The task of implementing Sweden's strategy for sustainable development has had a holistic approach and the State has played a major role in its development. The framework for this paper comes from a recent publication that associates sustain ability with Zhang and London’s modified Porter model and discusses current Swedish developments in municipal public housing, domestic air transportation and wood products. Insofar as Sweden might be a model for extending efforts in sustainable development, observations here provide some insight into possible approaches and results, particularly so in the U.S. current interest in a "Green Bill of Rights".