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What did COP26 achieve? A Nordea climate specialist’s key takeaways
COP26 turned out to be the net zero COP, says Nordea climate specialist Stefan Henningsson, who recently returned from the UN climate summit.
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Raising awareness of sustainable financing options at COP26
Sustainable finance experts from Nordea, Ericsson and Credit Agricole CIB gathered at the virtual COP26 Backdoor to discuss the upsurge in sustainability-linked debt.
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SFDR: What’s new in the updated Regulatory Technical Standards?
Updates to the SFDR Regulatory Technical Standards aim to strengthen disclosure requirements on financial market participants at the product level and detail alignment with environmental objectives under the EU taxonomy.
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Social debt: A means of driving social impact and change
The COVID-19 pandemic created an urgent need for funding to tackle social issues, which translated to a significant increase in social bonds.
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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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ESG storytelling matters: Meet Nordea's new sustainable finance expert
Companies need to convey their ESG stories in a way that goes beyond large data tables with sustainability-linked metrics, says David Ray.
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Another look at green bond premiums
Nordea in early 2021 launched its first investigation into the performance of green bonds and potential spread differences versus their non-green counterparts. Andreas Zsiga, Chief Analyst at Nordea’s Credit Research, follows up on the previous publication in an updated report.
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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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EU unveils proposed green bond standard
The European Commission has launched the first official green bond standard linked to the EU taxonomy. Nordea’s Sustainable Finance Advisory team shares its take on the proposed regulation for European green bonds and the implications for bond issuers going forward.
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A guide to the EU’s renewed sustainable finance strategy
The European Commission in 2018 adopted its first Action Plan on financing sustainable growth. On 6 July, it released its renewed Strategy for Financing the Transition to a Sustainable Economy. Nordea’s Sustainable Finance Advisory equips you with a pocket summary of the actions included.
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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.
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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.
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