Sustainable banking
Understanding social impact investing
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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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.
Diversity & inclusion
Finance leaders reflect on the gender gap and how to close it
The 2022 SHE Conference brought together Nordea’s Philip Asp and the International Finance Corporation’s Denise Odaro for a candid discussion on gender equality and the financial industry.
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Sustainable banking
Nordea Finance ready with new circular IT leasing
Nordea Finance is now launching a new circular IT leasing product in Norway where the aim is to increase the number of recycled and reused computers, printers and other tech equipment.
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Diversity & inclusion
“It’s the differences that make us stronger”
Nordea has now signed diversity charters in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Poland, joining over 12,000 signatories in a push for more diverse workplaces.
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Active ownership
Active ownership in practice: Nordea votes at more than 4,200 annual general meetings
Being an active owner is a central part of Nordea’s work with sustainability and good ESG practices, and in 2021 we voted at around 95% of all annual general meetings where we could vote.
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Values
Calling out for more female leaders
For the fourth year in a row Nordea is one of the main partners to the SHE Conference, Europe’s biggest diversity and equality conference.
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Sustainable banking
New sustainability targets for 2025
At our Capital Markets Day we presented our new sustainability targets for 2025, together with our updated business plan, strategic priorities and financial target. Nordea also announced that sustainability goals are now linked to the remuneration for senior leaders.
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Sustainable finance
Nordea adviser to the Danish central bank on its launch of sovereign green bonds
A new chapter opened on the Danish government bond market with the central bank’s first issue of sovereign green bonds. Nordea was the structuring adviser on the government’s issue of this new type of financial instrument.
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Sustainable banking
The World Wildlife Fund highlights Nordea Life & Pension’s net zero ambitions
Nordea Life & Pension’s target setting and alignment methodologies for how to lower carbon emissions are highlighted in report from the World Wildlife Fund.
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Sustainable banking
Nordea again in top 100 among the world’s most sustainable corporations
Nordea is again ranked as one of the top 100 most sustainable corporations in the world by Corporate Knights – and the only Nordic bank in the ranking.
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Markets and investment
How to align your investments with the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Have you thought about how your investments can have an impact on real-world challenges? Nordea’s latest ESG Investments publication provides a practical guide to sustainability-themed investing.
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Sustainable banking
Frank Vang-Jensen joins United Nations sustainability council
Nordea’s President and CEO Frank Vang-Jensen has been invited to join the UNEP FI Leadership Council. UNEP FI is a partnership between the UN and the global financial sector to mobilise private sector finance for sustainable development.
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