SvD Debate: Swedish businesses must live up to their sustainability commitments

On June 10, Acting Professor and Executive Director Lin Lerpold published a debate article in SvD Debatt, available here. The article is a reply to a debate article published in DN Debatt, available here.

In short, Foreign Minister Margot Wallström has been criticized for her denunciation of a Saudi blogger’s flogging as medieval and the Swedish government’s decision to not prolong a military agreement between the Sweden and Saudi Arabia. Swedish business leaders have heavily criticized Margot Wallström for adventuring trade relations between Sweden and Saudi Arabia. Lin Lerpold calls for a deeper and more nuanced discussion on how and whether companies can live up to their sustainability commitments in nations where human rights abuses are well documented.