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
ESG
Nordea included in the S&P Sustainability Yearbook for the first time
An improved score in S&P Global’s Corporate Sustainability Assessment has resulted in Nordea’s inclusion in the S&P Sustainability Yearbook 2023, one of the world’s most important publications of ESG ratings.
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Responsible investments
Nordea gets high ranking on how we practise active ownership within ESG
Being an active owner is a central part of Nordea’s work with sustainability and ESG practices and in the latest “Voting Matters” report from the NGO ShareAction we’re ranked number one in the Nordics and 11 worldwide.
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ESG
Value-based investing important to Nordic investors
A Nordic survey shows that it’s the opportunity to invest in accordance with one’s own values that is most important when private investors choose to invest sustainably.
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Sustainable finance
Social impact is back in focus. Here’s how to translate it into financing
When it comes to financing structures focused on social impact, the vast majority currently incorporate gender diversity targets as the social KPI, in part due to the availability of established and comparable data. Looking ahead, we expect a wider range of social targets to be reported on and included in sustainable financing where material.
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Sustainable finance
Ability or ambition: How to speed up progress on biodiversity
We must overcome commitment fatigue and resource constraints if we are to make meaningful progress in understanding and limiting biodiversity risks, argues Nordea Sustainable Finance Advisory’s David Ray.
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Sustainable finance
Biodiversity: The next frontier in sustainable finance
The World Bank’s recent issuance of a sustainable development bond raising awareness for biodiversity highlights investors’ growing interest in the issue. Biodiversity loss is directly linked to climate change, both reinforcing each other, with their interaction amplifying the risk of reaching planetary tipping points.
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Sustainability
How profit and sustainability can go hand in hand
Leaders from the worlds of business, government and international development gathered at the Nordea Sustainability Summit to discuss the biggest challenge and greatest investment opportunity of our time – saving the planet.
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ESG
Balancing the dilemmas of ESG
What can corporates do to balance the risks and opportunities that come with the transition to a new, sustainable economy? CEO Mads Nipper, SVP Minna Aila and CEO Frank Vang-Jensen discuss.
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ESG
Nordea comments on report on investments in companies with exposure to Qatar
Fair Finance International recently published a report called “No questions asked” on financial institutions’ investments in construction and hospitality companies with exposure to Qatar and Qatar sovereign bonds.
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Sustainable finance
EU Taxonomy reporting: A first look at the challenges and best practices
The EU Platform on Sustainable Finance's long-awaited Recommendations on Data and Usability of the EU Taxonomy offers valuable insight into emerging best practices.
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Sustainable finance
How sustainability risks factor into credit ratings
The integration of ESG factors into credit ratings is an exercise distinct from the ratings and evaluations carried out by ESG service providers, although the two are often compared and confused. We take a look at the differences between the two approaches.
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Sustainable banking
Nordea’s climate experts on what to expect from COP27
This year the UN climate summit, COP27 will be held amid rocketing energy and food prices and overall difficult geopolitical circumstances. We have interviewed Nordea’s climate experts Stefan Henningsson and Matti Kahra on what they expect will be the outcome.
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