Främjande av biobaserade produkter och energi-smarta transporter: en skogsindustri i världsklass och ökad export
Summary
The text advocates for policy instruments that reward sustainable, resource-efficient production based on renewable inputs to enable a future bioeconomy and job creation. It emphasizes that the forest industry is vital for reducing climate impact and contributes 9-12 percent of Swedish industry's employment, export, turnover, and value added, significantly supporting the national trade balance.
Key insights
- The transition to a bioeconomy and the creation of jobs require clear, long-term political decisions and policy instruments that prioritize sustainable sectors and resource-efficient production using renewable inputs, with initial stimuli needed to achieve long-term competitiveness.
- The Swedish forest industry is a critical component of the national economy, accounting for 9-12 percent of industrial employment, exports, turnover, and value added, and it contributes significantly to the trade balance due to its export orientation and use of domestic raw materials.
- Forests and forest industry products are essential for the bioeconomy and for the reduction of climate impact.
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- Stockholm Environment Institute (2016). Främjande av biobaserade produkter och energi-smarta transporter: en skogsindustri i världsklass och ökad export. https://www.sei.org/publications/framjande-av-biobaserade-produkter-och-energi-smarta-transporter-en-skogsindustri-i-varldsklass-och-okad-export/
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- Stockholm Environment Institute. Främjande av biobaserade produkter och energi-smarta transporter: en skogsindustri i världsklass och ökad export. 2016. https://www.sei.org/publications/framjande-av-biobaserade-produkter-och-energi-smarta-transporter-en-skogsindustri-i-varldsklass-och-okad-export/.
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- {{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Främjande av biobaserade produkter och energi-smarta transporter: en skogsindustri i världsklass och ökad export |date=13 September 2016 |url=https://www.sei.org/publications/framjande-av-biobaserade-produkter-och-energi-smarta-transporter-en-skogsindustri-i-varldsklass-och-okad-export/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}
- BibTeX
- @techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2016frmjande, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Främjande av biobaserade produkter och energi-smarta transporter: en skogsindustri i världsklass och ökad export}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2016}, month = sep, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/framjande-av-biobaserade-produkter-och-energi-smarta-transporter-en-skogsindustri-i-varldsklass-och-okad-export/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }
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