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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 are by using 100% renewable […]
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The world will be 100% renewable The world is shifting towards renewables. In many parts of the world, renewable energy is already cheaper than fossil fuels. And because renewable energy is a technology, not a scarce resource, it will only get cheaper. We are ahead of a revolution, comparable to the internet and mobile telecommunication
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Favini, an Italian company producing textures and fibres, uses EKOenergy-labelled renewable electricity for two of their paper production lines for their products “Crush” and “Remake”. Crush is made from agro-industrial by-products and Remake is paper obtained from the upcycling process of leather by-products. Learn more about innovative and ecological products of Favini on their website: https://www.favini.com/en/ Check
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Last month, EKOenergy made huge steps forward in Germany and the UK. Stadtwerke Bielefeld The German electricity supplier Stadtwerke Bielefeld started selling EKOenergy. The company is one of the larger municipality-owned energy companies in Germany. The company has about 2160 employees and a turnover of about 660 million euro. Their first EKOenergy product is available
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In 2015, our third year, EKOenergy continued to grow exponentially. We welcomed new members as well as new licensees (i.e. sellers). We financed solar panels on schools in Cameroon and Indonesia and river restoration projects in Finland and Latvia. We developed new tools, such as an online course about renewable electricity, in cooperation with the
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EKOenergy? EKOenergy is the international ecolabel for electricity. Electricity sold with the EKOenergy label fulfils strict environmental criteria and raises funds for new renewable energy projects. The label is a not-for-profit initiative of the EKOenergy Network, a growing group of (currently) 40 environmental organisations from 30 countries. We started in Northern Europe in 2013 and
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Finnish detergent brand Ole Hyvä has a range of plant based, ecological cleaning and bathing products. We are happy that they also started to incorporate EKOenergy-labelled renewable energy into their sustainability strategy! See more info and their products on Ole Hyvä website. Check out our user stories to see the interviews we regularly publish to
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