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.

Insights

GRI, SASB, CDP – Making sense of overlapping sustainability and climate disclosures

Need help navigating the jungle of standards and frameworks for voluntary ESG disclosures? Nordea’s Sustainable Finance Advisory team brings you a guide to the most important sustainability reporting initiatives, how they relate to each other and which ones to use.

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Sustainability

Principles for Responsible Banking

By committing to the Principles, banks across the globe take on the crucial role of helping to achieve a sustainable future.

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About us

Nordea comments on report about the Amazon

On 21 September 2021 the interest groups Fair Finance Guide, the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation and World Animal Protection published a report on Sweden’s seven largest banks and their links to businesses whose activities in turn can be linked to the Amazon.

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Sustainable banking

Increasing pressure on fossil fuel sector with updated policy

The path to a sustainable future is more important and urgent than ever and Nordea is supporting companies in the energy sector who are willing to make the transformation.

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Insights

Nordic corporates embrace sustainability-linked loans

Sustainability in finance is fast becoming the new normal, and sustainability-linked loans continue to gain momentum among Nordic corporates. This year, the trend has taken off in Denmark, according to speakers at the Cash & Treasury Management 2021 conference in Copenhagen.

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Podcast

Creating a global platform for corporate sustainability

In this podcast, Frida Emilsson, co-founder of WorldFavor, discusses the company’s evolution from an initial idea amongst friends into a leading global platform for sustainability reporting.

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ESG

“Sustainability is becoming more and more important for US companies”

US companies interest in sustainability have grown significantly during the recent years. The Nordea North American Stars fund invests in US companies that work with sustainability issues, and the portfolio manager Joakim Ahlberg has seen how the interest is increasing.

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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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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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Sustainability

Nordea promoting innovation in energy renovations

Nordea is a pilot bank and an active member of The Nordic Energy Efficient Mortgages (NEEM) Hub, a consortium to promote energy renovations of the Nordic building stock.

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Sustainability

Growing forests and harvesting returns

Our institutional and personal customers can now invest in an exciting and attractive investment alternative of a new timberland fund registered in Finland.

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