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Community Innovation Survey 2018-2020

Improved reputation was the most important factor for enterprises when introducing innovation with environmental benefits

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2022-06-01 8.00

Out of all innovative enterprises in Sweden, 56 percent introduced an innovation with environmental benefits during 2018-2020. The deciding factor that was most important for introducing such innovation was the improvement of the enterprise’s reputation. Government grants, subsidies or other financial incentives was the least significant factor.

New for the Community Innovation Survey (CIS) concerning 2018-2020 were questions regarding innovation and the environment. Among other things, the enterprises had to answer questions about whether they had introduced an innovation with environmental benefits and which factors were important in driving the enterprise’s decision to introduce such innovation. In the innovation survey 2018-2020, 56 percent of the innovative enterprises had introduced an innovation with environmental benefits. These benefits include reduced use of energy and reduced carbon emissions and replacement of fossil fuels in favor of renewable energy. The factor of greatest importance in driving enterprises’ decisions to introduce innovation with environmental benefits was the improvement of the enterprise’s reputation. Government grants, subsidies or other financial incentives was the least significant of all nine factors.

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More information about enterprises’ actions in matters concerning innovation and the environment can be found in the report Community Innovation Survey 2018-2020 (summary in English). The report also describes the innovation activity among Swedish enterprises, both by industry and region, as well as Sweden’s innovation activity compared with corresponding statistics for the other Nordic countries.

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