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  • 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.

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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
railway tracks

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  • 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 panel during the NZECA event during COP28

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  • 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

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  • 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%
Cables and a vessel

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  • Guarantees

Swedish cables connect a greener future

The energy transition has triggered a boom in demand for power cables that can transport the green energy harvested by solar and wind farms over long distances. The drive to renew and connect national grids further fuel demand at cable maker NKT, with major export production in Sweden and guarantees from EKN.

Swedish cables connect a greener future
the Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, Johan Forssell visiting ADB.

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  • Financing

Regional de­ve­lop­ment banks cru­cial in fund­ing cli­mate action

The battle against climate change is won or lost in Asia and the Pacific. New and innovative blended financing schemes involving multiple institutions and greentech from leading suppliers hold the key.

Regional de­ve­lop­ment banks cru­cial in fund­ing cli­mate action
Woman presenting in front of an audience

  • Sustainability
  • Guarantees

New gua­ran­tees to boost green len­ding

To stimulate green investments at home and abroad, EKN and Riksgälden offer new and attractive guarantees with higher risk cover, while SEK offers financing and funding.

New gua­ran­tees to boost green len­ding
Wind mills on mountains

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  • Guarantees

Up to 100% risk cover with new green guarantee

The new Green Export Credit Guarantee from EKN offers up to 100 percent risk cover for exports to projects that comply with the EU taxonomy.

Up to 100% risk cover with new green guarantee
Wind mills at sea

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  • Trends
  • Tech

Nordic clean-tech takes on the world with export finance

“Navigating turbulent times for Nordic trade” was the motto at GTR Nordics 2022, where a record number of visitors learned about the relevance of Nordic clean-tech in building a climate-resilient future.

Nordic clean-tech takes on the world with export finance
A stage at COP27

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COP27: “Funding and skills gaps need closing”

Participants from across the world arrived at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheik to agree on measures to halt the escalating climate change. Delegates from EKN worked hard to raise awareness of the role of export financing in funding the transition.

COP27: “Funding and skills gaps need closing”
African woman holding her hands under tap with running water

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Drinking water for 3 million people

Almost 1,200 rural villages and towns in Côte d’Ivoire will have access to drinking water through a new EKN-supported project that promises a “massive impact” on local communities and women in particular.

Drinking water for 3 million people
Water in Africa at night

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  • Financing

“Water is life”

A water treatment project in Ghana provides 400,000 with clean drinking water and reduces the need to walk long distances to fetch water. “EKN and SEK were important to help structure a competitive financing structure”, says Desislava Radeva at Standard Chartered Bank.

“Water is life”