We want to become a bank with net zero emissions by 2050, and we always focus on accelerating our customers’ transition through our support and offerings.
Sustainable banking
The growing global focus on nature loss presents both challenges and opportunities for the financial sector. As more nature-positive solutions are requested, Nordea has been actively exploring the emerging nature credit market – a trading system for positive biodiversity impacts.
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Insights
Ponsse, a leading forest machine manufacturer, has reinforced its commitment to environment and workers safety by refinancing its sustainability-linked loan with Nordea.
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Sustainability
We have achieved one of our key sustainability targets six months ahead of schedule as we have facilitated more than EUR 200bn in financing for our customers’ sustainability-related activities.
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Sustainable banking
Nordea is a frontrunner in addressing nature-related risks and opportunities, according to the second annual Nature Survey conducted by the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP). The survey places Nordea near or at the top in nearly all six maturity model categories and second overall.
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Sustainable banking
At Nordea, we support small and medium sized enterprises to future-proof their business through customer dialogues and our collaboration with SME Climate Hub providing the tools and knowledge needed to turn ambitions into climate action.
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Sustainable banking
How do we as a large financial institution work with sustainability and how will we meet our target to become a net-zero emissions bank by 2050 at the latest? These topics were on the agenda when Nordea attended the Ülemiste City Future Forum to share experience and thoughts on sustainability with 400 leaders.
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Sustainable banking
Social impact investing is when you as an investor choose your investments with the intention of generating measurable, beneficial social effects in addition to financial gains.
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Sustainable finance
To expand our sustainable financing offering and advice we have recently updated our Green Funding Framework with more detailed information on how biodiversity projects can qualify for financing.
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Sustainable banking
Nordea participated in EU Commissioner Jessika Roswall’s high-level roundtable on nature credits. As these types of credit instruments are gaining traction, Nordea sees it as a natural step to participate in the development of a potential tool to reverse the trends of biodiversity loss.
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Sustainable banking
Productive and stable economies are dependent on sufficient natural resources and well-functioning ecosystems. In this explainer we dive into why biodiversity has become increasingly important to banks and the role it plays in our own sustainability strategy.
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Active ownership
In our work as active owners, meaning asset managers, we see how timely and adequate information in regards to material ESG (environmental, social and governance) risks is key for a responsible investor. We also join forces with others to push for change.
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Sustainable banking
At the end of 2024, Nordea Life and Pension (NLP) concluded its first target period with emission intensity reduced by 43% compared to 2019. More and more of NLP’s investee companies have started taking necessary actions – committing to as well as taking concrete steps towards achieving net-zero emissions.
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