CY GPP AWARDS 2017 - EU Ecolabel – EMAS

«EU Ecolabel through students»

Friday, 15/12/2017

The Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Mr. Nicos Kouyialis, participated in the celebrations of the Green Public Procurement Awards, held in for the 4th consecutive year on Friday, 15th of December, 2017. The Minister awarded also the EU Ecolabel to new products of two companies in the category “Indoor and Outdoor Paints and Varnishes” and 8 organizations with the certification of the EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS).

Along with these awards, awards were given to the best proposals of Environmental Action «EU Ecolabel through students», that took place for the first time in all primary and secondary schools in the framework of the 25th EU Ecolabel in Europe. The organization of the environmental action «EU Ecolabel through students», was carried out by the Department of the Environment in collaboration with the Pedagogical Institute.

The award ceremony was attended also by the Minister of Education and Culture, Mr. Kostas Kadis, as well as the Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus, Mrs Chrystalla Giorkatzi.

The ceremony was organized by the Department of Environment, in cooperation with the Cyprus Energy Agency.

The amphitheater where the ceremony took place was granted by the Central Bank of Cyprus, which was also the Grand Sponsor of the event.

The Green Public Procurement Awards of Cyprus, “CY GPP Awards”, is an initiative that started in 2014 and appears to have a strong response from Contracting Authorities and Contracting Entities (State Authorities - Public Sector), Public Law Organizations and Local Authorities. This year, for the first time, in addition to the Public Law Entities, prizes were also awarded to private sector bodies.

The categories which Awards Green Public Procurement– “CY GPP Awards 2017” were awarded are:

 General GPP policy/Green Supplies  Office IT equipment and household electric appliances  Inside Lighting  Street lighting (only for public sector)  Vehicles  Tires  Air Conditioners  Buildings/Energy Performance of Buildings  Renewable Energy Sources  Cleaning Products and Services  Copying /Graphic Paper  Food and Catering Services

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Environmental Action "EU Ecolabel through Students"

The main objective of the Environmental Action "EU Ecolabel through students" was to bring together and familiarize students and teachers with the European Ecolabel, stimulate creativity and develop innovation, familiarize and recognize the logo that is located on products packaging and material of the services that can be awarded with this logo. It was also an opportunity for the participants to get in touch with the procedures for obtaining the logo, and recognition of the advantages of those products and services according to their impacts on environment and human health.

Education teams of Gymnasiums (High Schools) and Lyceums were called upon to make their own promotional film, and the Education Teams of Primary schools were called to set up a poster or informational leaflet.

The prizes of the environmental action "EU Ecolabel through students" were awarded as follows:

Prizes Lyceums Gymnasiums Primary Schools

1st Prize: St. George Lyceum – Palouriotissa 23rd Primary - Gymnasium - Nicosia School – St. Spyridon

Free travel and One-night full-board for all Free Day to Riverland accommodation for all members of the working Bio Farm in Campia members of the working group and a guided tour village for an group in Athens and at Sunwing Resort & unforgettable day of play guided tour to Yannidis Spa Sandy Bay in Ayia and adventure. Farm AE - VITEX factory in Napa, which has been Riverland Bio Farm will Aspropyrgos. awarded with EU offer free entrance and The company produces Ecolabel since 2006. organic (bio) breakfast for EU Ecolabel certified the entire team. paints / varnishes. 2nd Prize: Lyceum of Apostle Chrysochous Limassol 4th Primary Petros and Paul– Gymnasium - Pafos School (F’2 Class) Limassol (Β’33 Class) € 150 € 150 € 150 (Central Bank of (Hermes Airports Ltd) (Central Bank of Cyprus) Cyprus) 3rd Prize: Agias Fylaxeos Lyceum Thekleio Gymnasium- Makarios Primary – Limassol Limassol School – (Β’ Class) (C’2, Class) (C’2 Class)

€ 100 € 100 (Central Bank of € 100 (Hermes Airports Ltd) Cyprus) (Central Bank of Cyprus) 1st Praise - 2nd Periferiako Limassol 28th Primary Gymnasium - Nicosia School – Kato Polemidia (C’ Class) (C2 Class)

Books about Environment &

1st Primary School fo -Limassol (D’1 Class)

Books about Environment

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2nd Praise - Apostle Paul Potamia’s Primary Gymnasium - Pafos School (Ε’& F’ Classes) (C’ Class) & 27 ltr. Sens Eco Trade color white or magnolia Karmiotissa Primary for school needs and School – Pano guided tour at Peletico's Polemidia-Limassol (F’1 factory in Nicosia. Class) The company produces EU Ecolabel certified 27 ltr. Sens Eco Trade paints / varnishes. color white or magnolia for school needs and guided tour at Peletico's factory in Nicosia. The company produces EU Ecolabel certified paints / varnishes.

CY GPP AWARDS 2017, Prizes as below:

PUBLIC SECTOR

CY GPP AWARDS 2017 Honorary Distinction General GPP Policy Sewerage Board of Limassol – Amathus ------CY GPP AWARDS 2017 Honorary Distinction Street Lighting Ministry of Defence ------CY GPP AWARDS 2017 Honorary Distinction Tires Water Board of Larnaca ------CY GPP AWARDS 2017 Honorary Distinction Renewable Energy Sources Department of Lands and Surveys

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CY GPP AWARDS 2017 Office IT equipment & Electrical Appliance Cyprus University of Technology ------CY GPP AWARDS 2017 Inside Lighting Cyprus University of Technology ------

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CY GPP AWARDS 2017 Street Lighting Nicosia Municipality ------CY GPP AWARDS 2017 Vechicles Cyprus Electricity Authority ------CY GPP AWARDS 2017 Tires Cyprus Electricity Authority ------CY GPP AWARDS 2017 Air Conditioners Water Board of Larnaca ------CY GPP AWARDS 2017 Buildings/Energy Performance of Buildings Department of Lands and Surveys ------CY GPP AWARDS 2017 Renewable Energy Sources Cyprus Electricity Authority ------CY GPP AWARDS 2017 Cleaning Products and Services Ministry of Defence ------CY GPP AWARDS 2017 Copying /Graphic Paper Treasury of Republic of Cyprus

PRIVATE SECTOR

CY GPP AWARDS 2017 Honorary Distinction Cleaning Products and Services Handy Spa ------CY GPP AWARDS 2017 Office IT equipment & Electrical Appliance Heritage Private School ------CY GPP AWARDS 2017 Inside Lighting Heritage Private School & Hermes Airports Ltd ------CY GPP AWARDS 2017 Vehicles Heritage Private School 4

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CY GPP AWARDS 2017 Tires Lifebank Laboratory Ltd ------CY GPP AWARDS 2017 Air Conditioners Heritage Private School ------CY GPP AWARDS 2017 Buildings/Energy Performance of Buildings Hermes Airports Ltd ------CY GPP AWARDS 2017 Renewable Energy Sources Heritage Private School ------CY GPP AWARDS 2017 Copying /Graphic Paper Heritage Private School ------CY GPP AWARDS 2017 Food and Catering Services Heritage Private School ------CY GPP AWARDS 2017 General GPP Policy Lifebank laboratory Ltd & Hermes Airports Ltd & Charalambides Christis Ltd

Along with the above Awards, Certificates were awarded to companies / organizations that applied EMAS for the first time and were registered in CY EMAS REGISTER in 2017. These companies and organizations also received a grant from the Department of the Environment, which covers part of the costs of the consultant and verifier. EMAS 2017

1. Employers and Industrialists Federation 2. Larnaca International Airport (Hermes Airports) 3. Agia Marina Aged Care 4. Royal Pine & Accosiates Ltd 5. Property box ltd 6. Ecommpay ltd 7. NDT Inspections ltd

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8. 4re Energyprom Ltd

EU Ecolabel Awards

The EU Ecolabel was awarded to three products of Yiannides -VITEX Company and two products of Peletico Ltd Company.

... from the greeting of the Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment, Mr. Nikos Kougiali ... "The CY GPP AWARDS 2017, for another year, awards you with your purchases, actions and choices, contributing to the protection of the environment, but also on human health. This year we managed to open the competition to private sector, and we also incorporated new products and services categories, as we have promised. " "Through today's ceremony, we aim to promote and reward collective collaboration, environmental sensitiveness, and respect to human health. It turns out that we can achieve more and more to protect the environment and to ensure a future that is more friendly to the nature that surrounds us. " "I am sure you will also agree with me that today we are rewarding environmental consciousness and respect for the environment and we are setting even higher targets for the next year and every year thereafter. We award our children for their effort, respect and love for our environment and rely on them to teach and communicate the messages and knowledge they have adopted through the journey that environmental action “ Eu Ecolabel through students” has brought them ". "... Tools such as the EU Ecolabel, EMAS and GPP can contribute to this effort as they relate to products and services that have the least impact to the environment and meet specific performance and environmental quality criteria, and implementation of environmental management systems for better performance and less impact on the environment from business and organization activities ". ... I would like to thank and congratulate all of you today, especially the students and all who have being awarded today, and also the public and private sector, because we have managed to spread GPP and set the driving force for the "greening" of our economy, but also to grow the European family of Ecolabeled products and EMAS".

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