The Finnish Environment Institute awards a Hinku achievement approximately once a month with a Hinku Award. Hinku achievements are selected from among the measures carried out by municipalities in the Hinku network. They can be efforts carried out by the municipality, a company, an organisation or an individual. The awardee receives a certificate and publicity.
List of all the Hinku award recipients
Hinku achievements are chosen based on criteria such as:
- The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
- Other advances, such as improved energy efficiency and energy self-sufficiency, economic benefits, an increase in employment, an increased sense of community, improved comfort of use and living, positive health impacts or other improvement in well-being
- A pioneering and active approach
- Collaborative effort
- The dissemination of information and practices that reduce emissions
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