Nordea

Assessment year: 2018

Total score 
1 out of 5
Awareness, understanding and intent 
2 out of 5
Commodity 
1 out of 5
Scope 
2 out of 5
Implementation, monitoring and reporting 
0 out of 5

Assessment year: 2017

Total score 
2 out of 5
Awareness, understanding and intent 
2 out of 5
Commodity 
2 out of 5
Scope 
3 out of 5
Implementation, monitoring and reporting 
0 out of 5

Assessment year: 2016

Total score 
2 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
2 out of 5
Policy strength 
1 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
4 out of 5

Assessment year: 2015

Total score 
2 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
2 out of 5
Policy strength 
1 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
4 out of 5

Assessment year: 2014

Total score 
2 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
2 out of 5
Policy strength 
1 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
4 out of 5
Financial institution type 
Asset manager, Bank, Insurance company
HQ 
Sweden

Collective commitments

Banking Environment Initiative member
No
New York Declaration on Forests signatory
No

150 Financial institutions

Investors and lenders need to adopt and implement environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria that ensure their investments are not funding deforestation. For analysis of how the financial sector is performing click here.

This assessment has been carried out following the assessment methodology developed for the Forest 500 project.

Profile 

Nordea Bank AB are a financial services group with headquarters in Sweden serving private, corporate and institutional clients. Their services include: private banking, investment banking, securities, wealth management, asset management, capital markets, pensions and retail banking services. As of 2017, Nordea Bank AB’s total assets amount to more than 600 billion EUR, with approximately 330 billion EUR in loans. Nordea Bank AB are among the top 100 shareholders for Forest 500 companies, with more than 3 billion USD worth of shares.

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Score
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Score
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Score
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Score
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Score
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Score
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Disclaimer

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