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In 2020, EKOenergy’s Climate Fund granted 15,000€ to the Malinese NGO ASIC for the installation of solar PV panels on two health centers and 15,000€ to the NGO OMAFES for the installation of solar lighting for five schools and five health centers. Both these grants to support solar energy in Mali are part of our […]
Solar energy for schools and health centres in Mali Read More »
What is EKOenergy’s Bamboo Award? We’re thankful to all our licensed sellers for offering EKOenergy-labelled energy all around the world. Last year, we started to put a few of them under the spotlight to celebrate their extraordinary achievements. EKOenergy’s Bamboo Award was created to honour the licensed EKOenergy seller which has grown the fastest in
EKOenergy’s Bamboo Award 2021 goes to Nordic Green Energy Sweden! Read More »
Thanks to growing demand from environmentally-conscious energy consumers and sellers, EKOenergy-labelled renewable energy is available in many continents. Choosing EKOenergy isn’t only an extra step for the climate and nature, it’s also an extra step for your communication activities by announcing your participation in the energy transition. We are happy to announce that EKOenergy’s several
EKOenergy for Ecuador: First consumer, Tecopesca Read More »
What is EKOenergy’s Ivy Award? We’re thankful to all our licensed sellers for offering EKOenergy-labelled energy all around the world. Once a year, we highlight the extraordinary achievements and celebrate a few of them. EKOenergy’s Ivy Award was created to honour a licensed EKOenergy seller for having made remarkable efforts in the promotion of EKOenergy-labelled
EKOenergy’s Ivy Award 2021 goes to Eida! Read More »
Funding for solar and wind energy projects in developing countries In order to bring additionality to consumers’ choice of renewable energy and help realise SDG 7 (affordable, clean energy for all), the EKOenergy ecolabel raises funds for new renewable electricity projects in developing countries and regions. For each MWh of sold EKOenergy-labelled energy, our licensed
First Call for Climate Projects – January 2021 Read More »
Introduction The Greenhouse Gas Protocol Scope 2 Guidance is the most widely used and internationally accepted set of rules. Its requirements for energy tracking also form the basis for the tracking requirements of the EKOenergy ecolabel, as well as the CDP and the RE100 guidelines. An increasing number of consumers feel the pressure to switch
EKOenergy’s approach with regard to unique claims and avoidance of double counting Read More »
As Good Energies Alliance Ireland and EKOenergy are two environmental NGOs operating within the European Solidarity Corps network and as both are having sustainable energy transition and climate action as their core mission, we decided to start collaborating more closely towards our common goals. We believe that like-minded civil society organisations getting together can really
Youth for climate action: Good Energies Alliance Ireland and EKOenergy Read More »
In order to bring additionality to renewable energy purchases and help realise SDG 7 (affordable, clean energy for all), the EKOenergy ecolabel raises funds for new renewable energy projects in developing countries (see more on our Climate Fund page). These projects are managed by experienced organisations and are implemented in cooperation with local NGOs. The
Partnerships for the Goals: How we cooperate with the Siemenpuu Foundation Read More »
For each megawatt-hour sold as EKOenergy hydropower, a contribution of at least 0.10 € (ten cents) is paid to EKOenergy’s Environmental Fund. These contributions are used to finance the implementation of river restoration projects. For this year, and after a previous call in the spring, we still have 15,000 euros in the Fund. The money
Additional call for a river restoration project in Finland Read More »
Üç Baltık ülkesinin Toyota ve Lexus ithalatçısı Toyota Baltık AS, Estonya’nın Tallinn şehrinde bulunan merkezlerinde EKOenerji eko-etiketli elektrik kullanmaya başladı. Toyota Baltık AS’nin pazarlama departmanı genel müdürü Marek Maide’yle yaptığımız röportajda ona Toyota’nın sürdürülebilirlik hedeflerini, yenilenebilirlere geçişteki rollerini nasıl gördüklerini ve nasıl EKOenerji eko-etiketli, %100 yenilenebilir elektrik kullanmaya başladıklarını sorduk. Tebrikler ve EKOenerji etiketli elektrik
Toyota Baltık AS, EKOenerji etiketli yenilenebilir elektrik kullanıyor Read More »
