Everyone is needed to achieve our mission – big and small!

The manufacturing industry needs to transform and reduce its carbon footprint. Making that mission a reality requires cooperation between all actors across the value chain – from large corporations to small and medium-sized enterprises.

Net Zero Industry’s mission is to reduce the climate footprint of the manufacturing industry. For this mission to become a reality, the entire value chain in the product development process must be involved – and everyone must understand how their efforts can contribute to the goal. The value chain includes many small and medium-sized enterprises, such as component suppliers, contract manufacturers, development companies and others.

– Embracing and developing new technological advances is also important for success. These developments are often found in start-ups and companies in the SME category. At the same time, smaller companies may find it more difficult than larger companies to monitor the world around them, understand complex new regulations and test new methods, and thus risk falling behind in development. Within Net Zero Industry, a team works with a special focus on SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups.Creating the best conditions for SMEs and start-ups is crucial for the Swedish manufacturing industry to be able to manage a competitive transition. But it is important to remember that it is not only the large companies that drive the transition, but that smaller companies with the right support also contribute to the development of the larger companies. There are strengths with both large and small companies that are all needed for us to succeed, says Dan Carlsson, coordinator of SME and Startup.

The SME team’s mission is to provide relevant support, information and opportunities for networking and skills development to companies in the SME sector. In practice, this means, among other things, mapping and understanding the specific needs and finding effective methods to best support SMEs. Work is currently underway to find a strategic approach to coordinate this work.

Do you have suggestions on how Net Zero Industry can work on this or have questions about the issue? Get in touch with one of our SME team.

SME- & Startup-teamet

Dan Carlsson
SME & Startup Coordinator
dan.carlsson@ri.se

Maria Månsson
maria.mansson@smartareelektroniksystem.se

Sasha Shahbazi
sasha.shahbazi@sscp.se