Sustainability

In focus

Helping small businesses take the first step on their climate transition journey

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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Biodiversity: The next frontier in corporate sustainability

Sustainability

Climate change has dominated corporate sustainability efforts for years. Now biodiversity is rapidly climbing the agenda. Discover how companies and financial institutions are navigating this complex new terrain.

How are Nordic companies performing on ESG? Nordea's latest insights

Nordea Equity Research’s annual ESG ratings for approximately 300 companies reveal ongoing progress, but with noticeable impacts from challenging macroeconomic conditions.

Our sustainability targets

17-12-2021

Sustainability at the core: At the global level, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement set the general sustainability agenda as well as the more specific climate agenda. We have a key role to play in reaching society’s goals through redirecting investments and financing towards more sustainable technologies and businesses, and contributing to the creation of a low-carbon, climate-resilient and circular economy.

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Nordea in society

10-03-2021

For us, social responsibility means caring – about individuals, businesses and society. We believe that financial skills is a cornerstone of a good life and supporting people in their financial skills and encouraging them to start businesses, are two ways of promoting wellbeing in society.

Security for your money

12-11-2024

Developing our systems, that is, our payment systems, apps and online bank that our customers use every day is our top priority. We develop the systems to constantly meet our customers’ needs and changed behavior. Also, we protect against cyber attacks, detect fraud and generally safeguard our customers from financial crime.