General Sustainability
- Use he smallest possible amount of resources (soil, water, air, energy etc).
- Include green procurement standards for all required goods, materials and services.
- Consider potential negative environmental and social impacts.
- Support the provision of environmental services of a certain area.
- Decrease in gas emissions.
- Exclude risks of water, air or soil contamination.
- Exclude the negative impact of a protected site or a nature park.
Water Infrastructure
- Exclude the negative impact of any water bodies.
- Comply with the non-deterioration clause of the water framework directive.
- Use the most recent supporting water-saving and water recycling technology.
- Support or promote realistic water pricing.
- Propose activities to raise awareness about water scarcity.
- Improve the water quality of a certain water body.
Transport
- Decrease CO2 emissions.
- Reduce the need for transport.
- Increase public transport use or the safe use of bicycles.
- Promote the most environmentally favourable transport solution.
- Include technologies to mitigate negative impacts on biodiversity and species.
- Use teleconferences or web conferences rather than traveling for face-to-face meetings.
- Use hybrid or alternative fuel vehicle(s).
Business Investments
- Comply with environmental regulation.
- Consider the most up-to-date technology for energy efficiency in production.
- Support the business to use more renewable energy sources.
- Use less natural resources like water, soil etc.
- Consider the most up-to-date technology for recycling and waste reduction.
- Emit less polluting or hazardous substances to air, water or soil.
- Support or market eco-technology.
- Support jobs in the eco-technology field.
- Include green procurement rules for the purchase of materials, goods and services.
- Encourage company staff in developing or practising environmental protection measures.
Renewable Energies
- Proposeg renewable energy investments.
- Prioritiseg small-scale, local renewable energy sources.
- Use to the highest possible energy efficiency in the energy production.
- Support renewable energies procurement rules.
- Support the research, development or refinement of renewable energy sources.
Waste
- Consider other forms of waste treatment than land-fill or incineration.
- Reduce the amount of waste going to landfills.
- Support households to recycle waste.
- Reduce copying.
- Reuse packaging and shipping materials.
- Use reusable rather than disposable products.
Nature Protection
- Provide for sustainable funding schemes for conservation actions.
- Support the prevention of natural risks.