Emission rights for companies that emit carbon dioxide are a commodity.
Companies that emit less carbon dioxide than they are entitled to can sell emission rights to companies that emit more.
When the paper mill in Grycksbo had reduced its fossil carbon dioxide emissions to zero, they were no longer allowed to participate in the emissions trading.
Something they are sharply critical of.
Confirm system errors
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency is the Swedish authority tasked with applying the EU regulations on emission rights.
They have therefore shut down Arctic Paper from the opportunities to participate in the trade, but at the same time the paper mill agrees that there are some incorrect incentives in the system.
- The regulations assume that you are not allowed to participate if you do not have any emissions, which is logical in its own way.
But for the industries that are now investing in getting zero emissions, it will be a wrong incentive, says Fredrik Hannerz who is head of department at the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.