Environmental Requirements

The party programme makes public procurement an important tool for the transition and requires that public purchases prioritize efficient energy use and sustainable solutions. The programme further requires that meat consumption shift toward more plant-based food consumption, which carries the requirement for plant-based food as a norm. That all procurement must take environmental and climate impacts into account is thus directly the plan's direction.

• procurement as a transition tooldecisive»Offentlig upphandling är ett viktigt verktyg för omställningen.« (party programme ↗)“Public procurement is an important tool for the transition.”
• sustainable public purchases»premiera effektiv energianvändning och hållbara lösningar« (party programme ↗)“prioritize efficient energy use and sustainable solutions”
• more plant-based diet»måste förändras till mer energieffektiv matkonsumtion baserad på en« (party programme ↗)“must shift toward more energy-efficient food consumption based on a”
• transition in all decisions»Omställningen behöver ske omgående och alla politiska beslut behöver ta hänsyn till den akuta kris som vi befinner oss i.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The transition must happen immediately and all political decisions must take into account the acute crisis we find ourselves in.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan holds fast to the climate policy framework and the goal that Sweden shall become the world's first fossil-free welfare nation with net-zero emissions by 2045, which requires that public sector procurement also drives towards transformation. The programme also requires that environmental considerations be built into production processes from the outset and makes environmental consideration and ethical animal husbandry fundamental principles. Updating the procurement regulation in that direction is therefore supported, even though plant-based food is not mentioned in the documents.

• fixed climate frameworkdecisive»Det klimatpolitiska ramverket ska ligga fast.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The climate policy framework shall remain fixed.”
• net-zero goal 2045»År 2045 ska Sverige inte ha några nettoutsläpp av växthusgaser till atmosfären, för att därefter uppnå negativa utsläpp.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“By 2045, Sweden shall have no net greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere, and thereafter achieve negative emissions.”
• environmental consideration built in early»Hänsynen till miljöns krav ska byggas in i produktionsprocesserna redan från början.« (party programme ↗)“Environmental considerations shall be built into production processes from the outset.”
• ethical animal husbandry»och etisk djurhållning är grundprinciper.« (party programme ↗)“and ethical animal husbandry are fundamental principles.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme requires that environmental and quality aspects are weighted significantly more heavily in public procurement and that strict animal welfare requirements are set in public procurement, and that consumption of fossil energy and animal products must decrease. That all public procurement must consider environmental concerns and climate impact with climate-smart and plant-based food as the norm is thus the plan's own direction, as part of the transition to fossil freedom.

• environmental requirements weightier in procurementdecisive»redovisas öppet. Vid offentliga upphandlingar ska« (party programme ↗)“are reported openly. In public procurement shall”
• animal welfare requirements in procurement»annat ställas i den offentliga upphandlingen. Vi vill« (party programme ↗)“else set in public procurement. We want”
• reduce climate-damaging consumption»klimatpåverkan, såsom fossilt drivna transporter,« (party programme ↗)“climate impact, such as fossil-powered transport,”
• fossil-free welfare country 2030»investera minst 100 miljarder per år i att ställa om så att Sverige blir ett fossilfritt välfärdsland senast år 2030.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“invest at least 100 billion per year to transition so that Sweden becomes a fossil-free welfare country by no later than 2030.”

The plan wishes to see more locally grown and climate-smart food and a living agriculture, and the party programme highlights Swedish livestock farming as part of the open landscape and biogas production. Making plant-based food the norm in all public procurement therefore runs counter to the plan's food supply line. The plan moreover demands effective climate measures over symbolic politics, even if in trade policy it wishes to set harder environmental requirements.

• närodlad svensk matdecisive»Vi ska arbeta för mer närodlad och klimatsmart mat och ett levande, hållbart jordbruk som bidrar till den biologiska mångfalden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall work for more locally grown and climate-smart food and a living, sustainable agriculture that contributes to biological diversity.”
• djurhållningens miljönytta»Svensk djuruppfödning bidrar också till ett öppet landskap och möjliggör produktion av biogas.« (party programme ↗)“Swedish livestock farming also contributes to an open landscape and enables biogas production.”
• effektiva klimatåtgärder»Ett ledarskap som prioriterar effektiva åtgärder framför symbolpolitik eller passivitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Leadership that prioritises effective measures over symbolic politics or passivity.”
• miljökrav i handeln»Ställ hårdare krav på arbetsvillkor, miljö och klimat i handelsavtal.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Set harder requirements on working conditions, environment and climate in trade agreements.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants clear environmental and climate requirements to be able to be set in public procurement, but builds climate policy on general and technology-neutral steering instruments and explicitly distances itself from symbolic politics and detail-steering of people's daily lives. A requirement that all procurement must consider climate impact with plant-based food as norm is precisely such detail regulation of consumption. The plan thus does not bear the counter-proposal's demand.

• general technology-neutral instrumentsdecisive»Generella och teknikneutrala ekonomiska styrmedel« (party programme ↗)“General and technology-neutral economic steering instruments”
• no to symbolic politics»miljöpolitik tar avstånd från symbolpolitik och åtgärder som dövar samveten i stället för att rädda miljön.« (party programme ↗)“environmental policy distances itself from symbolic politics and measures that numb conscience instead of saving the environment.”
• real climate taxes instead of symbols»Därför är vi för riktiga klimatskatter i stället för att göra klimatpolitiken till en tävling i högst bidrag och flest symbolskatter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore, we are for real climate taxes instead of making climate policy into a competition in highest subsidy and most symbolic taxes.”
• environmental requirements can be set»klimat- och hälsoskyddskrav kunna ställas och långsiktigt hållbara produkter kunna premieras.« (party programme ↗)“climate and health-protection requirements can be set and long-term sustainable products can be prioritized.”

The plan prioritizes Swedish agriculture and wants to take advantage of the country's excellent conditions for environmentally friendly and secure food production; plant-based food as standard in all public procurement counteracts this. Environmentally friendly procurement is stated as a strategic instrument, but the plan also requires flexible measures adapted to local conditions rather than binding requirements on all procurement.

• prioritize Swedish agriculturedecisive»Vi prioriterar lantbruket, det som sällan syns i media men som producerar vår mat.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We prioritize agriculture, what is rarely seen in media but produces our food.”
• Swedish food production»Sverige bör ta till vara sina mycket goda förutsättningar för miljövänlig och säker produktion av hög« (party programme ↗)“Sweden should take advantage of its very good conditions for environmentally friendly and secure production of high”
• flexible environmental measures»så flexibel att varje land och region kan anpassa åtgärder efter sina unika förhållanden« (party programme ↗)“so flexible that each country and region can adapt measures according to its unique conditions”
• environmentally friendly procurement»miljöledningssystem och miljövänlig upphandling är exempel på strategiska instrument som ska användas« (party programme ↗)“environmental management systems and environmentally friendly procurement are examples of strategic instruments that should be used”

The plan wants to strengthen agriculture to increase domestic food production and support, not control, agriculture and forestry. To make plant-based food the norm in all public procurement instead steers away from Swedish animal production and is the kind of symbolic politics the plan distances itself from. New mandatory requirements in every procurement also go against the ambition to reduce regulatory red tape.

• Swedish food productiondecisive»Stärka jordbruket för att öka den inhemska produktionen av livsmedel« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen agriculture to increase domestic food production”
• support not control farming»Vi ska stötta, inte styra, jord- och skogsbruket« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall support, not control, agriculture and forestry”
• no expensive symbolic politics»Klimatpolitiken får aldrig reduceras till dyrbar symbolpolitik eller snäv klimatnationalism.« (party programme ↗)“Climate policy can never be reduced to expensive symbolic politics or narrow climate nationalism.”
• reduced regulatory red tape»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove a third of companies' administration costs and a third of regulatory red tape”

The plan wants to increase Swedish food production and self-sufficiency and stop symbolic politics that make it harder for industries. A requirement that all public procurement should be guided by climate considerations with plant-based food as the norm strikes directly against Swedish animal production and adds conditions that shut out smaller actors. The plan also measures environmental measures in benefit per crown, not in pioneering roles.

• value Swedish food productiondecisive»Öka det svenska jordbrukets konkurrenskraft och Sveriges självförsörjning av livsmedel« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase Swedish agriculture's competitiveness and Sweden's self-sufficiency in food”
• stop symbolic politics»Stoppa symbolpolitik som går ut över möjligheten att bedriva industri och näring« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop symbolic politics that undermines the ability to conduct industry and business”
• environmental efficiency per crown»Sträva efter miljöeffektivitet och hitta de åtgärder som ger mest miljö per krona« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strive for environmental efficiency and find the measures that give the most environment per crown”
• no unnecessary procurement conditions»Onödigt stränga villkor i branschstandarder och i upphandlingar gör det ofta svårt för mindre aktörer att slå sig in på marknaden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Unnecessarily strict conditions in industry standards and procurement often make it difficult for smaller actors to break into the market.”