National strategy for sustainable
consumption
Per Bolund
Minister for Consumer Affairs
Photo: Maskot / Folio
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
million tons CO2-eq
Emissions in Sweden
Emissions in other countries
Disparity between domestic emissions
and trade based emissions
Increasing knowledge and deepening cooperation Encouraging sustainable ways of consuming
Streamlining resource use
Improving information on companies´ sustainability efforts Phasing out harmful chemicals
Improving security for all consumers
Focusing on food, transport and housing
A strategy for sustainable
consumption
• Forum on eco-smart consumption
• Eco-smart behaviour patterns
• Environmental focus in schools
Increasing knowledge and deepening
cooperation
Streamlining resource use
• Circular economy and
collaborative consumption
• Goods that last longer
- reduced VAT for minor repairs - tax reduction for repairs of white goods in the home
• Businesses’ and the financial market’s
sustainability efforts
• Tougher measures against false green claims
• Mandatory labeling on the climate impact of fuels
Improving information on companies’
sustainability efforts
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Focusing efforts on the largest emitting sectors
• Public transport and cycling
• Refurbishment and energy efficiency
• National food strategy
• Sustainable finance
Photo: Maskot / Folio och Malin Öberg, Jan Gerscher / Ministry of Finance
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