Green Museum

ENM Green Museum principles

• Climate change is one of today's biggest challenges, and it is everyone's social responsibility to deal with it.
• The mission of the museum is to value and protect the natural and cultural environment and to support individual and community awareness on the topic through its activities.
• The ENM's development plan includes a set of goals aimed at sustainable operation and a reduction in the Museum’s environmental impact. The museum is accessible and inclusive both mentally, cognitively, digitally and physically.
• Environmentally sustainable operation will make the Museum more efficient, reduce costs, and set an example for others.
• We have two lines of action to address the challenges of sustainability, climate change and biodiversity:

Reducing the ENM’s environmental impact

• Aim to reduce the impact of its activities on the environment and plan a transition to renewable energy in cooperation with RKAS.
• Consider important, in the planning of activities and innovative actions, environmental influence and biodiversity.
• Prefer services and products with a lower environmental impact and consider their long-term and indirect environmental effects.
• Avoid unnecessary consumption of electricity and heat energy. Use water and other resources efficiently and plan our transport use wisely.
• Avoid generating unnecessary waste. We separate waste in the public areas of the museum and in work spaces.
• Consider recycling and the principles of circular economy important, and use products to the end of their lifecycles.
• Be aware of digital waste and the impact of the Museum’s digital footprint.
• Follow our own guidelines for sustainable exhibitions and events.

Social responsibility

• Has a social responsibility for the future, its collections and its audiences.
• Supports visitors’ environmental awareness and direct their attention to the topic.
• Considers it important that our collections and knowledge are of value to future generations. We support this through visitor- and user-centred solutions, based on museum knowledge and collections.
• Considers the principles of collection preservation paramount.
• Plans its work long-term, systematically and sustainably, taking care of the mental and physical health of our employees.
• Organises training and events aimed at increasing ENM employees' awareness of sustainability.
• Follows its own guidelines for sustainable working.