Get the latest insights on the economy, industries and emerging trends that can help your business tackle the challenges it faces in today’s market. We share the learnings and perspectives of leading experts and innovators in the Nordics, both from Nordea and beyond.
Sector insights
As environmental pressures mount, Nordic materials companies are transforming challenges into opportunities for sustainable growth. With the region’s clean power grids and extensive recycling expertise, these companies are uniquely positioned to pioneer fossil-free and circular industry standards, scale technological innovations and adapt to an evolving regulatory landscape.
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As global warming trends point towards 2°C, Nordic power companies must integrate physical climate risks into their strategies. Resilience is now as critical as decarbonisation.
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In this installment of our series on the Nordic power sector’s transition, we explore the evolving landscape of risks facing the industry. From climate change impacts to cybersecurity threats, discover how the sector is adapting to new challenges in an increasingly complex environment.
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Sector insights
The Nordic power sector, a global clean energy leader, faces new challenges as it enters the next phase of energy transition. Discover how the region is navigating rising electricity demand, complex risks and emerging technologies while striving to meet ambitious climate goals and ensure energy security.
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Sector insights
In this instalment of our Nordic power sector transition series, we explore the emerging technologies in the region’s energy transformation. From advanced storage solutions to nuclear innovation, learn how technological breakthroughs are paving the way for a more flexible, efficient and sustainable energy future.
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Sustainable finance
SINDI’s innovative social index is helping real estate companies like Bohild align their sustainability-linked financing with tangible social goals through quality-assured data.
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Sustainable finance
The Kingdom of Denmark has taken a significant step in sustainable finance, launching the first sovereign green bond aligned with the European Green Bond Standard. Nordea played a key role in the landmark issuance.
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Markets and investment
Our analysis of the main public infrastructure programmes in Europe points to a substantial step-up in investment due in 2026, which contrasts with the capital drain we’re seeing for US cleantech. This is driving investors’ sentiment for infrastructure, which, for the first time in years in Q2 2025, was higher in Europe than in the US, topped by the Nordics.
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Corporate insights
Despite global uncertainties, Sweden’s robust economic fundamentals pave the way for an increase in corporate transaction activity in the second half of 2025. Nordea’s view is that interest rates are likely to remain low, and our experts accordingly expect a pickup in deals.
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Sustainability
As Europe’s plastics industry faces declining production and recycling challenges, retailers grapple with supply chain shifts that may impact climate goals. Find out how changing manufacturing patterns and global competition are influencing the environmental landscape, and what it means for the retail sector’s sustainability efforts.
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Economic Outlook
Finland’s economic growth has been delayed this year. Economic fundamentals have improved, as lower interest rates and lower inflation improve consumers’ purchasing power. However, the long period of weak confidence in the economy continues to weigh on consumption and investment.
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Economic Outlook
The previously high-flying Danish economy has had its wings clipped as historical growth figures have been revised lower and industrial production has declined, particularly in the pharmaceutical sector. Despite reduced altitude, the Danish economy is still very strong.
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