Nordic Ecolabelling

In 1989, the Nordic Council of Ministers launched a Nordic environmental label – the Nordic Swan Ecolabel. The label is administered and managed by Nordic Ecolabelling, a Nordic joint organisation.
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National ecolabelling boards

Criteria development process

Environmental aspects

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The Sustainable living programme

Official Nordic ecolabel

Circular economy

Lifecycle perspective

The 17 UN goals
Why choose ecolabelling?

Never before has the motivation to create a sustainable future for the Earth, for generations to come and for ourselves, been as high as now. We can all be part of the solution.
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Green public procurement

Consumer survey
How to apply

Here you will find information about criteria, costs, regulations, marketing and graphical guidelines and learn how to get started with your application.
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Fees

Receiving a licence

Regulations, guidelines and logos

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Criteria

For each product area you can find the criteria documents needed, an application guide to help you through the application process and information about fees.
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Criteria consultations
For suppliers

The Nordic Ecolabelling declaration site is where you as a supplier help your customer by declaring your items in the Supply Chain Declaration Portal.
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The Substitution Principle

When finding the potential for reducing the environmental impact Nordic Ecolabelling assesses whether there are opportunities for substitution or minimization of substances or materials that are harmful to the environment or health.

At the same time, we make an assession whether a substitution or minimization is possible without having a negative effect on other environmental parameters.