Sustainable finance
Sustainable finance is about funding sustainable growth, and is central to achieving DNB’s goal of financing the climate transition and being a driving force for sustainable value creation.
In strong growth
The market for sustainable – or green – finance is seeing strong growth. This is because investors and lenders now emphasise companies’ sustainability, and not just financial factors, when assessing different investment opportunities and customers. At the same time, the EU’s taxonomy and other central EU rules and legislation within sustainable finance in full force in Norwegian business.
More about sustainable financingSustainable financing
We offer private and corporate customers favourable conditions for sustainable financing, such as green car and home mortgages and green and sustainability-linked corporate loans. In addition, we facilitate various sustainable and green bonds.
More about sustainable financingResponsible investments
DNB has responsible investment guidelines, and we take care of environmental, social and corporate governance matters in all management activities. Important tools in this work are active ownership through dialogue and voting, standard setting, as well as exclusion and risk-based retail sales.
Read more about responsible investmentsWhat is sustainable finance?
The financial industry plays an important role in transitioning to a green and sustainable society and business sector. At the same time, climate change and other sustainability challenges are creating a need to integrate new risks into financial analyses and decisions.
Sustainable finance is therefore about both financing green and sustainable activities and taking into account the new risks and vulnerabilities that the business sector faces in terms of sustainability.
Sustainable finance at DNB
At DNB, we work on sustainable finance along many axes. In DNB’s sustainable strategy, we have set ourselves the goal of financing and facilitating NOK 1 500 billion for sustainable activities up to 2030. To achieve this, we will use our expertise, formulate expectations and provide financial services to help our customers in a more sustainable direction. We offer a range of green and sustainable financing products to different customer groups and facilitate green and sustainable bonds.
EU’s work on sustainable finance
The EU has set itself very ambitious goals in terms of the environment and sustainability. In order to achieve these goals, the EU is completely dependent on large amounts of capital being channelled into the sustainable transition. In addition, climate change and other sustainability challenges present a new type of risk that can have consequences for financial stability.
In order to meet these challenges, the EU has in recent years launched a number of legislative proposals for sustainability and green finance. In particular, the EU classification system for sustainable economic activities, the taxonomy, has received a lot of attention.
The EU’s taxonomy is an essential part of the EU’s work on sustainable finance, but a number of other rules and legislation and initiatives are also being produced in this area. Within a short period of time, these will also be applied to Norwegian businesses.
Studio broadcast on sustainable finance
Read more about sustainable finance at DNB Nyheter (News)
