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.
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Transition finance is one of the most hotly debated topics within sustainable finance. Nordea's Sustainable Finance Advisory team shares its view on the current state of transition finance and where it's headed.
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Interest in sustainability-linked bonds has surged among issuers, but how do investors feel about the innovative new format? Nordea Sustainable Finance Advisory has taken a deep dive, exploring investor reactions as well as the results of a recent investor survey on the SLB format.
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Every day, we engage with society and try to make a difference. We are therefore proud to announce that we will be partnering with Pride again this year.
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Since the end of 2020, Veronica Palmgren heads the ESG analysis team in Group Sustainability at Nordea. Here she explains how our work with ESG develops.
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Together with 207 other global investors, Nordea is putting pressure on companies to act responsibly on human rights.
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As momentum in the sustainable finance space picks up, more and more companies are committing to increasingly ambitious sustainability targets. Greenhouse-gas-related targets in particular are in vogue and, with that, a focus on aligning them with the Paris Agreement and the Science-Based Targets (SBT) initiative. In this article, we look at the corporate take-up of SBTs and ask, what is next?
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The Swedish local government funding agency, Kommuninvest, recently launched a social sustainability loan offering for its members. This innovative new product, developed in collaboration with members to promote social sustainability throughout Sweden, finances investments with solid potential to address local challenges. Nordea’s Sustainable Finance Advisory team spoke to Björn Bergstrand, Head of Sustainability at Kommuninvest, to find out more about the agency’s social loan journey. 03 May,
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On 26 January representatives from the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance met UN Secretary-General António Guterres to discuss new initiatives and targets for the transition to net zero emissions.
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The European Commission has adopted its final screening criteria under the EU taxonomy, a framework for classifying green investments. Nordea's experts share their reflections on the landmark rules and what to focus on in sustainable finance going forward.
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Sustainability
Oil prices have gone up and down lately due to the coronavirus crisis, difficult OPEC negotiations and not least overflowing oil inventories. Nordea’s energy expert Thina Saltvedt tells about her view on the oil industry and what will happen when the transition to renewable carbon-free energy sources picks up speed in earnest.
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The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), effective from 10 March 2021, imposes new transparency and disclosure requirements on financial market participants at both the product and entity level. The regulation is part of a broader wave of EU legislation that aims to stamp out greenwashing and reorient capital flows towards sustainable investment.
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The importance of gender equality is getting a lot of attention, not least from the financial markets. That was the message at a recent fireside chat from the 2021 SHE Conference, featuring Heike Reichelt from the World Bank Treasury and Elin Ljung from Nordic Capital.
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