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Summary SOU 2005:51 18 Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Sustainable development – also a strategy for healthy growth At the UN conference in Johannesburg in 2002, Sweden promised to work in three dimensions – ecologically, socially and economically – for a transition to more sustainable production and consumption. This is the basis of the inquiry and it is essentially a question of solidarity and justice, now and for future generations. By making changes in our daily lives, we can help reduce injustice and environmental damage and at the same time strengthen both our health and our household economy. But this presupposes that the industry and producers of cars, food and other goods and services act very responsibly and provide us with a sustainable market supply. Society should encourage more rapid, environmentallydriven technological development by means of best performance targets and other strategies. In other words, politicians and citizens must row the boat of the future with two oars: • the oar of technology which provides us with resource efficiency, • the oar of ethics which deals with change in our daily behaviour. If we use only one of the oars, we will go round in circles and make no progress. Some debaters seem to think that sustainable development and consumption entails a general risk of reduced growth and material prosperity. In this final report, I show quite clearly that the very opposite is true. Systematic investment in sustainable consumption is also, indirectly, a strategy for technological development, new business concepts and new companies, and healthy growth in both the economy and the labour market. I have chosen to examine how consumption could become more sustainable in the areas of transport, foodstuffs and housing. Swedish households spend a total of around 90 per cent of their disposable income after tax in these three sectors of daily life. This also demonstrates the material and social qualities of welfare. At the
SOU 2005:51 Summary same time, these sectors are responsible for an estimated half of all negative impact, on climate, health, and thus also on both public and private finances. Measures along two main paths 1. We become “greener” consumers, i.e. we choose food, new cars, holiday travel, etc. in ways that are based on solidarity and that are as resource-efficient and environmentally friendly as possible. We should make our choices with the help of consumer information and preferably also direct labelling of products. Examples of such choices: Swedish-grown potatoes, KRAV-certified milk, fair trade-labelled bananas, a new car that consumes 0.3 litres less fuel for every 10 kilometres driven than the old one, and homes without heating systems. Along this path, I propose a series of measures to influence producers to provide the market with this type of product in the short and long term, measures that will stimulate the industry to expose, provide information about and advertise these products more effectively than at present, measures that will provide us as consumers with a better basis for making sound decisions on our purchasing and consumption behaviour. 2. We gradually reduce the proportion of goods in our household budget in favour of consumption of services that limit the use of resources – cultural experiences (music, theatre, books, cinema), education, or health care for prevention or rehabilitation, etc. This is essential if we want to avoid the rebound effect, which I will explain briefly in the following example. People who change to a car that consumes 0.3 litres less fuel for every 10 kilometres they drive not only reduce their impact on the environment by producing fewer climate-affecting emissions such as carbon dioxide; they also save several thousand kronor a year in reduced fuel costs. The question is, what will happen to this new scope for consumption? If the money is invested in another family car, the whole thing will probably result in a zero-sum game from a resource and environmental point of view, or perhaps even in increased impact on natural ecosystems. If the money is invested in 19
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