Important results from the project
The foundation for integrating environmental and social sustainability has been laid. Communication with key players along the value chain has been particularly challenging in order to meet new subjective regulatory requirements on materiality, which require constant negotiation, calibration and innovative solutions. These challenges have also included changed reporting requirements (Omnibus). Despite simplifications in regulatory requirements, regulatory uncertainty leads to inefficiency.
Expected long term effects
The results have strengthened the collaboration between project participants, companies and national and international actors. This has potential for future long-term work in terms of analysis of governance, revision, real change in the industry and the effects of sustainability policies at different levels.
Knowledge and understanding of existing policy-related challenges and opportunities when introducing new regulations is important for future policy development and implementation.
Approach and implementation
The project is based on roundtable discussions, workshops, interviews and observations at a large global company´s meetings with central actors in connection with the implementation of new sustainability regulations. Meetings at company, GU and Teams. Internal documentation has been collected from the company. Sustainability reports from large industrial companies have been collected.
In addition, dialogue has been held with national and international policy actors, students and researchers.
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