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European Youth Week: an interview with our Ukrainian volunteer

News / 4 minutes of reading / Our volunteers

On the occasion of the European Youth Week, we have prepared a short interview with our current volunteer from Ukraine, Kateryna Chechkina. She is the 100th volunteer at EKOenergy within the European Solidarity Corps programme, a European Commission initiative that promotes non-formal learning through volunteering abroad. Welcome, Kateryna! Could you tell us a bit about […]

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Now is the time to power up change!

News / 4 minutes of reading / 100% renewable, Our volunteers

Our new campaign urges companies to join the energy transition 2024 was the warmest year on record, with an average global surface temperature of 1.6°C, officially surpassing the 1.5°C limit set by the Paris Agreement. Countless environmental and humanitarian disasters — from the wildfires in Los Angeles to the flash floods in Somalia — prove

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EKOappetite: EKOenergy for the food sector

News / 3 minutes of reading / 100% renewable, Our volunteers

Annual campaigns to promote renewable energy Users of EKOenergy-labelled energy enable us to set up renewable energy campaigns through which we reach out to energy consumers across the world. Our previous campaigns targeted breweries, the hospitality industry, green buildings, winter sports centres (in cooperation with Protect Our Winters), chocolate manufacturers, and the fashion and beauty

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10 years of European Solidarity Corps volunteers at EKOenergy’s Secretariat

News / 2 minutes of reading / Our volunteers

10 years ago, on 14 September 2012, EKOenergy welcomed the first European Solidarity Corps (Then known as European Voluntary Service, EVS) volunteer to our Secretariat. We were about to launch our international ecolabel and needed extra hands to get things rolling. The European Solidarity Corps programme was the perfect solution The European Solidarity Corps Programme,

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Young activists in France want an ecological awakening

News / 5 minutes of reading / Interview, Our volunteers

Businesses are becoming more aware of environmental challenges and we think young campaigners and environmental activists play a special role in increasing public awareness. See our previous interview with climate activist Nakabuye Hilda Flavia from Fridays for Future Uganda and chat with climate activist Arshak Makichyan from Fridays for Future Russia. Every year, the nonprofit

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European Youth Week: an interview with our Ukrainian volunteer

Now is the time to power up change!

EKOappetite: EKOenergy for the food sector

10 years of European Solidarity Corps volunteers at EKOenergy’s Secretariat

Young activists in France want an ecological awakening

EKOenergy is featured in UN DESA SDG publication

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