Sustainability

Sustainability is about balancing the environmental, societal and governance factors of development to ensure that we meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

Sustainable finance

What are green bonds?

Green bonds are bonds where the money from the bonds are earmarked for green purposes such as financing renewable energy projects, electric vehicles or energy efficient building loans to consumers or businesses.

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Sustainable banking

What is responsible investing?

What does it mean to invest responsibly? There are several strategies to consider and combine if you are an investor with focus on responsible investing in addition to a profitable return.

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Sustainability

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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Sustainability

Energy-efficient homes: good for the climate and your wallet

Energy renovation of homes reduces emissions and heating costs, increases building value and is in some cases subsidised.

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Sustainable finance

EU Green Bond Standard – Slowly getting there

EU lawmakers have approved the final version of the European Green Bond Standard, the first-of-its-kind voluntary standard linked to the EU Taxonomy. We look at some of the challenges with the new regulation and how to overcome them.

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Sustainability

Climate hub provides businesses with easy tools to tackle their net zero journey

Nordea encourages customers to commit to net zero through the SME Climate Hub – a global platform that helps small and medium-sized businesses reach net-zero emissions by 2050.

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Sustainable banking

Nordea best ranked among Nordic peers in Sustainalytics’ ESG Risk Ratings

Morningstar Sustainalytics’ ESG Risk Ratings are considered by the global investor community to be the most important assessment of a company’s management of environmental, social and governance risks.

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Sustainable finance

'Blue bonds': New ICMA guidance aims to bolster credibility and activity

Blue bonds offer a financial mechanism to address pressing challenges relating to marine conservation and sustainable resource management. Practitioner’s guidance recently published by ICMA aims to support issuers, investors and underwriters interested in “blue” formats in order to catalyse investment in the sustainable marine economy.

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Sustainable finance

A maturing Nordic sustainable bond market: lessons learned and expectations for the future

Sustainable bonds further solidified their position as a legitimate part of the global bond market during 2023. While we are seeing greater alignment in sustainable bond practices across regions, there is much to be learned from the Nordic market in particular.

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Sustainable banking

Nordea expert joins core team to develop new climate accounting standards

A global team of 15 experts from significant banks, investors and insurance companies has been formed to lead the development of new climate accounting standards for the financial industry.

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Sustainability

Empowering our workforce: Nordea launches bespoke ESG training curriculum

Nordea’s Large Corporates & Institutions unit continues to invest in building the ESG expertise and skills of staff to help accelerate the transition. A new modular sustainability training programme allows employees to tailor the curriculum to their specific needs and roles.

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Sustainability

Building a circular economy with waste recognised as raw material

Family-owned Finnish waste management company Kuljetusrinki aims to support the green transition and help its customers achieve their recycling and sustainability targets.

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