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What’s new with the Blue Angel? You will find the latest press releases and news, the ecolabel theme of the month and reports on the ceremonies to present certificates for the award of the Blue Angel in this section.

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Zwei Hände halten ein Smartphone im Kameramodus auf einen Einkaufskorb
Aufnahme des Set-ups © Projektbüro Blauer Engel

Schnelle Schritte zum Regal, in schnellen Schnitten festgehalten

// This content is only available in German // Ob der Griff ins Supermarktregal oder der Weg durch den Baumarkt: Wie einfach die Entscheidung für geprüfte Umweltvorteile ist, zeigt eine Serie neuer…
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A woman and three men in customs uniforms. One man is holding the document in his hand.
Photo f.l.t.r.: Katharina Koppe (German Environment Agency) presents the certificate to Dr Armin Rolfink (President of the Central Customs Authority) and Rene Huber (captain of the ‘Fehmarn’). © Zoll

New customs vessels awarded the Blue Angel for environmentally friendly ship design

An important step forward in environmentally friendly shipping in German waters: the new customs vessel the ‘Fehmarn’ was ceremoniously christened and commissioned in Kiel by Anne Schwenk, Head of…
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Two Blue Angel stands are being set up by employees.
The Blue Angel promotional stand at the Environment Festival © Projektbüro Blauer Engel

The Blue Angel visits Brandenburg’s state capital

In September, the 16th Potsdam Environmental Festival (Potsdamer Umweltfest) once again offered hands-on activities and information on nutrition, consumption and mobility. Participating for the first…
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Graphic with 6 blue gift boxes with green ribbons. Text: 24 Grand Entrances

The Blue Angel Advent Calendar – how to ensure your product is behind one of the doors

It is still a few weeks away but one of the annual highlights for our social media community comes at the end of each year and our licence holders play a very important role.
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Contour graphic on a light green background with a printer icon and inscription: 10 years of Blue Angel for printed products

Ten years of the Blue Angel for printed matter

No matter whether its books, brochures or – especially now during the summer holidays – postcards, energy, paper and inks are required to produce high quality printed matter. The Blue Angel certifies…
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Photo of 4 people: Federal Environment Minister Carsten Schneider visits the Blue Angel stand, in the background a brown wall with the Blue Angel logo and blue wings.
Federal Environment Minister Carsten Schneider visits the Blue Angel stand | © BMUKN/Annette Riedl

An environmentally friendly tour around the summer festivals

An emotional music experience, fun and games outdoors and an extended weekend camping with friends or family – all of these things can of course be experienced in an environmentally friendly way! The…
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Unscharf im Hintergrund sieht man 3-4 Zelte einer Outdoor-Veranstaltung und viele Personen die drumrum stehen. Im Vordergrund sind Blumen.
iStockphoto/Moment Capsule Photography

Webinar recording ‘Sustainable Events with the Blue Angel’

Since April 2025, it is possible to apply for the Blue Angel for events (DE-UZ 236). Events offer a unique platform for bringing sustainability to life.
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Jury Umweltzeichen
Members of the Environmental Label Jury for the new term of office from 2025 to 2027 | © Blue Angel

The Environmental Label Jury starts a new term of office

New term of office and revision of the car sharing criteria: The new term of office for the Environmental Label Jury started with the inaugural meeting at the Ministry for Climate Protection,…
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7 people at the award ceremony for the first Blue Angel certification for resource- and energy-efficient cloud software from Nextcloud Server and the Green Metrics Tool
© BMUKN/Annette Riedl

Blue Angel for Resource and Energy-Efficient Cloud Software awarded

The first two verifiably environmentally friendly and transparent software solutions were certified with the Blue Angel for Resource and Energy-Efficient Software Products at an award ceremony in…
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Two smiling women and three men. Two are holding up the certificate.
Anne Worsch (RAL), Bettina Uhlmann (UBA), Thomas Fuß COO Schuite & Schuite Druckfarben GmbH, Bauke-Jan Schuite CEO Schuite & Schuite Druckfarben GmbH, Christian Tebert, Ökopol GmbH

First Blue Angel for printing inks

Schuite & Schuite Druckfarben GmbH is an innovative company that specialises in the production of high-quality web offset printing inks for professional printing machines. As the first holder of…
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Zeitleiste mit dem Text: Der Blaue Engel auf Tour 2025, Die ersten Termine: Immergut Festival, Umweltfestival, Ökofestival

The Blue Angel on tour: Festival dates in 2025

“Discover what’s behind it” has not only been the maxim of the ecolabel from the German federal government since 1978 but will once again be the motto for a memory game for festivalgoers when our…
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Two smiling women stand in front of the Blue Angel logo and a clothes rack
Melanie Mausolf and Mara Scheuermann from RAL gGmbH

The Blue Angel and EU Ecolabel at Heimtextil 2025

The Heimtextil trade fair is the global industry platform for home and contract textiles and textile design Representatives from RAL and the German Environment Agency also took part in this trade…
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Slogan: Trittsicher beim Umweltschutz Blauer Engel für salzfreie Streumittel

Blue Angel for winter grit: on a sure footing when it comes to en-vironmental protection

When winter arrives with its ice and snow, it’s time to start gritting. Conventional de-icing salt, used in many places as a fast way to eliminate ice, leaves a lasting mark – in the soil, in the…
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Two smiling women hold a framed Blue Angel certification between them
Pite Jordan (left) from Nager IT receives the certificate from Rosemarie Bähne, Green IT Expert at the German Environmental Agency

First Blue Angel for computer mice awarded

Nager IT e. V. aims to produce more environmentally friendly computer equipment click by click. Their ongoing commitment to this cause has now been honoured with the first award of the ecolabel from…
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Group photo of over 20 members of the Environmental Label Jury
The members of the Environmental Label Jury together with employees of the Ministry of the Environment, the Federal Environment Agency and RAL gGmbH

Results of the meeting of the Environmental Label Jury for the Blue Angel ecolabel in December 2024

The winter meeting of the Environmental Label Jury was held on 10 and 11 December in Berlin.
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Mann und Frau lächeln

Blue Angel certificate for data centers awarded to TechniData

The new air conditioning system at the TechniData data center was placed into operation in January this year and the ceremony to award the Blue Angel certificate was held on 25 September at the…
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Lastenfahrrad vom Blauen Engel im Baumarkt
Das Lastenrad in einer toom-Filiale in Berlin-Friedrichshain © Projektbüro Blauer Engel

Our cargo bike at toom: filled with products for environmentally friendly DIY enthusiasts

Around 280 toom DIY stores shone a spotlight on environmentally friendly products certified with the Blue Angel on 19 October 2024. Alongside attention-grabbing campaigns, the stores provided their…
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Heartfelt gifts packaged in an environmentally friendly way – some facts about recycled gift paper
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Environmentally conscious Christmas shopping – buy presents with a good conscience

Christmas is a time when people like to give gifts but also a time of high consumption. But how can you combine the joy of giving gifts with environmental awareness? According to a survey carried out…
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Text: Der Blauer Engel-Adventskalender startet wieder! Türen auf für umweltschonende Produkte.

The Blue Angel will be opening the doors of its virtual advent calendar again in 2024!

Christmas is just around the corner and this means that many people are searching for sustainable presents. To make consumption more environmentally friendly during the Christmas period, the ecolabel…
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Drei lächelnde Frauen stehen hinter einem Stand des Blauen Engels
Silvia Ferratini von der EU-Kommission (Generaldirektion Umwelt) sowie Dr. Kristin Stechemesser und Bettina Uhlmann (UBA) am gemeinsamen Stand des Blauen Engel und des EU Ecolabel

Blue Angel & EU Ecolabel at the SEPAWA Congress 2024

The SEPAWA Congress is the meeting place for the detergents and cleaning products industry and the cosmetics and perfumery sector in Europe. From October 16 to 18, 2024, the Blue Angel and the EU…
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In the center a smiling woman surrounded by other smiling people
© AdobeStock

Blue Angel at the SEPAWA CONGRESS 2024

The meeting point of the detergents, cleansers, cosmetics and fragrance industry in Europe.
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Infographic on the forsa survey “Environmental awareness in your own four walls
Infographic on the forsa survey “Environmental awareness within your own four walls”

Germans seek orientation when making environmentally friendly purchases

Blue Angel survey to mark World Ecolabel Day

For almost three quarters of people in Germany, environmental friendliness is an important factor when buying household products. This was…
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Two women, one of them speaks in a mikrophone
MEPs Lena Schilling (Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance) from Austria and Delara Burkhardt (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats ) from Germany opened the seminar in the European Parliament.

World Ecolabel Day 2024: a European approach to environmentally friendly consumption

On 2 October 2024 – shortly before World Ecolabel Day was held to raise awareness for the work carried out by independent labels – representatives of the European ecolabels held a joint workshop in…
Press release
Woman hands food from the kitchen
Photo © WavebreakmediaMicro

Online webinar from the German Environment Agency on 16 September: Environmentally friendly catering and canteen services certified with the Blue Angel

The Blue Angel has had new award criteria for event catering and canteen services since last year. Dr. Kristin Stechemesser from the German Environment Agency and Dr. Sven Ueberlein and Jasmin…
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Slogan: 24 - Great performances. Is your product included?

Blue Angel Advent Calendar – enter your products in the race!

It is still a few weeks away but one of the annual highlights for our social media community comes at the end of each year and our licence holders play a very important role.
Webinar
Woman hands food from the kitchen
Photo © WavebreakmediaMicro

Announcement of the webinar: The Blue Angel for Event Catering and Canteen Services (DE-UZ 229)

Catering and canteen services must comply with various requirements that go above and beyond the meals themselves in order to receive the new ecolabel (DE-UZ 229). And it is not only the food and…
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Two men and a woman smile while holding up the framed certification
Photo © Sonnenglas/Stefan Neubig

The Blue Angel ecolabel awarded to a solar lamp for the first time

The ceremony to award the certificate to Sonnenglas GmbH marked the first time that a solar lamp has been awarded the ecolabel from the German government. The certificate was acknowledgement of the…
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Man on cargo bike, next to a sign with the inscription “Are you still dancing or are you already separating?
The Blue Angel on tour with a cargo bike in 2024 (© Blue Angel)

OMG, it’s Festival Time! The Blue Angel on tour.

“Discover what’s behind it” is not only the maxim of the ecolabel from the German federal government but was also the motto used for a cargo bike clearly adorned with the Blue Angel logo that toured…
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A group of people standing in front of a staircase
Members of the Environmental Label Jury with employees from the UBA, BMUV and RAL gGmbH

Results of the meeting of the Environmental Label Jury in summer 2024

The summer meeting of the Blue Angel Environmental Label Jury was held on 4 and 5 June in Düsseldorf. The Environmental Label Jury was welcomed by Viktor Haase, State Secretary in the Ministry of the…
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Interior view of the Federal Environment Agency building
50 years of the German Environment Agency, Building in Dessau

50 years of the German Environment Agency – an institution for people and the environment

Dessau, 15 June 2024: To celebrate its anniversary, the German Environment Agency (UBA) invited citizens to visit its office building in Dessau on 15 June. The UBA provided visitors with insights…
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Two women and two men hold up a picture with the certificate
Award-winning: Katja Becken and Outi Ilvonen from the German Environment Agency award the Blue Angel to the two ELAPRO managing directors Mario Saalmann and Gerrit Christiansen (f.l.). © Elapro

First certification for building waterproofing made from liquid plastics (DE-UZ 233)

The liquid plastic “1k-SIL blu” from Wolfen-based company ELAPRO was the first product to be awarded the Blue Angel.
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Three men in suits holding a framed certificate
© alwitra

“The Blue Angel sets standards and creates transparency and trust.”

In 2024, the trade fair DACH+HOLZ International, which is held every two years, was once again a meeting place for experts from a wide range of professions and trades – everything from architecture…
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Over 30 participants at the retreat in front of the UBA building
© RAL

Working together for the ecolabel: Retreat for the German Environment Agency and RAL

The ecolabel of the German federal government has been known for over 45 years and is visible to consumers everywhere in shops every day. Less visible but just as important: the dedicated employees…
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A child operates a slot machine with cardboard rolls to grab and youngsters look into a mirror with the caption Curious what's inside?

Making paper, protecting forests: the Environmental Festival 2024

The theme of this year’s Environmental Festival was “Forest – One for All”. In keeping with this, young guests in particular were able to experience the advantages of recycled paper with their own…
Webinar
A bird's eye view of yachts moored at a jetty
© Pexels/Pixabay

Webinar: Blauer Engel für Unterwasserbeschichtungen und andere Bewuchsschutzsysteme (DE-UZ 221)

Donnerstag, 21. März 2024
10:00 - 12:00 Uhr
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Three women and one man in conversation on a podium with an audience. “Econogy Hub, heimtextil” is written on a partition wall
At Heimtextil, the Blue Angel informed visitors and manufacturers about environmental aspects within textile manufacturing.

The Blue Angel at Heimtextil

Heimtextil is the biggest international trade fair for home and contract textiles and was held this year in Frankfurt am Main from 9 to 12 January. Stakeholders from around the world came together to…
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Steffi Lemke stands between Andreas Krengel and Patrick Schumacher with the certificate
Federal Minister for the Environment, Steffi Lemke (centre), presents the German Ecodesign Award to Andreas Krengel, member of the WEPA Management Board (left), and Patrick Schumacher, Director of Marketing & Business Development at WEPA Professional. Pho

Award-winning: Blue Angel and German Ecodesign Award for sanitary paper innovation

Up to now, recycled toilet paper has been made from graphic waste paper. This not only needs to be laboriously cleaned before being reused but is also becoming increasingly scarce due to…
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Over twenty people sit at tables arranged in a U-shape

Results of the meeting of the Environmental Label Jury in December 2023

The winter meeting of the Environmental Label Jury was held on 12 and 13 December in Berlin at NABU (Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union). The Environmental Label Jury is the decision-making…
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Group of people at the breakfast table
Representatives of the European Type I ecolabels at breakfast in Brussels.

The Blue Angel at the European Parliament

How do independent ecolabels actually work? How do they help to protect the environment and promote sustainability and what differentiates them from other non-independent labels? On 12 October 2023,…
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A man holds up a package with a keyboard in front of the Federal Environment Agency's exhibition stand
Visitors to the Blue Angel stand were able to win environmentally friendly keyboards from our label holder CHERRY.

The Blue Angel at KOMMUNALE

KOMMUNALE is Germany’s largest trade fair for municipal procurement. Representatives from cities and municipalities once again met this year in Nuremberg on 18 and 19 October and the Blue Angel also…
Presentation of certificates
Three men stand with framed certification in front of the Brother and Blue Angel logos

Blue Angel for remanufactured toner cartridges

Brother is the first company to be awarded the ecolabel based on the revised criteria.
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Woman paints a wall
© alenkasm

Beautiful and low-emission living with the Blue Angel

Dessau. Anyone planning to renovate their own four walls with a tin of paint and a brush should look out for products labelled with the Blue Angel ecolabel because they contain the lowest levels of…
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Collage with the text Blue Angel Environmental Festival and pictures of a tent, Steffi Lemke's visit and children's hands making paper

Blue Angel on Tour

As an ecolabel, the Blue Angel provides a visible statement on more than 20,000 products and services as to how environmentally friendly, resource-efficient and healthy they are. With the motto “…
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Fünf Männer stehen vor ausgestellten Duschbrausen und halten ihre Urkunden hoch
Conmetall Meister in Celle erhält das Zertifikat für die ersten zertifizierten Duschbrausen

Reason to celebrate: presentation of certificates for four environmentally friendly products

The Blue Angel was able to present certificates to new label holders in no less than four different product groups.
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Two girls and a woman laugh as they paint a wall.
© Adobe Stock/DusanJelicic

Did you know that the Blue Angel also focuses on the health assessment of products?

Environmental protection and sustainability are key to certification with the Blue Angel ecolabel - but so is health protection. The paint on the wall, the mattress we sleep on, furniture, textiles,…
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Two smiling women
v.l.n.r. Katharina Istel (Vorsitzende Jury Umweltzeichen) begrüßt Anka Dobslaw, Staatssekretärin im niedersächsischen Ministerium für Umwelt, Energie und Klimaschutz bei der Jury Sitzung © Niedersächsisches Umweltministerium

Results of the Environmental Label Jury meeting in June 2023

The summer meeting of the Environmental Label Jury took place on 20/21 June in Hanover. Anka Dobslaw, State Secretary in the Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Climate Protection,…
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Cover with the text paper sample book, printing paper, office paper with the Blue Angel logo

Einladung Webseminar: Papiermusterbücher als Entscheidungshilfe

// This content is only available in German // So haben Sie Papier noch nie gesehen – Neue Papiermusterbücher als Entscheidungshilfe für Recyclingpapiere und Druckerzeugnisse mit dem Blauen Engel.
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Webinar Recording "Blue Angel for textiles"

In the webinar of 13 March 2023, the revised criteria for Blue Angel certification for textiles (DE-UZ 154) including verification guidance and the application process were presented.
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Logo of the Blue Angel and Globus Baumarkt. Text: Environmentally friendly! For your home. Globus campaign week, May 6 to June 24

The Blue Angel and Globus Baumarkt on tour together

The Blue Angel is going on tour with Globus Baumarkt! The tour began at the opening of the new Globus Baumarkt store in Löhne and we are expecting a lot more visitors to our stand – where they can…
Webinar
Rolled fabric panels
© shutterstock/Vaide Seskauskiene

Webinar: Blauer Engel für Textilien

// This content is only available in German // Am 13.03.2023 von 10:00 Uhr bis 12:00 Uhr findet das Webinar „Blauer Engel für Textilien (DE-UZ 154)“ statt, in dem die Kriterien des Blauen Engel für…
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Hand tightens the word pens?
© Photo: neues handeln/Bande für Gestaltung

Did you know that you can purchase pens certified with the Blue Angel?

Pens are something that we all constantly use in our everyday lives – whether it’s at school, university or in the office. Although we now save an increasing number of notes on our mobile phones,…
Press release
Representative for EDEKA and Steffi Lemke holding the framed certificate
Copyright: BMUV/Sascha Hilgers

Steffi Lemke awards Blue Angel for "regood" reusable system to EDEKA

Press release by the Federal Ministry for the Environment
If you want to avoid disposable plastic when enjoying a takeaway, you now have another particularly environmentally friendly option…
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Cup with cappuccino and written the word reusable cup with cocoa powder
@ Bande für Gestaltung

Did you know…that reusable packaging will soon be more widely available?

Disposable products generate a huge amount of avoidable waste. However, it is not always easy for consumers to adjust their consumption habits if they are not given the opportunity to select reusable…
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Two torsos wearing T-shirts with the slogan Good for me. Good for the environment.

The Blue Angel is exhibiting at the Heimtextil trade fair

The Blue Angel is awarded to textiles that are manufactured in accordance with strict environmental standards. In addition, the products also have to demonstrate good performance characteristics.
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Poster: Siegeltalk as a preview of Neonyt in Düsseldorf 15.12. 2022, 11:00 a.m. NEONYT

The Blue Angel at Neonyt

Neonyt - the most relevant B2B trade fair for fashion, sustainability and innovation - will be held in Düsseldorf from 28 to 30 January 2023. In a live talk prior to the event, the Blue Angel will…
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Two gentlemen in the middle a woman
f.l.t.r.: Dr. Till Backhaus (Minister for the Environment Mecklenburg Vorpommern) with the Chair of the Environmental Label Jury Katharina Istel (NABU) and Prof. Dr. Mario Schmidt (Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences, Institute for Industrial Ecology

Results of the eco-label jury meeting in December 2022

The winter meeting of the eco-label jury took place on 6 and 7 December in Schwerin. Minister of the Environment, Dr Backhaus, welcomed the jury to the Ministry for Climate Protection, Agriculture,…
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Two representatives of THOMAS-KRENN.AG hold the certificates in their hands, in the middle is Ms. Marina Köhn from the Federal Environment Agency

Digitalisation with the Blue Angel – first server certified with the eco-label

Dessau. The growth in digitalisation requires lots of energy and valuable raw materials. THOMAS-KRENN.AG – the first company to offer servers that have been certified with the Blue Angel eco-label –…
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A Blue Angel employee stands in front of a wheel of fortune at the Toom store

On tour with toom

The Blue Angel went on tour in October and November – stopping at toom DIY stores across Germany. To promote a healthy environment in the home, the main focus was placed on low-emission and low-…
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Green office chair
@ Bande für Gestaltung

Did you know... that you can also live with the Blue Angel?

A place for movie nights, culinary feasts, me-time, lounging, reading, DIY, and so much more. Home is a place that’s as diverse as its inhabitants. Furnishing one's own four walls is therefore…
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Four smiling employees. One of them holds the framed certificate in his hand.
Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss, Alexander Lohnau & Harri Porten. © Fabian Hamm Photographieerl

Environmentally friendly – digitalisation with the Blue Angel

Dessau. We celebrate the official birthday of the internet on 29 October. Yet although it simplifies our lives in numerous ways, it also poses a problem for the environment because the growth in…
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Two Blue Angel employees in front of their stand
© BMUV/Christopher Wehrer

The Blue Angel at the Open Day of the Federal Ministry for the Environment

The Blue Angel was "on the road" this summer. With the motto "Making the invisible visible", the eco-label toured Germany from May to August. The last stop was the Open Day of the…
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Cat lying on a heater
© unsplash @gonghe

Did you know... that the Blue Angel also certifies insulation materials?

Insulating living spaces and buildings is crucial for the most efficient use of energy for heating. The Blue Angel identifies the environmentally friendly alternatives.
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3 questions for Cherry

If you want to be environmentally friendly when surfing the net, you should also pay attention to the environmental compatibility of the hardware. Manufacturing computers, laptops and keyboards…
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Floor coverings in various colors

Did you know… that the Blue Angel also certifies floor coverings?

We walk on floor coverings every day, sometimes even in our bare feet, our children crawl around on them and our pets enthusiastically lick bits of dropped food off them. Alongside their…
Product world
Compost bag with vegetable scraps
© Bande für Gestaltung

Did you know…the correct way to bag up your organic waste?

When we think about composting our organic waste, we often imagine a large pile of eggshells and all manner of brown and decaying garden waste that decomposes into humus somewhere outside in the…
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Predominantly female audience listens to a Blue Angel employee

Heimtextil

The Blue Angel is awarded to textiles that deliver good performance characteristics and are manufactured in accordance with strict environmental standards. This is why we also embraced the motto “…
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View of the mountains from the tent
© Unsplash/Dominik Jirovský

Did you know… that camping is not automatically environmentally friendly?

Ardent friends of the environment love camping! And there are an increasing number of these sustainable holidaymakers. Climate awareness and the coronavirus pandemic have led to a real camping boom…
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Man with reusable cup and a woman with the certificate standing at a harbor
@ State Capital Kiel/Imke Schröder // Dr. Ulf Jaeckel (BMUV) presents the certificate to the Mayor of Kiel Renate Treutel

Reusable cup system at Kiel Week certified with the Blue Angel

Kiel – the capital of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein – is the first lo-cal authority in Germany to be awarded the Blue Angel ecolabel for the reusable cup system used at Kiel Week (Kieler…
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Friendly looking members of the Ecolabel jury
© BMUV / Christoph Wehrer

Start of a new term of office for the Environmental Label Jury

Berlin. German Environment Minister Steffi Lemke welcomed the new members of the jury to their inaugural meeting at the German Environment Ministry and dis-charged the members from the previous term…
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Two women and two men stand in front of a Blue Angel plaque
Janine Braumann (UBA), Steffi Lemke (BMUV), Ingo Strube (BMUV), Christoph Eßer-Ayertey (RAL) (from left to right)

The Blue Angel at the Environmental Festival in Berlin

The Blue Angel's participation at the Environmental Festival (Umweltfestival) on 12 June in Berlin involved a claw crane grabber machine, info walls, photo campaigns and lots and lots of people…
Product world
Water droplets from a shower head
© neues handeln/Bande für Gestaltung

Did you know that the right shower head is good for both you and the environment?

Imagine you had 121 litre bottles of drinking water in front of you. Can you picture them clearly? Perfect. This is approximately the amount of water that is used by each person in Germany every day…
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Heart-shaped plant leaf on circuit board
© iStock/weerapatkiatdumrong

Did you know how digitalisation affects our environment?

Digitalisation is not only supposed to make our lives easier, but also to help us save resources and CO₂ - at least in theory. In practice, however, it isn’t quite so simple. So should we go back to…
Presentation of certificates
A man and a woman hold the certificate together with Christoph Eßer-Ayertey.
© Paul-Werner Hildebrand

Blue Angel awarded to the textile company klaamotte

Blouses and shirts from klaamotte are not only high quality but also manufactured in an ecological and socially responsible manner. They now even carry the Blue Angel ecolablel.
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Miscellaneous stationery made of paper
© photo: neues handeln/Bande für Gestaltung

Did you know that there is also a more sustainable option for stationery?

When it comes to everyday paper for our printers at home, at work or even for little doodles and notes, many of us already turn to sustainable options made from Blue Angel recycled paper - a good…
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Poster for the Berlin Fashion Summit, organized by studio MM04
© Dr. Kristin Stechemesser

Summit Masterclass

The Blue Angel participated in the Summit Masterclass in Berlin on 15 March. The summit focussed on the question of what to do with used textiles.
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3 questions for HP

Anyone who wants to print in an environmentally friendly way not only has to focus on the environmental compatibility of the paper and inks but also of course on whether the printer is…
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Every one of us can do something

We spoke to Katja Brandis to mark the release of the season finale of “Seawalkers – in the sights of the python”. The popular author of books for young people not only regularly writes bestsellers…
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3 questions for Lokay

Even in this digital age, lots of things are still printed. The fact is that energy and resources are required for the production of magazines, books, flyers and calendars.
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Blue tissue box
© ASIFE/iStockphoto

Did you know that recycled paper places less burden on the environment?

Paper tissues are mainly bought during the winter months but other products such as kitchen rolls and toilet paper are staple items in many households throughout the year. Recycled paper is the best…
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Sign on a grocery store: FairCup. The reusable deposit system.
© Bäckerei Bergmann & Sohn GmbH

Cooperation with reusable cups

The supplier of reusable cups FairCup and the bakery Bergmann have started working together in Thuringia to promote the use of reusable cups in this federal state. The reusable cups from FairCup have…
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Smiling man speaks into a Fairphone
© photo "Fairphone"

Blue Angel awarded to the sustainable smartphone “Fairphone 4”

Amsterdam (Netherlands), 11 January 2022 – Mobile telephones are our constant companions in everyday life nowadays. No matter whether it’s for making calls, surfing the internet or taking photographs…
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Word grit with pebbles in the snow
© Foto: neues handeln/Bande für Gestaltung

Schon gewusst, dass Streumittel unseren Pflanzen, Tieren, Gewässern, Fahrzeugen und Bauten schaden können?

// This content is only available in German // Bei Schneefall heißt es vor allem für Grundstückseigentümer*innen: Die Streupflicht ruft. Viele Streumittel sind jedoch nicht nur effektiv gegen…
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Results of the meeting of the Environmental Label Jury in December 2021

The Environmental Label Jury agreed on the criteria for three new ecolabels at its winter meeting on 7 and 8 December.
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Excerpt from the Blue Angel Advent calendar

Schon gewusst, dass es auch 2021 wieder einen Adventskalender vom Blauen Engel gibt?

// This content is only available in German // So schön Weihnachten auch ist, für die Umwelt kann diese Zeit alles andere als besinnlich sein. Denn beim Geschenkekauf spielt Nachhaltigkeit oft nur…
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Mann fährt ein Kind in einem Lastenfahrrad an einem Werbeplakat mit dem Blauen Engel vorbei

Präsent im Stadtbild

// This content is only available in German // Im November und Dezember ist der Blaue Engel mit Plakaten und Werbung im öffentlichen Raum sichtbar

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