Minister of Climate Per Bolund thinks that politics has a great responsibility for what emissions are made in industry.  

SVT has shown that 15 large companies account for a quarter of all emissions in Sweden.

And their emissions are declining far too slowly. 

Per Bolund believes that we have talked a lot about private cars, flights and meat consumption, but should have a greater focus on companies. 

- Yes absolutely.

We need to be tough on those who are destroying the climate and help ordinary people.

The industry's emissions must go down to zero within the next few decades, he tells SVT Nyheter.

"It should always cost to get dirty"

At the same time, Sweden is the only EU country that receives more free emission rights than are needed to cover the actual emissions, which shows that Swedish industry is "the best in the EU".

SVT's review shows that three quarters of all Swedish large companies therefore avoid costs for their large emissions, they receive free emission rights in excess.

Several of the companies tell SVT that they have therefore not had such strong incentives to reduce emissions further.  

And in other EU countries, large companies' emissions decrease faster, according to the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.  

- The government wants to stop distributing emission rights for free.

It should always cost to pollute and destroy the climate, says Per Bolund. 

But according to the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, emissions from industry are still declining far too slowly in Sweden, what does the Minister say about the responsibility of politics? 

- That we need to do much more and above all that too many governments for a long time have done far too little, says Per Bolund. 

Including red-green governments? 

- Yes, but now it happens.

We see that the prices of emission rights have increased tenfold and today large investments are being made in cutting-edge technologies that can help us reduce emissions - such as steel without coal and bio-refineries.  

You seem less worried than the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency? 

- Well, I'm also impatient and want more to happen.

Companies must realize where the future lies and quickly make the necessary investments.

We are not satisfied until we are a sustainable future country that uses the best technologies and we are not there yet, says Per Bolund