The Nordics are a hub of trade, innovation, early digital transformation and sustainability. In this podcast, Open Insights, we talk to leading business figures in the Nordics to explore how they are making an impact in this dynamic region.
Podcast
Podcast: Creating a global platform for corporate sustainability
Worldfavor’s innovative platform for sustainability reporting gives companies around the globe access to valuable data on the ESG performance of their suppliers, partners and peers across the value chain. By making sustainability information easily accessible and comparable, Worldfavor helps companies make sustainable business decisions and understand the impact of their choices.
In this Open Insights 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.
She explains how over 20,000 organisations are now using the platform to access and share sustainability data and how digitalisation is critical to help drive the transition to a sustainable future.
Markets and investment
Nordea to offer customers access to an exchange-traded product tracking Bitcoin
As the European regulatory environment for cryptocurrencies has matured and the demand for virtual currencies and cryptocurrencies is growing across the Nordics, Nordea has decided to allow customers to trade in a crypto-linked product on its platforms.
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Markets and investment
Nordic cleantech: An infrastructure bonanza for Europe
Our analysis of the main public infrastructure programmes in Europe points to a substantial step-up in investment due in 2026, which contrasts with the capital drain we’re seeing for US cleantech. This is driving investors’ sentiment for infrastructure, which, for the first time in years in Q2 2025, was higher in Europe than in the US, topped by the Nordics.
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Corporate insights
Sweden’s economic resilience drives new business
Despite global uncertainties, Sweden’s robust economic fundamentals pave the way for an increase in corporate transaction activity in the second half of 2025. Nordea’s view is that interest rates are likely to remain low, and our experts accordingly expect a pickup in deals.
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