Offentlig upphandling utgör nästan en femtedel av Sveriges BMP vilket ger upphandlingar en stor påverkansfaktor. Svenska myndigheter förespråkar att upphandlingar genomförda av offentliga myndigheter, regioner och kommuner ska innehålla kravställningar som behandlar miljömässig, social och ekonomisk hållbarhet, eftersom offentliga upphandlingar anses vara ett viktigt verktyg som främjar hållbar utveckling. Forskningsrapporter och olika nationella myndighetsrapporter pekar alla mot att offentlig upphandling har potential att bli betydligt mer hållbar än den är idag och några av de störst identifierade hindren är kunskapsbrist inom hållbarhetsaspekterna och ett inte tillräckligt strukturerat arbete inom organisationer. För att identifiera vilken potential offentlig upphandling har i arbetet mot ett hållbart samhälle och för att bidra till de globala hållbarhetsmålen i Agenda 2030, har denna studie granskat upphandlingsdokument inom Bodens kommun, genomfört workshops med temat hållbar upphandling och gjort kvalificerade bedömningar av nuläge och potential för hållbar upphandling inom kommunen med hjälp av verktyget HållbarhetssolenTM.Syftet med granskningen och bedömningarna var att se hur kommunen redan arbetar med miljömässig och social hållbarhet samt för att avgöra vilken potential kommunen har till förbättring inom dessa områden.Resultatet visar att upphandlingsprocessen kan ses som en väsentlig del i hållbarhetsarbete på både lokal och nationell nivå. Samtidigt som det kan vara är en av de mest effektiva metoderna att komma åt och förändra produktion och leverans av varor och tjänster. Genom att i offentliga upphandlingar driva hållbarhetskrav och innovation framåt, medverkar organisationer och myndigheter till miljömässig, social och ekonomisk hållbar utveckling och måluppfyllelse av Agenda 2030 / Public procurement makes up just under a fifth of Sweden's BMP, which gives procurement a large influencing factor. Swedish authorities advocate that procurement carried out by public authorities, regions and municipalities should contain requirements that deal with environmental, social, and economic sustainability. Public procurement is thereforconsidered an important tool that promotes sustainable development.Research reports and various national authority reports all point to the fact that public procurement has the potential to become more sustainable than it is today and some of the biggest identified obstacles are a lack of knowledge in the aspects of sustainability and a lack of structured work within organizations.To identify the potential public procurement has in the work towards a sustainable society and to contribute to the global sustainability goals in Agenda 2030, this study has reviewed procurement documents within the municipality of Boden, conducted workshops on the theme of sustainable procurement and made qualified assessments of the current situation, and potential for sustainable procurement in the municipality using the tool HållbarhetssolenTM. The purpose of the review and assessments was to see how the municipality works with environmental and social sustainability and to determine what potential the municipality has for improvement in these areas.The result shows that the procurement process can be seen as an essential part of sustainability work at both local and national level. By promotingsustainability requirements and innovation forward in public procurement, organizations and authorities contribute to environmental, social, and economic sustainable development and goal fulfilment of Agenda 2030 / <p>2023-06-02</p>

Utsläppen från transportsektorn minskar inte i nog snabbt takt trots att hållbarhet är en prioriterad fråga på övergripande nivå genom bland annat Agenda 2030 och Målbild 2030. Åtgärdsvalsstudier (ÅVS), utredningar som tillämpas tidigt i transportinfrastrukturplaneringen, har potential att bidra till en mer hållbar infrastrukturplanering. Samtidigt har hållbarhetsmål idag en begränsad betydelse för val av åtgärder i åtgärdsvalsstudier. Det saknas konkreta direktiv för hur aktörer inom planeringen av transportsystemet ska agera och prioritera i praktiken för att bidra till omställningen mot ett hållbart transportsystem. Syftet med studien är att öka förståelsen för vilka förutsättningar som finns för ökad integrering av hållbarhet i åtgärdsvalsstudier. Målet är att identifiera brister i metoder och processer som bidrar till svårigheter att integrera hållbarhet i åtgärdsvalsstudier samt föreslå hur metoder och processer kan utvecklas för en ökad integrering av hållbarhet i åtgärdsvalsstudier. Studien belyser frågeställningarna främst utifrån perspektivet regionala planerare på Trafikverket i Norrbottens och Västerbottens län. Studien är kvalitativ och baseras på en litteraturstudie och en fokusgrupp. Fokusgrupp valdes som metod för att generera nya idéer för hur ett konkret arbete med hållbarhet i åtgärdsvalsstudier skulle kunna se ut. Fyra planerare som på olika sätt arbetar med åtgärdsvalsstudier på Trafikverket deltog i fokusgruppen. Resultatet från fokusgruppen och litteraturstudien analyserades med koppling till studiens frågeställningar. Studiens resultat visar på att det är komplext att arbeta med övergripande hållbarhetsmål såsom Målbild 2030 i åtgärdsvalsstudier. En orsak till detta är bland annat bristande vägledning i hur målarbetet konkret ska gå till i åtgärdsvalsstudier vilket medför att arbetet med att ta fram mål för den enskilda åtgärdsvalsstudien är tids- och resurskrävande och mindre vikt läggs därmed på hållbarhetsmål. Det råder även bristande vägledning och expertstöd gällande framtagande och genomförandet av icke-fysiska åtgärder, så kallade steg 1 och 2 åtgärder. Planerarna upplever också en hopplöshet i att andra parametrar än hållbarhet värderas högre vid prioritering av åtgärder i planeringsprocesser som följer efter slutförandet av en åtgärdsvalsstudie. Studien har resulterat i ett antal slutsatser kring hur metoder och processer kan utvecklas för en ökad integrering av hållbarhet i åtgärdsvalsstudier. Ett förslag är att identifiera relevanta hållbarhetsmål för en åtgärdsvalsstudie och formulera specifika mål för åtgärdsvalsstudien utifrån nedbrytningen av övergripande mål. Ett annat förslag är att värdera om ett åtgärdsförslag har negativ, positiv eller neutral påverkan på ett hållbarhetsmål för att få en helhetsbild över vilka mål ett åtgärdsförslag bidrar till att uppfylla. Gällande steg 1 och 2 åtgärder finns behov av expertstöd i åtgärdsvalsstudier samt metodutveckling kopplat till framtagandet av icke-fysiska åtgärdsförslag. Det finns också behov av att utveckla ÅVS-handboken och utbildningar inom ÅVS-metodiken, särskilt kopplat till framtagande av mål. Sammanfattningsvis pekar studien på att det krävs uppdaterade handledningar kopplat till åtgärdsvalsstudier. Detta kan ses som en möjlighet till att utveckla arbetet med hållbarhet i åtgärdsvalsstudier genom att hållbarhet integreras mer i den generella handledningen för åtgärdsvalsstudier och därigenom blir en naturlig del av metodiken. Studiens resultat pekar därmed på att det finns goda möjligheter att utveckla arbetet med hållbarhet i åtgärdsvalsstudier. / Emissions from the transport sector are not declining fast enough, even if sustainability is a prioritised issue through for example Agenda 2030. Strategic choice of measures (Åtgärdsvalsstudier), investigations early in transport infrastructure planning, have the potential to contribute to more sustainable infrastructure planning. At the same time, today sustainability goals have a limited significance for the choice of measures in strategic choice of measures. There are no concrete directives for how actors in transport infrastructure planning should act and prioritise in order to contribute to the transition towards a sustainable transport system. The purpose of the study is to increase the understanding of what prerequisites there are for an increased integration of sustainability in strategic choice of measures. The aim is to identify shortcomings in methods and processes that contribute to difficulties in integrating sustainability in strategic choice of measures. The aim is also to propose how methods and processes can be developed for an increased integration of sustainability in strategic choice of measures. The study illuminates the aim mainly from the perspective of regional planners at the Swedish Transport Administration in the counties of Norrbotten and Västerbotten. The study is qualitative and based on a literature study and a focus group. Focus group was selected as a method to generate new ideas about how a concrete work with sustainability in strategic choice of measures could look like. Four planners who work in different ways with strategic choice of measures at the Swedish Transport Administration participated in the focus group. The results from the focus group and the literature study were analysed based on the research questions. The result of the study indicates that it is complex to work with sustainability goals in strategic choice of measures. One reason for this is a lack of guidance on how the work with targets should be performed, which means that the work of developing goals for the individual strategic choice of measure is time-consuming and resource-intensive. Therefore, less emphasis is placed on sustainability goals. There is also a lack of guidance and expert support regarding the development and implementation of non-physical measures, so-called step 1 and 2 measures. The planers also experience a hopelessness as other parameters than sustainability are valued higher when prioritising measures in planning processes that follow after a strategic choice of measure. The study has resulted in conclusions about how methods and processes can be developed. One proposal is to identify relevant sustainability goals for a strategic choice of measure and formulate specific goals for the strategic choice of measure based on the breakdown of overall goals. Another proposal is to evaluate whether a proposed measure has a negative, positive or neutral impact on a sustainability goal in order to get an overall picture of which goals a proposed measure contributes to fulfil. Regarding step 1 and 2 measures, there is a need for expert support in strategic choice of measures and method development of non-physical measures. There is also a need to develop guidelines and educations in the strategic choice of measures methodology. In summary, the study indicates that updated guidelines about strategic choice of measures are required. This can be an opportunity to develop the work with sustainability in strategic choice of measures by integrating sustainability more into the general guidance. Thus, the results of the study indicate that there are good opportunities to develop the work with sustainability in strategic choice of measures.

Hållbar utveckling är ett område som skall ingå i grundskolans samtliga ämnen. De globalamålen i Agenda 2030 visar dock en komplexitet som kan vara svår att integrera i alla ämnen.Denna studie fokuserar på hem- och konsumentkunskapsundervisning i grundskolan. Syftet äratt belysa lärares erfarenheter av att arbeta med detta i sin undervisning. Studien omfattar sexsemistrukturerade intervjuer med lärare i hem- och konsumentkunskap. Centrala tankegångar istudien är baserade på Deweys resonemang om undervisning där meningsskapande, inquiry,demokratiska arbetssätt samt praktik och teori knyts samman till en helhet.Resultatet visar på en bredd i arbetssätt och de sätt ämnet integreras i undervisningen.Sammanfattningsvis visar studien att lärare tenderar undervisa om hållbar utveckling än attskapa ett lärande för hållbar utveckling. Lärarna arbetar främst med aspekterna hälsa, ekonomioch miljö där praktik och teori skapar en helhet. / Sustainable development is an area that must be included in all secondary school subjects.However, the global goals in Agenda 2030 show a complexity that can be difficult to integrateinto all subjects. This study focuses on Home Economics in secondary school. The purpose isto highlight teachers' experiences of working with this in their teaching. The study comprisessix semi-structured interviews with teachers of Home Economics. Central lines of thought inthe study are based on Dewey's reflection about teaching where meaning-making, inquiry,democratic methods as well as practice and theory are linked to form a holistic approach.The result shows a breadth of methods and the way the subject is integrated into teaching. Insummary, the study shows that teachers tend to teach sustainable development rather than createlearning for sustainable development. The teachers mainly work with the aspects of health,economic, and environmental issues where practice and theory form a holistic approach.

[pt] Inspirada nas análises seminais do Developemntspeak, o dialeto utilizado no campo do desenvolvimento, produzidas na virada do milênio, e nas contribuições feministas nos Estudos de Ciência e Tecnologia, esta tese de doutorado constrói uma crítica epistemológica da Agenda 2030 tomando o discurso do desenvolvimento como proxy das forças que agem sobre as agendas internacionais de desenvolvimento. Misturando análises qualitativas e quantitativas, os métodos aqui aplicados revelam não apenas o que o desenvolvimento pretende ser, mas também como ele pode terminar aquém das suas próprias expectativas. Em termos simples, esta tese dispõe conceitos e práticas lado a lado como uma estratégia capaz de revelar quanto do discurso elaborado e afinado dos documentos oficiais é traduzido em ações concretas. Ao rastrear as palavras, rastreamos as transformações que ocorrem neste campo e descobrimos que algumas palavras permanecem, enquanto outras desaparecem, e que alguns conceitos são incluídos no discurso oficial com o propósito de produzir eufemismo, ambiguidade ou neutralidade funcionando muitas vezes como uma colherada de açúcar que ajuda a tornar essas agendas em remédios mais palatáveis. Dois conceitos principais surgem desta análise: participação e dados. Como algo antigo e algo novo, respectivamente, eles nos ajudam a compreender como a Agenda 2030 carrega ao mesmo tempo antigas problemáticas e uma nova fachada. Considerando a natureza hiperquantitativa da Agenda 2030, o caminho que começa rodeado de discussões sobre a política da linguagem evolui rapidamente para locais onde os principais debates giram em torno da política dos dados. / [en] Inspired by the seminal analyses of Developmentspeak, the dialect used in the development field, produced at the turn of the millennium, and feminist contributions in Science and Technology Studies (STS), this PhD thesis builds an epistemological critique of the 2030 Agenda taking Developmentspeak as an accurate proxy of the forces pushing and pulling international development agendas. Mixing qualitative and quantitative analysis, the methods pursued in this work unveil not only what development intends to be, but also how it might fall short from its own expectations. In simple terms, concepts and practices get disposed side by side in this work as a strategy to reveal how much of the elaborated and finely tuned discourse of official documents hits the ground. As a result, by tracking words, we track transformations going on in the field: discovering that some words remain, while some fade away, and that some concepts are included into official discourse with the purpose of producing euphemism, ambiguity or neutrality working many times as the spoonful of sugar that helps the bitter medicine of development go down. Two main concepts arise from this analysis: participation and data. As something old and something new, respectively, they help us to understand how the 2030 Agenda carries both ancient problematics and a novel façade. Considering the hyper-quantitative nature of the 2030 Agenda, the path that begins surrounded by discussions on the politics of language quickly evolves to places in which the main debates revolve around the politics of data.

Energy production in southern Sweden is insufficient to meet the demand. As a result, Skåne relies on electricity imports from other parts of the country and abroad. Region Skåne sees potential in increasing energy production through renewable resources, including wind power. Many land-based wind turbines in Skåne are outdated and need upgrades in the near future. Wind turbines hold significant potential for future electricity production, necessitating further expansion to meet the growing demand for electricity. Wind power planning transcends municipal boundaries, requiring intermunicipal collaboration for effective wind power expansion. In 2010, three neighboring municipalities - Helsingborg, Höganäs, and Ängelholm - developed a thematic addition to identify suitable land for wind power expansion. This study aims to investigate the importance of municipal collaboration in wind power expansion and the challenges and opportunities municipal planning presents for renewable energy production. The methodology includes interview studies and document analysis to capture the broad aspects of collaboration and wind power development. The theoretical framework applies governance at various types and levels. The results highlight the significance of effective dialogue between municipalities for planning sustainable energy sources. Despite some debate over the thematic addition, the study underscores the need for cross-municipal cooperation to optimize planning. Municipal collaboration can address challenges in planning renewable energy production, but it requires political support and balancing diverse interests. Intermunicipal cooperation is crucial for tackling the challenges of renewable energy sources and for sharing resources and expertise among municipalities.

I takt med att världen genomgår kriser i form av pandemi, ändrade handelsvägar, inflation och naturkatastrofer, förändrar det även förhållanden för textilproduktion. Från att företag flyttat sin produktion mot Asien på grund av låga produktionskostnader, börjar trenden skifta tillbaka till att företag väljer att flytta hem sin produktion. Syftet med studien är att utforska i vilken utsträckning ekodesigndirektivet, och FN:s mål för Agenda 2030 påverkar beslutsprocessen för en eventuell hemflyttning av textilproduktion till Sverige och Europa. En explorativ undersökning har gjorts på tre svenska modeföretag, där två personer per företag har givit sina inställningar och åsikter i semistrukturerade intervjuer. Resultatet visade att det finns en viss medvetenhet hos företagen kring ekodesigndirektivet, och en tydlig medvetenhet om Agenda 2030. I dagsläget påverkar ekodesigndirektivet eller Agenda 2030 beslutsprocessen för en eventuell hemflyttning av produktion till en liten grad, men företagen ser sitt ansvar i att vidareutbilda sig och vara rustade för nya regelverk, i form av att implementera dels CSR-aktiviteter, men även anställning av spetskompetenser. För att kunna flytta hem sin produktion krävs det innovationer i form av teknologi, som Sverige och Europa bör vara beredda att investera i trots det faktum att de flesta länder inom området har höga arbetskraftskostnader. Framtidens råmaterial i form av spillmaterial från gamla textilier, är också en möjlighet för området att generera. Om så är fallet, kan man utgå ifrån Sverige och Europa när man ser till hela värdekedjan, vilket betyder att den kan bli desto mer transparent och spårbar. Uppsatsen är skriven på svenska. / As the world contends with crises such as pandemics, shifting trade routes, inflation, and natural disasters, it also reshapes the landscape of textile production. While companies previously redirected their production towards Asia due to low production costs, the trend is now beginning to shift back as companies opt to relocate their manufacturing back home. An exploratory investigation was conducted with three Swedish fashion companies, where two representatives from each company provided their perspectives and opinions through semi-structured interviews. The results revealed that there is some awareness among companies regarding the Eco-design Directive and a clear understanding of Agenda 2030. Currently, the Eco-design Directive or Agenda 2030 only marginally influences the decision-making process for potential production reshoring. However, companies acknowledge their responsibility to further educate themselves and prepare for new regulations by implementing CSR activities and hiring specialized expertise. To relocate production back home, innovations in technology are required, which Sweden and Europe should be prepared to invest in even though most countries in the region have high labor costs. Future raw materials in the form of waste materials from old textiles also present an opportunity for the region to capitalize on. If so, Sweden and Europe could become the focal point for the entire value chain, making it more transparent and traceable. The paper is written in Swedish.

The aim of this qualitative interpretive study is to look into SDG implementation in Sweden from a governance for sustainable development perspective. This research is to be seen as a first attempt at mapping the state of governance for sustainable development in relation to SDG implementation in Sweden – further research is both necessary and welcomed in order to get a complete picture of the situation. Seven key components of governance for sustainable development developed by Gibson et al. (2005) are used as a theoretical framework for the study. Those key components are; policy integration; shared sustainability objectives; sustainability based criteria for planning and approval of significant undertakings; specified rules for managing trade-offs and compromises; widely accepted indicators of needs for action and progress towards sustainability; information and incentives for practical implementation, and; programmes for system innovation. Previous research as well as reports from organizations such as the OECD and the European Commission have been used to evaluate the state of these components in Sweden, primarily from an environmental sustainability perspective. Conclusions reached include that the main components relevant for Swedish implementation of the SDGs are: policy integration, shared sustainability objectives and widely accepted indicators for needs for action and progress towards sustainable development. Another conclusion drawn is that the level of fulfillment in some of these key components does not necessarily correspond with the likelihood of successful SDG implementation. Further research is being suggested for   a governance-related mapping of the social and economic pillars of sustainable development. Together with the environmental pillar they are essential for the holistic approach that sustainable development deserves.

This study examines how economic growth is framed in the UN post-2015 development agenda, which is centered on the Sustainable Development Goals. It uses a transdisciplinary approach combining Ecological Economics and Critical Theory. Through a qualitative content analysis of nine official documents from different work streams in the post-2015 process, the thesis seeks to answer what the goal of ‘sustained, inclusive, and sustainable’ growth actually means, how it relates to the aim of transformative change which is central to the agenda, and how the agenda addresses the relationship between growth and the environment. The results show that there is a strong consensus to maintain and increase growth levels, while changing the quality of growth to make it more socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable. Thus, the agenda reinforces the ‘sustainable development’ concept which has been established over the last three decades as the mainstream approach to international environmental governance. No limits to growth are recognized; poverty reduction and greater equality are to be achieved mainly by aiming for higher growth rates in developing countries than developed ones. It is acknowledged that the GDP metric has many shortcomings and needs to be revised to better account for externalities and complemented by alternative measures of welfare and well-being. However, no existing alternative measures are used in the SDGs. The goal is to develop better ones by 2030, which effectively postpones the necessary shift away from GDP. The documents express a strong belief in ‘green growth’ (the decoupling of growth from material resource use and emissions), but this optimism seems to be unfounded since the documents fail to account for several aspects that are crucial to determining the feasibility of green growth. Most notably, there appears to be no evidence of absolute decoupling ever having occurred. At the same time, the scale of decoupling that is required appears to be physically impossible to achieve. Since the agenda does not question growth dependency at all, and fails to distinguish between the intrinsic and instrumental value of GDP growth, my conclusion is that it does not fulfill the promise of transformative change.

The project of sustainable development, as reflected in the Agenda 2030 and the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals, plays a central role in the story of crisis and transformation today. Yet, this project has rarely been the object of ideology critique. This paper formulates an ideology critique as a form of immanent critique of the project of sustainable development with a basis in Herbert Marcuse’s one-dimensionality thesis. The analysis of the ideology of sustainable development is structured around the three-pillar conception of sustainability which is applied in the Agenda 2030. The transformative potential of the project of sustainable development is assessed on the background of the analysis. The transformative potential in each of the three pillars is found to be inhibited by the project of sustainable development and the paper identifies and explains the ideological mechanisms through which this inhibition takes place. The research suggests that the project of sustainable development cannot be seen as a transformative project.

The aim of this thesis is to examine how civics teachers use and implement of Agenda 2030, the seventeen sustainable goals set by the United Nations, in their teaching. This paper will off in the implementation theory set by Lennart Lundquist that has three requirements: understanding, will and knowledge and how those requirements affect the teachers in their work. Five teachers have been interviewed in person and it is their answers that has been the basis of this study. Their answers have then been analysed by using four themes to answer the questions at issue. These four themes are: knowledge of Agenda 2030, teaching of Agenda 2030, the teacher’s opinion on guidelines and interdisciplinary teaching. The result showed a lack of implementing Agenda 2030. There are a few reasons for this, but it is mainly because there is a lack of understanding among teachers what Agenda 2030 really means and a lack of knowledge of how to implement it.