Transition in Numbers

Three students that worked as interns in SEB's sustainable finance department over the summer share their experiences and talk about the projects they have worked on. You get to hear about social housing in Europe, transition finance and saving the Baltic sea. Host Lina Apsheva is talking to Samantha Arpas, Lilian Cao and Alexander Stenberg.

Host Lina Apsheva talks to Karl-Oskar Olming, SEB's Head of Sustainability Strategy and Policy, about the EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities. You get to know what it is, how it is being developed and integrated into financial markets, and how it can affect companies and individuals. Karl-Oskar, a member of the EU Commission's expert group on sustainable finance, also provides the latest updates and reflects on his own work with the taxonomy.

Host Lina Apsheva talks to Åsa Knudsen Sterte, a senior advisor in Climate and Sustainable Finance at SEB, about water-related challenges and the role that finance can play in addressing them. She also talks to Jessica Mattsson, an analyst in Climate and Sustainable Finance, about a research project, where sustainable water-related equities were analysed in comparison to their peers.

Host Lina Apsheva talks to Thomas Thygesen, head of strategy in equity research at SEB, and Elizabeth Mathiesen, a senior strategist in the same field, about the energy transition, renewable energy and what to expect in 2023 and beyond.

Host Lina Apsheva talks with Olle Billinger, an advisor in sustainable finance at SEB, about carbon offsets. What are they and what role can the financial industry play in the scaling of the carbon offset market?

What do greenhouse gas emissions have to do with finance? How do companies measure and report their emissions, and what mandatory requirements are coming into place? Host Lina Apsheva talks with sustainable finance advisor Gregor Vulturius about historic developments and what the future holds in this area of sustainable finance. You get to know about the terminology and the important issues for investors and issuers to consider.

Host Lina Apsheva talks to Björn Bergstrand from Sweden's Kommuninvest about their work to include social factors such as gender equality in lending considerations. She also interviews Camilla Löwenhielm and Hanna Holmberg who manage SEB's own microfinance funds, which invest in projects that help women in frontier markets.

Host Lina Apsheva first talks to Sarah Draper from Global Canopy about nature-related risks for finance. She then brings back SEB colleagues Anne Kästner and Jessica Mattsson to talk about new developments in the bank's Impact Metric Tool related to the same risks.

Host Lina Apsheva talks with sustainable finance specialist Gabriella Eriksson about sustainability-linked bonds and loans, also called performance-based financing. You get to learn how this type of financing works and what the main benefits and drawbacks are. Additionally, Lina reveals news of an important upgrade available to everyone.