Latest report in English: Nudging - a tool for sustainable behaviour?

Right before X-mas - now available in English!

Nudging - a tool for sustainable behaviour?

Nudging - a tool for sustainable behaviour?

En ny forskningsrapport från Naturvårdverket publicerades idag av Naturvårdsverket. Rapporten utreder hur Sverige ska kunna använda "nudging"- en liten knuff i rätt riktning - för att hjälpa folk att fatta klimatsmarta beslut utan att belasta dem med mer information. Konsumentminster Per Bolund (MP) välkomnar nudging som ett verktyg som regeringer och många andra samhällsaktörer kan använda. 

Lyssna på nyhetsinslag om det på Sveriges Radio P1

Lyssna på ett längre inslag på P1 Klotet, 26/11, 2014, kl 13.35

Rapporten är på svenska och kan laddas ner här "Nudging - Ett verktyg för hållbara beteenden?"

This report in English will be published by the Swedish EPA soon.

Sharing things - this is how it works

Some of my thoughts on what sharing means in the current society have been published by the Swedish housing company HSB in an article called "Dela saker- så funkar det"

Published: Guide for measuring and evaluation of virtual meetings (In Swedish)

Our 3 year project funded by the Swedish Energy Agency and Transport Authority has resulted in the Guide for measuring and evaluation of virtual meetings (In Swedish).

"Handledning för mätning och utvärdering av resfria möten" by Abrahamsson Lindeblad, Peter; Voytenko, Yuliya; Arnfalk, Peter and Mont, Oksana (2014) International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, Lund University.


Det resfria mötet – vårt sätt att arbeta och träffas utan att vara på samma plats fysiskt – blir allt vanligare. Men vad blir effekterna och hur mäter vi dessa? Med hjälp av verktyg som telefonkonferenser, videokonferenser och datorstödda mötesverktyg sköter vi en allt större del av vår dagliga verksamhet. Organisationer inför och använder resfria mötesverktyg med en förhoppning att de ska medföra en mängd positiva effekter: besparingar i tid, resande och kostnader, minskad stress bland medarbetarna, ökad produktivitet, och i förlängningen även en minskad belastning på miljön. För att kunna följa upp om de önskade effekterna faktiskt uppnås har denna handledning tagits fram. Handledningen ger förslag på hur användningen av resfria möten och effekterna därav mäts, hur man kan tolka resultatet och förslag på vad man kan göra för att förbättra resultatet.

The message of the latest report on sustainable consumption should be taken seriously by policy makers

Our report on myths on sustainable consumption was presented at the Nordic Council of Ministers conference Medskapandets konst, which was held in Umeå, Sweden on 17-19 September, 2013. The presentation can be found here.

Eva Ahlner from the Swedish Environmental Agency has commented that:

– It is important that the message of the report is taken seriously. Myths need to be disspelled if we are going to see progress and success in our work with sustainable consumption. It is critical that policy-makers are aware about the myths and do not let the myths steer their decision-making.

More on this and the event see here...

Myths on sustainable consumption are disspelled in a fresh report from the Nordic Council of Ministers

I am delighted to announce the publication of the final report for the project "Improving Nordic policymaking by dispelling myths on sustainable consumption” in both English and Swedish. The reports can be downloaded for free from the Nordic Council of Ministers website. The policy brief is also available in English, Swedish, Icelandic and Danish, using the link above.

We hope you enjoy reading the reports and find them useful for your work.

We would like to thank all of you who have contributed to this project through participation in interviews, webinars, feedback at conferences etc. – your input has been invaluable. And of course thank you to the Nordic Council of Ministers for supporting and promoting this work.

The Role of Business in Promoting Sustainable Consumption: Airbnb

Our society is currently facing a continuously growing gap between our increasing consumption and the decline of natural resources and social equity. Using the ecological footprint as an indi-cator for this development, three or five planets Earth would be required if everyone was to adopt the consumption patterns and lifestyles of the average citizen of the UK or the US.

Many of the current business models have limited ability to address these sustainability chal-lenges. A paper written by a Master student from the IIIEE, Gabriele Schliwa, aims to present and analyse an example of an innovative business model that motivates, enables and shapes sustainable consumption and sustainable lifestyles. To examine a new business model the company Airbnb is chosen, which is an online community marketplace of peer-to-peer travel. The paper addresses the questions “Why do we need business models that address the con-sumption side?” and “In what way does the chosen example reduce environmental impacts as-sociated with consumption?” It discusses how alternative business models can be supported by policy and public.

If you are interested in reading the full paper, please contact Gabriele Schliwa at gabrie-le.schliwa.959@student.lu.se.