Insights
The European Commission has launched the first official green bond standard linked to the EU taxonomy. Nordea’s Sustainable Finance Advisory team shares its take on the proposed regulation for European green bonds and the implications for bond issuers going forward.
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The European Commission in 2018 adopted its first Action Plan on financing sustainable growth. On 6 July, it released its renewed Strategy for Financing the Transition to a Sustainable Economy. Nordea’s Sustainable Finance Advisory equips you with a pocket summary of the actions included.
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Nordea On Your Mind
Remy Briand, Managing Director and Head of ESG at MSCI, explains the surging interest in ESG ratings, what sets MSCI's approach apart and what companies can gain from having a rating.
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Nordea On Your Mind
How do you determine if a company is good at sustainability? ESG ratings vary greatly among providers, who are all measuring different things with different approaches.
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Markets and investment
The equity market rally has resumed after a short late spring pause. The Fed signalled monetary tightening might come sooner than some had thought, but this did not move equities much.
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Nordea’s Trade and Working Capital team return to their Working Capital Report 2020, this time from the perspective of SMEs (Small & Medium sized Enterprises) to assess their challenges with financing growth and investments and to suggest alternative solutions for funding growth if there is a shortage of capital.
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Helena Wall, Head of Fraud Intelligence and Awareness within Fraud Management at Nordea, was interviewed by ‘The Paypers’ to discuss the latest trends in financial service fraud attempts and how people can be educated on the tactics being applied by fraudsters.
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Sustainability has become the norm in financial markets. Jacob Michaelsen explains how corporates should engage with ESG rating providers.
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Nordea joins a select group of 24 underwriters, issuers and investors on the Executive Committee, the governing body that decides on any changes to the Green Bond Principles and Social Bond Principles.
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Podcast
Carrot is on a mission to revolutionise the waste bin and change how we as a society handle garbage.
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Insights
Driven by new technology and digitalisation, companies in the Nordics are increasingly moving towards subscription based business models as they become mainstream. Jean-Francois Tapprest, LC&I Business Innovation Lead at Nordea, discusses the ways companies can make the change and what this means for the financial services they consume.
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Insights
The treasury has long been under pressure to transform — yet, as we found out in our Treasury 2025 report, only 12% of treasuries said that their department has a digitisation strategy. In most companies, the treasury is still operating on the periphery, playing a supporting role to the wider business.
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