Sweden: Environmental Law

Sweden proposes a national ban on consumer products containing PFAS above specified thresholds, covering cosmetics, ski wax, textiles, leather, and food contact materials. Companies manufacturing, importing, or selling affected products must map their supply chains and ensure reliable information from suppliers. The regulation would take effect January 1, 2028, ahead of broader EU restrictions currently under review.

Mark- och miljööverdomstolen har meddelat ett nytt avgörande som ger vägledning om hur lokaliseringsutredningar ska utformas för arealkrävande verksamheter och hur intresseavvägningen mellan elproduktion och livsmedelsproduktion ska genomföras. Domstolen godkände en solcellsanläggning på 115 hektar brukningsvärd jordbruksmark efter att ha bedömt att elförsörjningsintresset vägde tyngre än intresset av att bevara marken f

The European Commission has launched the Digital Product Passport Registry and testing environment, establishing critical infrastructure for businesses to register products under the EU's Ecodesign...

A bill that has recently been tabled by the Government means that the legislator is shortly expected to start paving the way for new nuclear power in Sweden and to facilitate investments...

Nowadays, the textile and fashion industry is a resource-intensive, polluting industry with considerable impact on the environment and health throughout the textile value chain.

The EU has been working to produce a regulation containing sustainability requirements for product design since 2022.