IVL The Swedish Environmental Institute has Sweden's broadest environmental profile. Unlike many other actors, we combine applied research and development with close collaboration between business and the public. Our consultancy assignments rest on a scientific basis and our research is characterized by interdisciplinary and system thinking.IVL The Swedish Environment Institute was founded in 1966 by the state and industry jointly with the purpose of conducting research on industry's air and water conservation issues. Today we are an environmental institution that focuses on far more than that. Common to all our assignments is an interaction between both ecological and economic and social perspectives.