Press Release

Green Business: Scandinavia's Lateral Thinkers

Between 1990 and 2006, Sweden cut its carbon emissions by 9% - largely exceeding the target set by the Kyoto Protocol – while enjoying real economic growth of 44%

By: Gwladys Fouché
Date: Friday, July 25, 2008
Source: Guardian News and Media

Händelö is an idyllic place, with lush green fields and pine woods. But if you look closer, you find more than a dozen factories hidden behind the trees. This is an industrial park with a difference. Just outside the city of Norrköping in south-eastern Sweden, Händelö is a "cleantech" park housing only green technology industries. It is also an example of how the Nordic nation is rushing ahead in developing the green economy.