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Welcome to EKN Magazine. We provide inspiration and offer tips for companies and banks that work with exports or have just begun that journey out in the world.

Smiling female construction worker wearing a hard hat

  • Sustainability
  • Risk

Lower risk – better business

EKN helps Volvo Construction Equipment mitigate risk across the entire value chain. “Responsible sales are good for business.”

Lower risk – better business
Panel discussion during the seminar mentioned in the article.

  • Sustainability
  • Markets
  • Trends

Green gold under the mid­night sun

Northern Sweden’s green energy surplus attracts industries in green value chains, with EKN’s green guarantees enhancing deals.

Green gold under the mid­night sun
Woman in mine control room

  • Sustainability
  • Financing

Green tran­si­tion re­quir­es in­creas­ed mi­ning

The clean energy shift needs more mining, often seen as unsustainable. Automation helps, but investor support remains key, experts say.

Green tran­si­tion re­quir­es in­creas­ed mi­ning
Trains in a railway yard

  • Sustainability
  • Markets

Türkiye goes green in record time

Swedish greentech suppliers and EKN may help fund and realise one of the world’s most ambitious energy transition programmes.

Türkiye goes green in record time
Ove Nyström and Malin Tegnér Larsen from EKN receive the ECA of the year award.

  • Financing
  • Guarantees
  • Trends

EKN scores a double at GTR Awards

EKN was awarded “ECA Of The Year” and the deal behind the massive 5G rollout in India was recognized as one of the ten “Best Deals of 2024”.

EKN scores a double at GTR Awards
railway tracks

  • Sustainability
  • Trends

Railway to the future

Electric transport is about much more than cars and buses. Here’s how global rail giants transform railroading into a high-tech mode of transport – and a Swedish export success – capable of replacing fossil-fuelled airplanes and vehicles.

Railway to the future
The stage at Techarenan, from left to right: Stina Lantz, Karoly Szipka, Karin Falck, and Jonas Hernlund.

  • Trends
  • Digital
  • Tech

Large corporates take on the future with tech startups

David meets Goliath in a race for innovations where everyone’s a winner: Leading Swedish truck exporters Scania and Volvo share their advice on how to successfully embrace the startup community.

Large corporates take on the future with tech startups
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  • Markets
  • Trade

Learning to love longer tenors

Are the expanded financing opportunities permitted by the updated OECD Arrangement living up to high expectations? It may take time, experts say.

Learning to love longer tenors
The panel during the NZECA event during COP28

  • Sustainability
  • Financing
  • Trade

Trade takes centre stage at COP28

To deliver more sustainable global trade, eight leading ECAs unveiled a new net-zero alliance in Dubai. “Public finance has been the missing piece in the net-zero financial landscape,” commented a UN source.

Trade takes centre stage at COP28

  • Sustainability
  • Trends

Metals demand seen rising by 500%

A successful net-zero transition relies heavily on strategic metals and minerals. How can export finance help boost supply and ensure sustainable mining practices?

Metals demand seen rising by 500%
Woman and man talking in an office.

  • Financing
  • Trade

OECD updates coun­try risk as­sess­ment model

The OECD Country Risk Assessment Methodology ultimately determines the minimum premium rate that state-backed export credit insurers can charge. Now, it has been revised to reflect a stronger focus on governance and institutional factors, and the consequences of climate change.

OECD updates coun­try risk as­sess­ment model
Carl Mellande, portrait

  • Financing
  • Guarantees

The se­crets be­hind 5G lea­der­ship

Carl Mellander, CFO at the world’s biggest 5G technology provider Ericsson says export financing is a crucial counter-cyclical tool.

The se­crets be­hind 5G lea­der­ship
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