Rules and guidelines

Here you can find links to all international and national guidelines that affect EKN in the area of sustainability and global development.

The Swedish government's letter of appropriation to EKN describes the guidelines that EKN must follow in the guarantee business.

How EKN is to implement this in practice is described in EKN's policy on corporate responsibility in the guarantee business.

The links on this page are the international and national frameworks that affect EKN in sustainability and development.

Published 2023

EKN sustainability policy

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Environment and human rights

OECD Recommendation on Common Approaches for Officially Supported Export Credits and Environmental and Social Due Diligence

IFC Performance Standards

The World Bank Group Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines

UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (pdf)

OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

The UN Global Compact

Sweden’s generational goal and environmental quality objectives (in Swedish)

Anti-corruption

OECD Recommendation on Bribery and Officially Supported Export Credits

Sustainable lending

Principles and Guidelines to Promote Sustainable Lending Practices in the Provision of Official Export Credits to Lower-Income Countries (pdf)

Tax

OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

OECD transfer pricing guidelines for multinational enterprises and tax administrations

General guidelines and agreements that EKN follows

The UN Sustainable Development Goals - Agenda 2030

Addis Abeba Action Agenda on Financing for Development (pdf)

The Paris Agreement (in Swedish)

Web page last updated 02 February 2024