Environmental Quality Mark

The Peak District Environmental Quality Mark (EQM) is a certification mark that can only be achieved by businesses that actively support good environmental practices in the Peak District National Park.

When you buy a product or service that has been awarded the Environmental Quality Mark, you can be confident that your purchase directly supports the high-quality management of the special environment of the Peak District National Park.

The Peak District Environmental Quality Mark is the first environmental award of its kind in England. The award scheme is growing as more businesses demonstrate their commitment to the national park. Look out for the EQM logo.

Award-winning businesses

To qualify for the Environmental Quality Mark, businesses have to achieve high standards of care for the environment. Environmental Quality Mark businesses must demonstrate that they:

• conserve the special and characteristic features of the Peak District National Park, for example wildflower meadows, special habitat for birds and wildlife, moors, dales, woodlands, dry stone walls and traditional buildings
• use products grown or made within the Peak District National Park
• minimise waste by reducing, reusing and recycling
• use environmentally-friendly products
• use energy and water resources efficiently
• provide environmental information to customers

Who has been awarded the quality mark?

• Register of all businesses awarded the Environmental Quality Mark
  

Find businesses by sector:

• Food and farming
• Arts and crafts
• Accommodation
• Other services
  

How to apply for the Environmental Quality Mark

Applicants for the quality mark are judged by members of an independent award panel made up of representatives from organisations including:

• Natural England
• Business Link
• Visit Peak District & Derbyshire
• Friends of the Peak District
• Campaign to Protect Rural England

Find out how to apply online for the quality mark at: www.eqm.org.uk/peakdistrict