This report presents the findings of a study of the various approaches taken by the Nordic countries to involve the private sector in national strategies to achieve climate targets. As part of their climate mitigation strategies, each Nordic country has engaged the private sector in climate action through specific government-led public-private collaboration initiatives. This is in alignment with the Helsingfors Declaration on Nordic Carbon Neutrality of 2019, which emphasized the importance of private sector engagement and the need to enable industry and business to take a leading role in the green transformation of the global economy.
The present report’s primary objective was to analyze and compare the diverse strategies adopted by Nordic governments to seek input from the business and industry sectors in the form of roadmaps developed in coordination with public authorities. In all the Nordic countries such sector roadmaps are viewed as important components of public policies to achieve national climate targets.
This report builds on other projects addressing similar themes, specifically the report The Road towards Carbon Neutrality in the different Nordic Countries, published by the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2020. Since the publication of that report, substantial experience of public-private collaboration initiatives has been gained in each of the Nordic countries. The present report offers a chance to review the status of private sector roadmaps and to seek insights into best practices and lessons learned. The findings presented below were achieved through a combination of desk reviews and in-depth interviews and surveys among key actors and stakeholders. The data collection took place between December 2023 and April 2024.