12 August 2018, in Helsinki, Finland. All grid-electricity used at «Nordic countries’ coolest music festival» is ecolabelled by EKOenergy. Called “A fairytale come true” by Clash…

The cutting edge software corporation SAP has recently released its Integrated Report 2017, giving updated data of its social and environmental performance and stressing its ambitious commitment to achieve carbon neutrality by 2025. The company is committed to 100% renewable electricity and joined the RE100 coalition – recognized by the…

Today most of us know that fashion is among the topmost polluting industries in the world – competing with transportation, oil and gas production, farming and agriculture. This has been going on for decades, but somehow the textile sector has managed to get by and keep its shiny public appearance….

Visit to Pieni Suklaatehdas in Porvoo, Finland On a sunny autumn day, Karlina and Laura, from the EKOenergy team, went to visit Pieni Suklaatehdas (“The Little Chocolate Factory”) in Porvoo. This artisanal chocolate factory is not only making bean-to-bar chocolate without any additives or preservatives but also using renewable EKOenergy-certified…

Entrevista con Isabel Félez Roselló El obrador de Chocolates Artesanos Isabel da prioridad a la sostenibilidad durante todo el proceso de creación del chocolate. Para Isabel Félez Roselló, utilizar electricidad certificada con EKOenergía es una parte importante de su filosofía. Nos pusimos en contacto con ella para conocer un poco…

Part of the activities of Groupe Rocher is now powered by EKOenergy We are proud to announce the arrival of Groupe Rocher as a new consumer of EKOenergy in France. Since the beginning of 2017, half of its electricity consumption in France has been certified as EKOenergy. Groupe Rocher has…

Little by little, EKOenergy is finding its way to Russia too. Local renewable energy transactions are still difficult, but we are confident that this will change in the near future. The electricity market authorities have understood the growing demand for renewable electricity and will respond to it. EKOenergy is playing…

Slush 2014 November 18-19th Helsinki, Finland Photo: Jussi Hellsten www.jussihellsten.com www.facebook.com/jussihellstenphotography Slush, the biggest startup and tech event in Northern Europe, switches to EKOenergy. Having started out as a humble gathering of techies and investors, Slush is now a true titan of an event, with some 17.000 visitors and thousands…

Kierrätyskeskus, the leading recycling centre in Finland, now uses EKOenergy! Ville Heinilä, Kierratuskeskus’s environmental specialist, explains that for their corporate strategy buying sustainable renewable EKOenergy certified electricity is the obvious choice – “we should have done it sooner! It is important for us to act as we preach” “Kierratuskeskus aspires…

Finlayson and Espoon Asunnot switch to EKOenergy! Finlayson is one of the pioneers and pillars of Finnish industrialisation. Soon after its creation in 1820, Finlayson became the largest industrial enterprise in Northern Europe. In 1882, the Finlayson weaving hall was also the first place in the Nordic countries to have…

The Germany based international company Schüco switches to EKOenergy. Schüco is one of the leading suppliers of high-quality window, door and facade systems. Millions of Schüco products are used all over the world. In the past years, Schüco is actively implementing measures to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. A building…

An increasing number of athletes and sports clubs are speaking out about climate change. Even at the spectacular opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, there was time for a video about skyrocketing temperatures and rising sea levels. But the next step is how can we go from just words to…

Last year, the whole Otava Group switched to EKOenergy. This means that all ‘Suomalainen Kirjakauppa’ bookstores now use EKOenergy-certified electricity. Otava is the second largest publishing house in Finland, and their printing house also uses EKOenergy. Many think that switching to eco-labelled electricity is a difficult and complex thing to…

The wonderful city of Lappeenranta has decided to switch to EKOenergy! Today, Mayor Kimmo Jarva and Lappeenranta Energy’s CEO Reijo Kolehmainen signed an agreement guaranteeing EKOenergy for the city of Lappeenranta for the period 2017-2020. At the signing ceremony, the city also got the EKOenergy certificate. Program manager of EKOenergy…

Ecotourism is booming. A model of sustainable and environmentally responsible tourism, where the tourist seeks not only enjoyment, but also to reduce their ecological footprint and environmental impact. To meet this demand, pioneers such as the Hotel & Spa Capítulo Trece in Segovia, Spain, are showing how committed their establishments…