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What is social sustainability? Samantha Arpas, Sustainable Finance Analyst, explain. To learn more about SEB’s work to accelerate the transition, visit https://lnkd.in/d_xt7hta

In this year-end episode, host Lina Apsheva invites a guest panel to discuss how sustainable finance has developed over this past year – and what to expect moving into 2025. We hear from Karl-Oskar Olming, the Head of Sustainability Strategy and Policy at SEB, about how sustainable finance legislation has developed in the EU in the past year and what to look out for in the future. From Nathalie Egenaes, the Head of Sustainability for the Corporate and Private Customer segment at SEB, about the developments in this area. From Thomas Thygesen, Head of Strategy and Equity Research, about how the politics of this past year might affect the energy transition. And from Isabelle Tibbelin, Sustainable Finance Advisor in SEB Debt Capital Markets, about the sustainable debt market in 2024 and what to expect in 2025. Listen and subscribe where you get your podcasts, or directly here: https://lnkd.in/dJ9yhtGS

In this Christmas Special of our Insight Asia podcast, Fredrik Hahnel and Sean Yokota line up 10 potential surprises in the coming year that may affect Asia and the world. Not all of them are positive, and the likelihood of a lot of them is low. But as with black swans and surprises, it’s good to know about their potential beforehand... From the SEB office in Singapore. Found where your podcasts reside, and here: https://brnw.ch/21wPuiz

We congratulate the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on the issuance of their new SEK 2bn green bond with a focus on financing projects that protect biodiversity and ecosystem services in emerging markets. SEB proudly acted as sole manager for this bond issuance. Read more: https://lnkd.in/de_-5qwB

SEB is developing a market for Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) certificates to help companies deliver on their climate targets. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dz6sSRfs

What does Net Zero mean? Anna Douglas, Senior Sustainability Advisor, walks us through it. To learn more about SEB's work to accelerate the transition, visit https://lnkd.in/d_xt7hta

SEB has a proud history. We share it from time to time. Not out of nostalgia, but to show that for over 160 years, we have been here for our customers. We enable people and businesses to realize their dreams and ambitions, in both good times and bad.

The Syrian regime has fallen - read the analysis of the implications by SEB’s Chief Emerging Market Strategist, Erik Meyersson: ➡️ Global financial markets are expected to have a muted response in the near term due to Syria’s limited integration with global markets. ➡️ The regime change in Syria could lead to significant long-term changes in the region, particularly as Iran and Russia’s influence wanes. ➡️ Iran may need to find new ways to assert its national security, especially with the potential loss of its supply route to Hezbollah. ➡️ Turkey’s influence in the region is likely to grow because of the regime change in Syria. ➡️ Israel faces new security concerns with the rise of empowered Islamist rebels near its border. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dxBAruQX

This year the Swedish company Modvion inaugurated a 103-meter-high modular wooden turbine tower for a wind power plant. The installation is the world’s largest wooden wind turbine, located outside Skara, Sweden. Modvion’s innovative modular turbine tower addresses the future needs of the wind power industry and has the potential to transform the entire wind energy landscape. In addition to being constructed from wood, their modular design simplifies transportation by allowing the use of standard trucks on regular roads. The use of wooden towers dramatically reduces carbon emissions during production, and the material itself stores carbon, meaning more CO2 is stored than emitted during manufacturing. The investment is made possible through the Stockholm-based climate-focused venture capital fund Course Corrected, founded in 2021 with support from SEB’s traditional insurance capital. “Course Corrected strongly believes in the Modvion team’s vision to reduce carbon emissions across the entire supply chain in the wind power industry with their highly competitive wood-based solutions, and we believe the investment will generate strong returns for our traditional insurance,” says Damir Ratkovic, Head of Alternative Investments at Life & Pension in SEB. Learn more about how SEB is helping accelerate clients' transition to a low-carbon economy: https://lnkd.in/gsKyD-7t

Did you know SEB’s journey in Norway started 120 years ago? It all started with the Wallenberg family and their bank, Stockholms Enskilda Bank, providing financing for the start-ups of both Elkem (1904) and Norsk Hydro (1905). In 1909, SEB acted as the arranger for the listing of Norsk Hydro on the Kristiania stock exchange. In 1913, the Wallenberg family provided a loan from SEB to protect Orkla from foreign takeover. Marcus Wallenberg Sr. was appointed chairman of the company, a position he held for 30 years. By 1994, SEB had established an official branch in Oslo – and the rest is history.