Tree Hotel - clear your mind

Treehotel offers a unique hotel experience: treerooms with contemporary design in the middle of unspoiled nature. Here you can forget about the time constraints of everyday life, enjoy the serenity, and rejuvenate in a sophisticated yet familiar environment.

The most striking part of Harads is its magnificent surroundings. From Treehotel’s rooms you get a fantastic view of the Lule River valley, miles of forest and the powerful river.

World Forests Summit- achieving sustainable forest management

World Forests Summit- achieving sustainable forest management
5th-6th March, 2013, Stockholm, Sweden
 

Forests play a crucial role in the world's environment, health and economy - yet they are under threat.

World Forests Summit will assemble a leading group of experts from around the world to identify common ground and discuss mechanisms for forest stakeholders to work together differently.

Competition to be greenest will spur action on climate

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BJORN Stigson tells his business students at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden: ''I have been in business for about 40 years in different ways, but I'm not going to talk to you about my experiences. What I am going to talk to you about is your life - your 40 years.

''The starting point for your life, coming out of university, is not the best.

''The legacy you are getting from me and my generation is not the best.

Sweden’s governance watchdog critical of EU governance green paper

The Swedish Corporate Governance Board has issued a critical commentary on the European Commission’s draft green paper on corporate governance in financial companies.

“In its response, the Board is critical regarding the ideas of substantially increased and in some respects far-reaching regulation of corporate governance in the financial sector put forward in the Green Paper,” the body states.

It points out that there is still a lack of “empirically based knowledge” on the bad corporate governance played in the financial crisis.

And it emphasised the importance of considering the different corporate governance systems among the European Union’s Member States.

The Commission issued the consultation in June last year, receiving 214 responses. More concrete proposals are expected in the next few months.

Is China a Sustainable Engine for the Global Economy ?

China's economic high growth momentum will continue and it will lead the world economy to recover, said experts at a seminar held by China Alliance in Stockholm on Wednesday.

China Alliance is jointly formed by Stockholm Environment Institute and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, SIPRI, early this year.

With the topic of "Is China a Sustainable Engine for the Global Economy", experts from China and Sweden discussed the current macro-economic situation in China and its midterm challenges and opportunities.

Anders Ahnlid, Director General for Trade at Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that China is emerging as the leading power in the world economy.

"The financial crisis and the recession have no doubt accelerated this process, and now we are facing a situation where we have to deal with a huge economy. Already China is the largest exporter of the world, she has taken over Japan as the second largest economy and due course in 2027 she will surpass the United States and become the world's largest economy," said Ahnlid.