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16 Aug 24

Nordic Certified ESG* Analysts Overview #5 – Danske Bank still in front of Nordea, and much more focused on asset management and Norway still lagging, but less!

Nordic Certified ESG* Analysts Overview #5 – Danske Bank still in front of Nordea, and much more focused on asset management. Norway still lagging, but less! The finance industry is grappling with a critical issue: the lack of genuine ESG analyst expertise. This challenge is growing more significant as regulations become stricter and expectations from […]
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ESG Dilammas Nordic Finance ESG risk sector report
16 Sep 23

How the ESG* analyst should think – Issues and dilemmas in the Nordic financial sector

How the ESG* analyst should think – Issues and dilemmas in the Nordic financial sector We have released an ESG sector report for Nordic finance with 43 companies ESG risk researched. When conducting our ESG risk research in the sector we have met a few issues and dilemmas. How should we think as ESG risk […]
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Fundamental ESG research analyst blue sustainAX
12 Feb 23

SFDR – Different types of ESG* data and why you will always need the fundamental ESG* analyst

SFDR – Different types of ESG* data and why you will always need the fundamental ESG* analyst The debate about ESG, the search for best practice and the search for ESG data are still hot topics and it will be for some time. In many recent meetings with asset managers, we have had many interesting […]
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07 Nov 22

Nordic Utilities and IPPs – Sector ESG research report

ESG RESEARCH – NORDIC UTILITIES AND IPP SECTOR REPORT Our ESG sector report for Nordic Utilities and IPPs is now public. The report contains the following chapters: ESG risk integration in investment decisions is very important Introduction of Nordic Utilities and IPP Material ESG factors for Utilities How the ESG* analyst should think – Dilemmas […]
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17 Oct 22

New ESG analysts – sustainAX ESG research growing

Welcome to Emma and Giovanni! As the demand for the sustainAX ESG research is increasing, we are happy to announce the arrival of Emma and Giovanni in our team. They will both do ESG research at sustainAX, contributing to the ESG research library already covering 200 issuers. In the near time, we will together spend […]
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Certified ESG Analysts
19 Sep 22

Nordic Certified ESG Analysts – CESGA – ESG Competence UPDATE

Nordic Certified ESG Analysts – Nordea speeding up, Danske Bank still in Pole Position and Norway still lagging! Lacking ESG competence is an important problem the asset management industry is facing in an environment being harder regulated and where expectations from the asset owners (clients) are increasing fast. The potential cost, through regulatory and reputational […]
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18 May 22

Impact – Corporates are undermining the SDGs by pretending in their reporting!

Impact – Corporates are undermining the SDGs by pretending in their reporting! For the ESG research season 2022 we started to systematically assess the quality of the SDG communication of companies. This is outside the pure ESG risk research process and can be considered as an Impact control. We wanted to measure how serious their […]
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Certified ESG Analysts
08 Mar 22

Nordic Certified ESG Analysts – Danske Bank in Pole Position and Norway missing the race?

Nordic Certified ESG Analysts – Danske Bank in Pole Position and Norway missing the race? Lacking ESG competence is an important problem the asset management industry is facing in an environment being harder regulated and where expectations from the asset owners (clients) are increasing fast. The potential cost, through regulatory and reputational risk, of not […]
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