Public consumption

The plan establishes that all animal husbandry shall stem from animals being sentient creatures that shall live good lives, and sees collectively owned facilities' purchasing as a strategic tool to establish standards. Expanding procurement criteria to more animal-based products and steering towards ecological animal husbandry is precisely such use of public purchasing power. The plan moreover drives a long-term shift towards more sustainable eating habits, which supports the requirement for more vegetarian and climate-smart food.

• animals are sentient creaturesdecisive»All djurhållning ska utgå från att djur är kännande« (party programme ↗)“All animal husbandry shall stem from animals being sentient”
• public procurement as a steering tool»Deras inköp av varor och tjänster är ett viktigt« (party programme ↗)“Their purchases of goods and services are an important”
• set requirements in procurement»Vänsterpartiet ställer krav på kollektivavtal vid offentliga upphandlingar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party sets requirements for collective agreements in public procurement.”
• healthier food»Hälsosammare mat från vår egen svenska landsbygd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Healthier food from our own Swedish countryside.”

The plan does not address animal welfare in procurement, but it requires that public purchasers be role models and that consumption be made more sustainable with a climate perspective in all decisions. Derived from these commitments, the counter-proposal's demand for expanded procurement criteria and more ecological purchasing is in line with the plan. The basis is however weak, so the assessment is made with low certainty.

• public procurement as a role modeldecisive»Arbetslivs kriminalitet ska inte finnas på svensk arbetsmarknad och offentliga arbetsgivare och upphandlare ska vara föredömen i att verka för en sund konkurrens.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Labour-related crime shall not exist on the Swedish labour market and public employers and purchasers shall be role models in promoting fair competition.”
• sustainable production and consumption»Skyndsam och rättvis klimatomställning för att göra produktion, transporter och« (party programme ↗)“Rapid and fair climate transition to make production, transport and”
• climate perspective in all decisions»Klimatperspektiv på alla nivåer av beslut och beslutsfattande.« (party programme ↗)“Climate perspective at all levels of decision and decision-making.”

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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 explicitly states that public procurement should set clearer sustainability requirements and that animal welfare should be used to avoid imports from countries with weaker animal protection. It also wants support for organic farming to increase and consumption of animal-based food to decrease in favour of vegetables. The counter-proposal's demands for expanded animal welfare criteria and direction towards organic farming are thus in line with the plan.

• sustainability requirements in procurementdecisive»Vid offentlig upphandling ska det ställas tydligare hållbarhetskrav.« (party programme ↗)“In public procurement, clearer sustainability requirements should be set.”
• animal welfare in trade and purchasing»Internationella handelsavtal ska inkludera djurvälfärd för att undvika billig import av mat« (party programme ↗)“International trade agreements should include animal welfare to avoid cheap imports of food”
• transition to organic»ge mer stöd till lantbruket för omställning till ekologisk odling, återskapande av naturbetesmarker och andra miljöinsatser.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“provide more support to farming for the transition to organic farming, restoration of natural pastures and other environmental measures.”
• more vegetables in food»minska, medan konsumtionen av vegetabilier bör öka.« (party programme ↗)“decrease, while consumption of vegetables should increase.”

The plan wants locally produced and climate-smart food, strengthened animal welfare and stricter requirements on the environment and working conditions in trade, which speaks for public procurement not buying products from animals treated in ways that are prohibited in Sweden. The requirement also strengthens the competitiveness of green industries through equal terms. The part about actively directing procurement towards organic products is further from the plan's market view, which lowers the certainty.

• locally produced food and competitivenessdecisive»Vi ska arbeta för mer närodlad och klimatsmart mat och ett levande, hållbart jordbruk som bidrar till den biologiska mångfalden. Vi vill stärka de gröna näringarnas konkurrenskraft.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall work for more locally produced and climate-smart food and living, sustainable agriculture that contributes to biodiversity. We want to strengthen the competitiveness of green industries.”
• responsibility for animals»Människan har ett särskilt ansvar att agera så att andra levande varelser också kan fortleva.« (party programme ↗)“Humans have a special responsibility to act so that other living creatures can also survive.”
• stricter requirements in trade»Ställ hårdare krav på arbetsvillkor, miljö och klimat i handelsavtal.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Set stricter requirements on working conditions, environment and climate in trade agreements.”
• agricultural competitiveness»Det svenska lantbrukets konkurrenskraft, både inom EU och gentemot övriga världen, ska förstärkas.« (party programme ↗)“Swedish agriculture's competitiveness, both within the EU and against the rest of the world, shall be strengthened.”

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 establishes that public procurement should provide taxpayers with low costs, high quality, equal treatment, and competition, and that environmental policy should avoid symbolic politics. Actively directing procurement toward organic animal husbandry is such direction that the plan does not undertake. The plan allows clear environmental and health requirements to be set and protects animals' dignified life, but the counter-proposal's combined requirements go further than those commitments.

• cost-effective procurementdecisive»Offentlig upphandling ska ske på sätt som ger skattebetalarna låga kostnader, hög kvalitet, säkrar likabehandling och stimulerar konkurrens.« (party programme ↗)“Public procurement should occur in ways that provide taxpayers with low costs, high quality, ensure equal treatment, and stimulate competition.”
• distance from symbolic politics»Liberal miljöpolitik tar avstånd från symbolpolitik och åtgärder som dövar samveten i stället för att rädda miljön.« (party programme ↗)“Liberal environmental policy distances itself from symbolic politics and measures that soothe conscience instead of saving the environment.”
• environmental requirements can be set»Vid offentlig upphandling ska tydliga miljö-, klimat- och hälsoskyddskrav kunna ställas och långsiktigt hållbara produkter kunna premieras.« (party programme ↗)“In public procurement, clear environmental, climate, and health protection requirements can be set and long-term sustainable products can be prioritized.”
• dignified animal husbandry»All djurhållning måste garantera djuren ett värdigt liv och en anständig död.« (party programme ↗)“All animal husbandry must guarantee animals a dignified life and a decent death.”

The plan obligates humans to avoid stress, pain and injury to animals and points to environmentally friendly procurement as a strategic instrument. Allowing procurement criteria to cover animal-based products other than foodstuffs follows from the fact that animal welfare requirements apply not only to food. The plan also wants Sweden to work towards more environmentally adapted agriculture, while at the same time requiring equal competitive conditions for green industries.

• animals shall be spared unnecessary sufferingdecisive»undvika stress, smärta och skador för djuren« (party programme ↗)“avoid stress, pain and injury to animals”
• environmentally friendly procurement as a policy instrument»miljöledningssystem och miljövänlig upphandling är exempel på strategiska« (party programme ↗)“environmental management systems and environmentally friendly procurement are examples of strategic”
• environmentally adapted agriculture»aktivt verka för ett mer miljöanpassat jordbruk inom EU.« (party programme ↗)“actively work towards more environmentally adapted agriculture within the EU.”
• equal competitive conditions»dessa näringar ges likvärdiga konkurrensvillkor gentemot andra länder.« (party programme ↗)“these industries are given equal competitive conditions against other countries.”

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 counter-proposal wishes to use public procurement as a steering mechanism towards more ecological animal husbandry and to expand the criteria to more animal-based products. The plan's line on agriculture is to support, not steer: rules should be fewer, administrative costs should be lower, and the food strategy should be strengthened. Steering procurement towards the ecological with reference to climate and more vegetarian alternatives also lacks support in the requirement that science and facts should be leading in environmental policy.

• support not steer agriculturedecisive»Moderaterna vill förbättra förutsättningarna att driva lantbruk genom att sänka skatterna, vilket vi redan börjat göra på drivmedel, och minska regelkrånglet så att kostnaderna för administration går ner.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Moderaterna will improve conditions to run agriculture by lowering taxes, which we have already started doing on fuel, and reduce regulatory red tape so that administrative costs go down.”
• fewer rules for agriculture»Minska antalet regler för jordbruket och korta handläggningstider för miljötillstånd« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce the number of rules for agriculture and shorten processing times for environmental permits”
• strengthened food production»Förstärka livsmedelsstrategin« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen the food strategy”
• fact-based environmental policyweak support»Vetenskap och fakta ska vara ledande i klimat- och miljöpolitiken.« (party programme ↗)“Science and facts should be leading in climate and environmental policy.”

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The plan wants to prohibit imports of meat and other products from animals slaughtered without stunning or otherwise treated in violation of Swedish animal husbandry rules. The counter-proposal's demand to extend procurement criteria to more animal-based products, for example leather, is a weaker form of the same commitment and therefore aligns with the plan. The requirement for steering toward more ecological production, however, has no support in the plan, which instead emphasizes environmental benefit per kronor.

• stop products with inadequate animal welfaredecisive»Sverigedemokraterna vill förbjuda import av kött och andra produkter från djur som slaktats utan bedövning, som tvångsmatats eller som på andra sätt behandlats på sätt som strider mot Sveriges regler för djurhållning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats want to prohibit import of meat and other products from animals slaughtered without stunning, that have been force-fed or that have otherwise been treated in ways that violate Sweden's rules for animal husbandry.”
• import ban on animal cruelty products»Arbeta för ett förbud mot import av produkter från djur som har tvångsmatats eller slaktats utan bedövning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Work for a ban on imports of products from animals that have been force-fed or slaughtered without stunning”
• Swedish animal welfare standard as norm»Sverigedemokraternas ambition är att svensk standard vad gäller djurhållning ska bli standard för hela EU.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats' ambition is that Swedish standards regarding animal husbandry should become the standard for the whole of the EU.”
• environmental efficiency per kronor»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 kronor”

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.