Business growth
Finland’s startup boom breaks records
Last year, Finnish startups attracted a record-breaking amount of growth funding. Despite their small size, these early-stage growth companies play a large role in the economy.
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Prioritise substance over form in your ESG work
Marco Kisic and Viktoria Voskressenskaia from ESG Research explain how and why ESG performance matters for corporate value creation.
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Podcast
Podcast: Showing you are sustainable and reaping the rewards
The hype for sustainability and ESG are here to stay. Find out why in the latest podcast episode of Nordea On Your Mind.
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Podcast
Podcast: Creating a global platform for corporate sustainability
Worldfavor’s global platform for sustainability reporting helps companies access to valuable data on their suppliers and partners ESG performance
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Insights
Engage with rating providers to prepare for the inevitable ESG conversations
Bob Mann, President and COO of Sustainalytics, explains why it's important for corporates to embrace ESG and engage with ESG rating providers.
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ESG
Surge in ESG investing in the wake of the pandemic
When stock markets nosedived at the start of the pandemic, who could have known that a year later they would be at an all-time high with ESG investing as one of the winners?
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EU unveils proposed green bond standard
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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A guide to the EU’s renewed sustainable finance strategy
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
Ask your shareholders which ESG yardstick to use
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
ESG ratings – welcome to the jungle
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
Market outlook: hot, but not too hot
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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How to finance growth for Small & Medium sized Enterprises?
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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