Skapa goda marknadsförutsättningar för den cirkulära ekonomins framväxt

The Arctic’s importance in climate change mitigation and sustainable economic development rightly recognised in the EU’s new Arctic policy

The Nordic industry organisations welcome the European Commission’s and European External Action Service’s (EEAS) Joint Communication on the Arctic. However, it is crucial that the business community in the European Arctic and in the EU plays a key role in EU efforts promoting sustainable economic development in the Arctic region.

Swedish Enterprise on the technical screening criteria linked to environmental objectives 3–6

Swedish Enterprise urges the Commission to discuss the formulations of the objectives and the technical screening criteria with the wider business community before presenting its proposal. The link between the proposed criteria and how they will lead to achievement of prosed objectives is currently unclear in many aspects.

Swedish Enterprise’s position on broadening the scope of the Ecodesign Directive 

The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise supports efforts towards more sustainable products and believes that product development must incorporate key sustainability aspects. Although the development of more sustainable products is already well under way, more needs to be done to promote further advancement.

Swedish Enterprise’s views on the European Commission’s proposal for a new Directive on Sustainability Reporting 

The new requirements in the CSRD would however be more proportionate and well balanced if they were better adapted to the size and circumstances of reporting entities.