The Basic Award Criteria for DE-UZ 116 "Solar-Powered Products” include requirements for the charge time so that products are still able to charge at a low solar irradiance. The ecolabel also places requirements on the materials used in the products and includes criteria focussing on their functional safety and warranty cover, as well as on the provision of practical everyday information for consumers.

The Blue Angel not only answered the questions posed by festivalgoers on the campsites about environmentally friendly consumption but also tested the reactions of visitors with a memory game and held a quiz to find out how much they knew about the ecolabel.

The sustainable online advent calendar from the Blue Angel ecolabel not only presents a diverse range of alternative environmentally friendly products but also inspires the around 250,000 participants to make more environmentally conscious choices when buying presents. Every door reveals a different product certified with the Blue Angel ecolabel. Your product could be one of them this year!

The motto of the UBA is “for people and the environment”. As Germany’s main environmental protection agency, the UBA is dedicated to maintaining a healthy environment in which people are protected against harmful environmental effects to the greatest extent possible.

The Environmental Label Jury agreed on the criteria for two new ecolabels at its summer meeting:

New ecolabel for events

The new Blue Angel ecolabel for events offers event organisations the opportunity to advertise their events such as conferences and trade fairs or cultural events such as concerts and theatre festivals with the ecolabel if they comply with high environmental and sustainability standards.

// This content is only available in German // Seit Januar 2022 ist es möglich einen Blauen Engel für Antifouling-Systeme zu beantragen. Ziel des neuen Umweltzeichens ist es wirksame und zugleich umweltverträgliche Bewuchsschutzsysteme zu zertifizieren. Der Geltungsbereich des Umweltzeichens umfasst ausschließlich Produkte für den Rumpfaußenbereich von Schiffen und Booten. Die Funktionsprinzipien der für diesen Bereich verfügbaren Systeme sind sehr divers und reichen von Antihaftprodukten über reinigungsfähige Hartbeschichtungen bis hin zu Ultraschallsystemen oder Bootshebeanlagen.

“For us, it is important to create an initial spark in the market when it comes to looking at environmental and health risks,” explains ELAPRO managing director Mario Saalmann and: “As a manufacturer, we can tell our customers a lot of things, but it is much more important to convey transparency, respectability and objectivity with an ecolabel that they know and understand.” ELAPRO has been continuing the over 80-year tradition of Wolfener Lackfabrik at its production site under its new name since 2014.