Net Zero Industry: Impact Innovation Report

In this first Impact Innovation Report, Net Zero Industry summarizes the period 2024-2025. How is the work towards the mission going, what has the program focused on and what is happening going forward?

How can Sweden's manufacturing industry become both globally competitive and climate neutral? Net Zero Industry is Sweden's driving force in the transformation of the manufacturing industry. Under the mission of a competitive and resilient manufacturing industry with net zero emissions by 2040, the program brings together companies, academia, institutes and public actors to create system change through innovation, collaboration and learning.

Net zero as a competitive advantage

The report summarizes the program's initial two years, where over 600 actors have been mobilized in more than 100 project with over half a billion kronor directed towards the mission. The projects extend across the entire value chain and combine technology, business models, skills development and policy. The goal is to make net zero a competitive advantage for Swedish industry.

Focused forward

The program handles change and transformation in complex ecosystems within an industry that is absolutely crucial for Sweden. The first years have laid the foundation, now Net Zero Industry is shifting gears and continuing the journey to secure the competitiveness of Swedish industry and contribute to a sustainable society. Going forward, the focus is on new collaborations, new initiatives and crucial moves.

The industry's most critical issues

In 2026, the program will continue to work on some of the industry's most critical issues - where do most of the manufacturing industry's greenhouse gas emissions occur and how can the program enable a shift, what is required to decouple resource use from economic growth, which interventions have the greatest impact on reduced emissions, increased resource efficiency and resilience?

The program in numbers

• 102 project.
• SEK 531 million – in funding that has been directed towards the mission.
• 617 participants.
• 419 companies.
• 29 foreign participants – from 13 countries.

About Impact Reports 

Impact Reports is produced by the programs and summarizes results, learning and insights. The reports show how the work develops over time and how the programs are moving towards their missions. During the ten years of the initiative, each programme publishes five reports that together provide a comprehensive picture of the transition.

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About Impact Innovation

Impact Innovation is Sweden's major innovation initiative that tackles the challenges of our time and the future with groundbreaking innovations. In collaborations between actors in the private, public and non-profit organisations, the programs within Impact Innovation meet real technical and societal needs with groundbreaking solutions - and show the way to a sustainable and continuously competitive Sweden, rich to live in for all.

Impact Innovation is a joint effort between the Swedish Energy Agency, Formas and Vinnova. The initiative is based on Agenda 2030, the EU's mission and social policy objective.

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