What is a Nordic Swan Ecolabelled solid fuel or firelighting product?
Nordic Swan Ecolabelled solid fuels – pellets, wood briquettes, wood chips, firewood, barbecue charcoal/briquettes and firelighting products - consist of renewable material from sustainably produced, controlled sources. The energy consumption during the production is limited in order to ensure energy efficiency and reduce climate impact. The energy requirement thus includes stringent requirements concerning the use of fossil fuels, as these are highly significant for emissions of greenhouse gases in a life cycle perspective for solid fuels. Stringent requirements for quality properties ensure good combustion properties. Nordic Swan Ecolabelled solid fuels and firelighting products:
- consist of renewable materials – e.g. wood, herbaceous crops and fruit biomass
- consist of sustainably produced raw materials – to conserve the earth's resources
- meet stringent requirements for energy consumption – to reduce climate impact
- meet stringent quality requirements – to ensure good combustion properties
Why choose The Nordic Swan Ecolabel? - Solid fuels and firelighting products may use The Nordic Swan Ecolabel trademark for marketing. The Nordic Swan Ecolabel is a very well known and well-reputed trademark in the Nordic region.
- The Nordic Swan Ecolabel is a simple way of communicating environmental work and commitment to customers.
- The Nordic Ecolabel clarifies the most important environmental impacts and thus shows how a company can cut emissions, resource consumption and waste management.
- Environmentally suitable operations prepare solid fuels or firelighting products for future environmental legislation.
- Nordic Ecolabelling can be seen as providing a business with guidance on the work of environmental improvements.
- The Nordic Swan Ecolabel not only covers environmental issues but also quality requirements, since the environment and quality often go hand in hand. This means that a Nordic Ecolabel licence can also be seen as a mark of quality.
What can carry The Nordic Swan Ecolabel?
The product group comprises the following solid fuels for consumer and industrial use: pellets, wood briquettes, wood chips, firewood, charcoal/briquettes and firelighting products.