Sustainability

2021-06-30

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.

2021-06-21

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.

2021-06-22

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.

close-up-of-womans-hands-holding-a-young-plant

2021-06-14

Nordea On Your Mind

ESG: Reaping the rewards

ESG has rapidly gone from being seen as a niche investment philosophy to a business necessity. In the latest Nordea On Your Mind report, Nordea Thematics delves into the role of ESG ratings.

2021-06-10

Insights

Nordea elected to Executive Committee for Green and Social Bond Principles

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.

2021-06-10

ESG

How climate change will affect the return on your investments

The latest edition of Nordea’s “ESG Investing” series focuses on the implications of climate change for investors.

2021-06-01

Sustainable banking

Dialogue with companies leads to increased climate efforts

With almost a thousand engagements with companies and countries in 2020, Nordea Asset Management is driving change through active ownership.

2021-06-02

Insights

The rise of ESG in leveraged loans

Leveraged loan market participants are increasingly incorporating sustainability targets into their financing deals. With the trend set to grow at a rapid pace, the Loan Market Association brought together experts for a recent webinar to identify best practices for the leveraged market when it comes to engaging with ESG.

Skyscrapers with green plants on rooftops

2021-05-26

Insights

Transition finance: Funding the shift to a green economy

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.

Aerial view of the solar power plant on the top of the mountain at sunset

2021-05-25

Insights

Sustainability-linked bonds: The investor perspective

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.

2021-05-20

Values

Nordea proudly partners with Pride

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.

2021-05-21

Sustainability

ESG expert lists challenges and opportunities of ESG analysis

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.