"The Swedish Embassy in India is working to help transfer Swedish environmental expertise to India and to strengthen relations between the business communities in the two countries. Swedish companies that outsource production to India want to be certain that their Indian partners deal with environmental issues in an appropriate manner. By working together with the embassy, ÅF has won the opportunity to share its environmental expertise with Indian environmental companies, organisations and other industry stakeholders. India has well-developed environmental legislation, but implementation of the law remains weak in many areas. As part of its project remit, ÅF has also reviewed the Indian exporters’ subcontractors. Here we have found a number of shortcomings and have initiated a process that attempts to encourage these companies to work seriously on green issues. This is a strategically important project for ÅF, as it provides a firm foundation for any environmental activities of our own that we may wish to set up in India at a later date."
Hans Hargbäck, Senior Environmental Consultant – Stockholm