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ARTICLE – October 7, 2021
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.
ARTICLE – September 23, 2021
Persson: ”The EU must focus on Europe’s competitiveness”
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen recently delivered her annual keynote ‘State of the Union’ speech, identifying a wide range of areas on which the EU must focus. The content is positive, but Confederation of Swedish Enterprise’s President Fredrik Persson would have preferred to see an agenda that showed a greater focus on competitiveness and entrepreneurship.
ARTICLE – September 17, 2021
Social taxonomy ? No, thank you!
The taxonomy is intended to indicate whether investments are sustainable or not. The focus so far has been on environmental factors, but now a similar setup is suggested for social impacts. Jonas Berggren, Chief Analyst International and EU Affairs, warns that the latter could become an administrative nightmare that leads to fewer sustainable investments.
ARTICLE – September 9, 2021
Strengthen EU with clear rules on AI
If political ambitions for our digital future are to be realised, the regulations must be clear and technically feasible in practice.
ARTICLE – September 9, 2021
Comments on the forthcoming Data Act from the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
Ahead of the announced Data Act the EU Commission published an impact assessment.
ARTICLE – September 9, 2021
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.
ARTICLE – September 8, 2021
Many risks with social taxonomy
The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise has responded to the call for feedback from the EU platform on sustainable finance regarding the draft report on a social taxonomy from one of its expert groups.
ARTICLE – September 7, 2021
Swedish Enterprise’s response to the Report on Taxonomy extension
The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise’s comments on the Platform’s report on the Taxonomy extension options linked to environmental objectives.
ARTICLE – August 31, 2021
The Swedish model in focus as French ministers visit the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise recently organised a high-level meeting for leading French ministers visiting Sweden, who wanted to meet the social partners in order to learn more about the Swedish labour market model. The meeting also provided a platform for closer contacts ahead of the upcoming EU Presidencies, which France will hold in the first half of 2022 and Sweden in the first half of 2023.
ARTICLE – July 27, 2021
Welcome focus on growth and free trade in the Slovenian Presidency
Slovenia provides a clear voice for a strengthened EU Single Market and open trade with the outside world. This is something we also hope will be evident when their priorities are implemented, says Fredrik Persson, President of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise.

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