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of advised customers expressed sustainability preferences in 2023.
We assessed our customers’ sustainability preferences 370,000 times in 2023. In 160,000 cases (43%), the customer expressed a preference to consider their investments’ negative or positive impact on the environment or society.
The new goal triples finance to developing countries from the previous goal of USD 100bn annually. It’s a step forward, but clearly insufficient.
Nordea today announces a milestone agreement for high-quality carbon removals. The agreement is a multi-year contract with the Norwegian company Inherit Carbon Solutions, to capture and permanently store at least 68,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere.
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To demonstrate Nordea’s support of the proposal ahead of the annual meeting, we pre-declared our voting intentions for the proposal on a public investor voting platform. Even though the proposal did not receive enough votes to pass, it is still an important step in our engagement with Tesla. Filing shareholder proposals can help bring attention to important ESG issues, explains Katarina Hammar, Head of Investment Stewardship.
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Marco Kisic, Head of ESG Research and a co-author of the report, sums up the findings: “Many Nordic companies have ambitious targets and are delivering well against them. But several still don’t have 1.5°C alignment in their targets and/or are not tracking well, especially on scope 3 emissions.”
Full storyAt the global level, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement set the general sustainability agenda as well as the more specific climate agenda. To achieve this and to be an even more sustainable bank than we are today, we have fully integrated sustainability into our business strategy. We have a unique opportunity to drive the change, using our size and strength as a force for good. We channel funds towards sustainable growth to support the green transition and strengthen our societies.
To limit global warming to 1.5°C, greenhouse gas emissions must peak before 2025 at the latest and decline 43% by 2030.
Big news! I had the pleasure to speak with Alastair Marsh about our milestone carbon removal deal with Inherit. Nordea is delivering on its ambitious emissions reduction targets and with this agreement we are accelerating our efforts to support the scaling of important CDR technologies to enable economies of scale in the future.
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We’re happy to report that, due to NAM’s high sustainability standards, only minimal changes were needed to comply ESMA’s new naming guidelines.
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We offer a broad range of products aligned with the ESMA categories, with 20 classified under the “sustainable” category.