Nordic Swan Eco-label

Restaurant Perho has maintained the criterias of the Nordic Eco-Label since August 2010!!  

The Nordic Swan Eco­la­bel is the of­fi­cial Eco­la­bel of the Nordic coun­tries and was es­tab­lished in 1989 by the Nordic Coun­cil of Min­is­ters. The pur­pose of the Eco­la­bel is to con­trib­ute to sus­tain­able con­sump­tion and pro­duc­tion, and our vi­sion is a sus­tain­able so­ci­ety.

The Nordic Swan Eco­la­bel is a vol­un­tary eco­la­belling scheme that eval­u­ates a prod­uct’s or ser­vice’s im­pact on the en­vi­ron­ment through­out the whole life cy­cle. The la­bel guar­an­tees among other things that cli­mate re­quire­ments are taken into ac­count, and that CO2 emis­sions (and other harm­ful gasses) are lim­ited – where it is most rel­e­vant.

By buy­ing Nordic Swan Eco­la­belled prod­ucts and ser­vices, you as a con­sumer can con­trib­ute to a more sus­tain­able en­vi­ron­ment, and be among the mil­lions of peo­ple in the Nordic mar­ket who daily make more cli­mate-friendly choices.

Practices of Nordic Eco-Labeled Restaurant

• Fa­vors en­vi­ron­men­tally sound raw ma­te­ri­als: veg­e­tar­ian food, or­ganic, lo­cal and re­gional in­gre­di­ents.
• Knows the ori­gin of the raw ma­te­ri­als, and does not ac­quire raw ma­te­ri­als that neg­a­tively im­pacts the en­vi­ron­ment.
• Uses  en­ergy and wa­ter ef­fec­tively (con­sump­tion is mon­i­tored).
• Uses mainly eco-la­beled de­ter­gents and clean­ing chem­i­cals, while re­duc­ing the use of chem­i­cals in gen­eral.
• Sort­ing of the waste is ver­sa­tile and mixed waste is pro­duced as lit­tle as pos­si­ble.
• Ed­u­cates the staff about en­vi­ron­men­tal mat­ters on a reg­u­lar ba­sis.
• Mon­i­tors ad­verse en­vi­ron­men­tal im­pacts, and is ac­tively seek­ing ways to re­duce them.

Fur­ther in­for­ma­tion about Nordic Swan Eco-La­bel can be found on their web­site.

Fre­quently Asked Ques­tions & An­swers about Nordic Eco-La­bel here.

A brief video about Nordic Eco­lable (in Finnish) ex­plain­ing why con­sumers should choose Nordic Swan Eco­la­beled prod­uct:

The Nordic Eco­la­bel wanted to let peo­ple know that they have a choice in cos­met­ics – that prod­ucts with the Eco­la­bel are peo­ple friendly and eco friendly. Check out how we over­came our chal­lenge was of in­spir­ing Finnish women to show their de­mand for cos­met­ics that are more friendly to the en­vi­ron­ment: