The Faroese Sustainable Business Initiative wins this year’s EDIE Award for Partnership and Collaboration

On 30 March 2023, The Faroese Sustainable Business Initiative - Burðardygt Vinnulív - won the Partnership and Collaboration of the Year Award at edie.

The EDIE awards are the UK's largest and most prestigious sustainability awards, recognising excellence across the spectrum of green business, including both large and small initiatives and projects.

In competition with eight other nominees in the same category, Burðardygt Vinnulív proudly accepted the award for Partnership and Collaboration of the Year at the prestigious awards event at London’s Park Plaza.

The judges said: “This collaboration has achieved significant, impressive progress in its first year. it has brought together diverse set of partners to take the initiative and fill a void where regulations were not present; working together for ambitious goals. We were impressed by the highly systemic and participative approach taken by such a small community, making this initiative a worthy winner of a very popular category.”

The twelve founding companies behind Burðardygt Vinnulív are: Bakkafrost, Betri Banki, Effo, Faroe Ship, Føroya Tele (Faroese Telecom), Gist & Vist, JT electric, KJ Hydraulik, MBM, P/F Poul Michelsen, SMJ and Vónin.