Sustainability

Sustainability is about balancing the environmental, societal and governance factors of development to ensure that we meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

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Corporate insights

Nordic cleantech: Light at the end of the tunnel

After several difficult years, the Nordic cleantech sector looks set for a comeback. Some of the past headwinds are receding and may even turn into tailwinds, according to a new report from Nordea’s ESG Research team.

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Sustainability

Nordea comments NGO report on investments in the food industry

On December 20th, the NGOs Fair Finance Guide Sweden and World Animal Protection Sweden published a report on the Swedish banks (incl. Nordea) and public pension funds investments in the six largest chicken and pork production companies globally.

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Thina Margrethe Saltvedt Nordea

Sustainable banking

The three most important takeaways from the COP28 meeting

COP28 ended this week with a compromise text on fossil fuel, consensus on a renewables and energy efficiency target and progress on a loss and damage fund. Nordea’s sustainability expert Thina Saltvedt reflects on the outcome of the COP28 meeting.

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Sustainable banking

Nordea’s new progress report on climate actions and targets

Today we have published our new progress report “Climate actions and targets for the lending portfolio ”. The report addresses the climate actions we take for the sectors where we have set targets in line with our commitment to the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA).

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Jens Hansen, Gardinmontøren

Sustainability

User-friendly digital tools will be critical to the green transition of SMEs

According to experts and the SMEs themselves, knowledge, specific tools and greater focus on commercial potential are essential factors if SMEs are to attain the objective of green transition.

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Feltagenter Farmforce

Entrepreneurship

Giving back power to the first link in the chain

With the help of Nordea, Farmforce contributes to limiting deforestation and child labour in the agricultural sector in Africa, Latin-America and Asia.

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Sustainability

Electricity grids: The backbone and bottleneck for the green transition

The green transition will not happen without a radical overhaul of the electricity grid. This urgent need opens up significant opportunities for companies and investors exposed to the theme, particularly in the Nordics. That’s according to a new in-depth report from Nordea’s ESG Research team.

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Thina Margrethe Saltvedt Nordea

Sustainability

Three decisions that will make COP28 a success

Decision-makers from 200 nations will gather at the UN climate change conference in Dubai to discuss actions needed to bring the world in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Nordea’s sustainability expert Thina Saltvedt reflects on the agenda and on what to expect from this year’s COP.

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Sustainable banking

“Action on climate and nature must go hand in hand”

Today the United Nations Environment Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) publishes the first industry guidance on biodiversity where Nordea has been part of the working group. In this connection Nordea publishes its first thematic guideline on biodiversity.

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Sustainability

How we help small businesses get started with their net-zero plans

Nordea now offers an enhanced toolbox for small and medium-sized companies that would like to get started with net-zero transition plans.

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Head of Group Sustainability Anja Lidgren Hannerz

Sustainable banking

Anja Hannerz joins the Banking Board of the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative

The UNEP Finance Initiative brings together a large network of banks, insurers and investors that collectively works across the financial system for more sustainable economies and for giving their customers more sustainable choices.

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Sustainable finance

Sustainable finance markets: Record highs so far in 2023

With the latest quarterly data now in, the Nordic bond market looks set to continue its unbroken trend of sustainable volume growth for another year. Supported by record H1 sustainable volume, the slightly reduced Q3 figures were enough to take Nordic sustainable bond supply to a new year-to-Q3 high.

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