What is ESG?
ESG is used as a model for investing and screening. ESG stands for Environmental, Social and Governance. This is also called sustainability in many cases.
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ESG stands for environmental, social and governance, and refers to the three key factors widely used to evaluate how companies, countries and other actors contribute to sustainable development
Corporate insights
Beijer Ref: Shaping the future of sustainable heating and cooling
Beijer Ref is on a mission to be preferred provider of sustainable and energy-efficient heating and cooling technology. Nordea has supported the company for over 20 years and recently helped facilitate the company's entry into the US market.
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Sustainable banking
Nordea continues good progress towards its emission reduction targets
Nordea continues to show strong progress in reducing emissions from its lending and investment portfolios. Notably, the absolute emissions from the lending portfolio are down by as much as 29% compared with 2019.
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Sustainable banking
Nordea sets sector target for cars and vans to lower emissions
Nordea is one of the first Nordic banks to set an emission reduction target for car and van financing that is science-based and aligned with the Paris Agreement. The aim is to reduce emission intensity by at least 40% by 2030 with 2022 as baseline.
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Sustainable finance
Nordea named world’s best bank for sustainability-linked bonds
Global Finance has once again recognised Nordea’s sustainability leadership in its annual Sustainable Finance Awards for 2024 – this time at the global, regional and Nordic country levels.
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Sustainable banking
Nordea included in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook for second year running
At Nordea, we have climbed in several of our key ESG ratings and are again included in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook, which places us among the top 15% sustainable banks globally.
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Sustainability
A new dawn for nuclear energy
Over the past few years, interest in nuclear energy has made a comeback, with its inclusion in the EU Taxonomy and a COP28 pledge to triple nuclear capacity. In a new report, Nordea’s ESG Research team examines this renewed interest.
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Sustainable finance
Nordic sustainable bond market hits all-time high in 2023
2023 was another banner year for the Nordic sustainable bond market, with over USD 60 billion in sustainable issuance for the year and record volumes in three quarters.
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Sustainable finance
Sustainable finance outlook for 2024: It’s all about transition
"Transition finance" has gone from being a bullet point in a list of key themes to being the overarching theme in sustainable finance, says Nordea Sustainable Finance Advisory's Jacob Michaelsen. He explains why and shares the main topics on the agenda in 2024.
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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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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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Active ownership
Nordea in dialogue with companies about PFAS phase-out
As a responsible investor Nordea has joined the Investor Initiative on Hazardous Chemicals (IIHC) where over 50 asset managers are trying to impact companies to phase out the use of hazardous chemicals.
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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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