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Environmental aspects

The environmental and climate crises we are facing today are complex. They cannot be solved separately, but require a holistic approach.

The Nordic Swan Ecolabel is a holistic ecolabel that includes all relevant environmental parameters and the entire product life cycle, from raw materials, production and use to recycling, recycling and waste. The holistic approach makes the Nordic Swan Ecolabel a powerful tool for many important environmental agendas.

The Nordic Swan Ecolabel has a special focus on circular economy and resource efficiency, climate, chemicals, and biodiversity. In this way, the Nordic Swan Ecolabel minimizes the environmental impact from production and consumption and contributes to more environmentally sustainable solutions.

Environmental aspects

Read about the Nordic Swan Ecolabel's approach to:

Enkeltstående træer på eng med solopgang og morgendis

Find product group requirements

The requirements that products certified with the Nordic Swan Ecolabel must meet to obtain certification, differ from product group to product group. This is because the environmental challenges are very different – and therefore they must be weighted and handled differently to give the greatest possible effect.