27 Aug 25

Since the SFDR Wake-Up Call from Norway’s Financial Regulator

Since the SFDR Wake-Up Call from Norway’s Financial Regulator In October last year, Norway’s Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet) reported that 54 per cent of the 87 asset managers and financial advisers it reviewed over the year failed to meet the standards set by the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). What has happened since? A further […]
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04 Mar 25

How the ESG Analyst Should Think – From Climate Change Scenarios to ESG* Risk Materiality or Brace for Physical Climate Changes!

How the ESG Analyst Should Think – From Climate Change Scenarios to ESG* Risk Materiality Or Brace for Physical Climate Changes! ESG risk materiality – A dynamic and complex perspective Understanding ESG risk materiality requires knowledge of the typical ESG risks for activities often grouped in industries and sectors. Unlike traditional financial risks, rooted in […]
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ESG back to reality #2 - Only profitable ESG risk mitigation works
17 Jan 25

ESG BACK TO REALITY #2 – Only profitable ESG risk mitigation works

ESG BACK TO REALITY #2 – Only profitable ESG risk* mitigation works Only Profitable Sustainability Initiatives Can Be Expected from Businesses No private enterprise will sacrifice margins for lofty global goals. Behind the communication about the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in sustainability reports lies a different reality: Only profitable sustainability initiatives will lead to […]
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Certified-ESG-Analysts-5
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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05 May 24

ESG BACK TO REALITY #1 – ESG risk mitigation strategies have more impact than impact investing

ESG BACK TO REALITY #1 – ESG risk mitigation strategies have more impact than impact investing Corporates will only move when expected risk adjusted returns are under threat or can improve Impact investing, here assimilated to Sustainable Investments as per SFDR 2(17), and ESG risk mitigation strategies can contribute to the same environmental and social […]
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04 Apr 24

ESG risk is like any other risk and cannot be understood only with an ESG risk rating

ESG risk is like any other risk and cannot be understood only with an ESG risk rating Co-authored by Alexander Miller, CIO at Odin Forvaltning and Dag A.D. Messelt, Senior ESG risk analyst and co-founder at sustainAX. Today, there is far too much focus on the ESG risk ratings themselves among investors, but also in […]
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ESG risk EMPOWERMENT
22 Oct 23

THE INEVITABLE ESG RISK ASCENDANCE – Asset Valuation and Insiders

THE INEVITABLE ESG RISK ASCENDANCE – Asset Valuation and Insiders In the raging debate on LinkedIn between impact seekers and ESG risk mitigators, amid the aggressive criticism of ESG risk rating providers and EU Sustainable Finance regulation, and complaints of lacking progress on mitigation of Principal Adverse Impacts like GHG emissions, we see a theme […]
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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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24 Aug 23

Nordic Certified ESG* Analysts #4 –Danske Bank still in Pole Position in front of Nordea, Ålandsbanken in a strong third position and Norway still lagging!

Nordic Certified ESG* Analysts #4 – Danske Bank still in Pole Position in front of a strengthening Nordea, Ålandsbanken in a strong third position and Norway still lagging! Lacking real ESG analyst competence is an important problem the finance industry is facing in an environment being harder regulated and where expectations from the asset owners […]
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Full blown modern ESG engagement
23 Apr 23

ESG* risk mitigation – Modern ESG* engagement versus limited traditional engagement

ESG* risk mitigation – Modern ESG* engagement versus limited traditional engagement All investments have ESG risks and other risks, we could just call it risks as there is no real reason to distinguish between these in the end. Asset managers are professional risk takers and know how to price this. We will focus on the […]
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