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This report by the Stockholm Environment Institute presents results from a 2018 survey of 119 Swedish municipalities regarding their efforts to promote sustainable consumption. It highlights a significant gap between internal municipal sustainability efforts and efforts to influence households and businesses, while emphasizing the urgent need for stronger political support at the local level.

This SEI report analyzes the efforts of Swedish municipalities to promote sustainable consumption based on a 2018 survey of 119 municipalities. It finds that while over 50% work systematically on sustainable consumption within their own operations, only 30% target households and even fewer target businesses. Key barriers include a lack of political support, financial resources, and tools for monitoring consumption-based environmental impacts. Economic motives are the primary driver, and the report recommends that the government task county administrative boards (länsstyrelserna) with coordinating municipal efforts to improve knowledge exchange.