Nordic sustainability briefing: reporting standards, Sweden's environmental goals and EU car targets
Reporting frameworks are moving on two tracks today, with EFRAG inviting feedback on draft ESRS datapoints and the GHG Protocol publishing its Scope 2 consultation results ahead of a 2027 standard. Meanwhile, Sweden's environmental-goals review shows mixed progress, EU states reportedly weigh a softer 2035 car-emissions target, and a Swedish packaging-waste report is due by month's end.
EFRAG opens its draft list of revised ESRS datapoints to feedback until 23 October
EFRAG's Secretariat has published a 2026 draft list of datapoints reflecting the ESRS as adopted by the Commission in July 2026. Stakeholders can review the methodology and flag fatal flaws until 23 October, and the final list is expected by the end of 2026. The list is mainly a tool for companies preparing sustainability statements, and may help suppliers understand what larger customers could ask of them.
GHG Protocol: Scope 2 consultation feedback published, consolidated Corporate Standard draft expected in Q2 2027
The GHG Protocol says its Scope 2 and electricity-sector consequential-methods consultations ran from 20 October 2025 to 31 January 2026, and that summaries of the feedback are now public. A draft consolidated Corporate Standard is expected to go to public consultation in the second quarter of 2027. The standard-setters are also exploring whether to offer several reporting approaches that reflect different theories of change.
Sweden's environmental-goals evaluation: one goal met, two close, the rest need more action
Naturvårdsverket's four-yearly in-depth evaluation finds that Sweden reaches the Protective Ozone Layer goal and is close to reaching Clean Air and a Safe Radiation Environment by 2030. Several other goals are moving in the right direction but are not expected to be fully met. The agency says the biggest challenges are in climate, biodiversity and pollution.
France and Germany reportedly want EU new-car CO2 target eased to a 90% cut by 2035
Carbon Brief's weekly digest, citing Reuters, reports that France and Germany want the EU's 2035 emissions target for new cars to be "water[ed] down" to 90% below 2021 levels. The digest does not describe a formal proposal or a timetable. Separately, it cites an analysis that electric vehicles have saved countries about $20bn in oil imports since the start of the Iran war.
Swedish agency due to report by 31 October on aligning packaging-waste collection with other waste collection
Naturvårdsverket's forward calendar lists a government assignment, due 31 October 2026, on how the collection of packaging waste could be coordinated with the collection of other waste. The calendar page was last reviewed in May, so the date should be checked against the agency's current notices. Small businesses that handle packaging may want to watch the outcome.