According to Action Agenda 21, which was adopted at the Rio Conference in 1992, sustainable development is a major objective for local and global development. Economic growth, good living conditions, and protection of the earth's natural environment are important to all people in the world. Th is article focuses on one aspect of sustainable development, i.e. on environmental sustainability. Research shows that local government can take a leading position in protecting the natural environment and disseminating information on it among stakeholders. However, our knowledge about the dissemination of environmental information practices among stakeholders is limited.Th e purpose of this research is to fi ll a gap in current knowledge, to describe and compare the practical work with dissemination of such information among stakeholders in Swedish and Polish municipalities. Th e questions to be answered are:
What environmental information is collected and produced by the local government ? At what stakeholders is such information targeted ? and What eff ects does it have on decision-making by stakeholders in the investigated municipalities ?Th e study is based on state regulations, the homepages of municipal offi ces, and policy documents, offi cial reports, and semi-structured interviews with key managers responsible for the protection of the natural environment in the studied municipalities. Data were collected from late 2015 to early 2017.Th is research indicates that dissemination of environmental information has a positive eff ect on the decision-making of internal stakeholders. In both countries, the municipal authorities follow the EU recommendations, resulting in innovative work and growing environmental awareness among the municipal authorities, the