At the same time, Gallup surveys show that as many as 75% of employees at workplaces in Sweden do not feel engaged. But what perhaps concerns me most is the 11% who are actively disengaged in the workplace. How can this be and what can we do about it? There must be an enormous innovative power in the frustration that does not get the space needed in a working life with increasing demands, where fewer people do more in an increasingly rapid pace of change.

How can society address the equally important ecological societal challenge and the goal of a fossil-free world if it is at the expense of social sustainability?

The above are just a few examples of societal challenges that touch on the all-important issue of social sustainability. How can society tackle the equally important ecological societal challenge and the goal of a fossil-free world if it is at the expense of social sustainability? Bringing together social and ecological sustainability together with economic sustainability and its complex combination of challenges poses more questions than answers, where sometimes the context may be more important than general answers? Developing the business in a more sustainable way in several dimensions also emerges as a priority area in our latest SQMA Delphi study where about 500 leaders in public and private business are given the opportunity to provide both input and prioritization (SQMA - Swedish Quality Management Academy with 8 universities).

SIQ aims to support sustainable development in all three dimensions through collaboration and co-production and to constantly seek out the societal needs and challenges that concern us most. We are grateful for the support we have received during the year from VINNOVA, the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth and all members of SIQ stakeholder association with a growing number. There is an increased need for research and development of sustainable management models that are in step with the times with demands for adaptability and speed of change - but the time factor is against us.

There is a growing need for research and development of sustainable management models that are in step with the times, requiring adaptability and speed of change - but the time factor is against us.

Reading the alarming research on how close we are to the limits of what the planet can handle and that the plans for fossil fuels are going in the wrong direction, it is easy to feel hopeless (DN, 20 Nov 2019, "Planerna för fossila bränslen går åt helt fel håll" where over 50 researchers have contributed to the analysis and review). Although societal challenges may seem insurmountable, we tirelessly continue our quest to safeguard a sustainable future. In order to challenge current societal problems and to instead try to accelerate our efforts to address the societal challenges we face, SIQ has during the year applied for and been approved as a fund manager by Forte, Formas and the Swedish Research Council.

SIQ applied for and were approved as administrating organizations by Forte, Formas and the Swedish Research Council.

We are happy, proud and humbled by the confidence that as a research institute we have the opportunity to step up research and development in order to work together to ask the questions that seek long-term solutions to current societal challenges. Demand-driven research and development in collaboration with the public sector, industry and civil society is the way forward. We look forward to hearing more about your thoughts, reflections, needs and ideas on how we can work together to strengthen Sweden's competitiveness through a more sustainable society.

With kind regards,