Sweden

Climate Leap is a programme for local and regional investments to cut greenhouse gas emissions. It was introduced in 2015. Investments in all sectors, except those included in the EU ETS, and all types of organizations are eligible to apply for grants. Applicants compete based on the estimated...

The Centre for Resource Efficiency in Sweden (CERISE) involves companies, authorities and research institutes. The Centre’s objective is to contribute to industries’ efforts to increase resource efficiency (reduction in the use of resources and increased material efficiency); improved energy...

The LCC tools enable life-cycle costing in a procurement process to get the full picture associated with a product, service or works. LCC shows that the purchase price is only one of several cost parameters connected to purchasing and owning a product. A life-time cost assessment also includes...

RE:Source is Sweden’s leading research and innovation investment within the resource and waste area. It is a national innovation arena and supports the development of innovations that can contribute to a more efficient use of resources in both society and business. RE:Source has been appointed by...

Re:Source is a strategic research platform financed by the Swedish Energy Agency. It finances projects in the field of remanufacturing, re-use and recycling. Both research-oriented stakeholders and companies can participate. The starting point is waste or byproducts. The project targets new...

Formas, the Swedish Research Council, publishes a yearly open call for proposals by researchers in one of three defined priority areas: environment, agricultural sciences, and spatial planning. There has to be a strong research component (i.e. often universities apply) in this call and a focus on...

The programme is a collaboration between Vinnova, Sweden's innovation agency, and the transportation industry, and includes resource-efficient production as one of the five focus areas. The proposals must relate to the production of vehicles, drivelines and vehicle components. It covers new products...

The Circular Economy Programme provides support to innovation and investigations related to Sweden's transition to a circular economy. The main priority is given to industrial symbiosis projects. The overall budget of the programme is 10 million SEK (~€ 1 million) for the period 2017-2019, and a...

The Swedish Energy Agency operates a funding programme for energy (and resource) efficiency focused on the pulp and paper industry. It supports projects in the following four main areas: Process development Efficient use of raw materials and byproducts Synergy between processes/production steps...

Business Region Göteborg AB (Regional Economic Agency) Region: Gothenburg Region (part of NUTS 23 western Sweden) Country: Sweden Webpage: https://www.businessregiongoteborg.se/en/clusters-and-innovation Contact details: Maria Strömberg, Head of Clusters & Innovation (maria.stromberg@businessregion...