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Sweden and Sustainable Finance

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Financial markets have a key role to play in the transition to a lowcarbon economy, notably by steering capital towards sustainable investments. In 2015, the Swedish parliament (the Riksdag) acknowledged this by adopting a new goal for financial market policy stating that the financial system should contribute to sustainable development. In line with this goal, Sweden’s financial supervisory authority has been tasked to integrate sustainability and climate-related risks in its supervisory activities. The message to financial market actors is clear: they should take due account of environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations when making investment decisions. For further information, please see links below.

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• Overview of the Government’s policies and initiatives in the area of financial markets

• Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority’s new mandate to monitor climate reporting of financial market actors

• Swedish sovereign green bonds

• Stockholm Sustainable Finance Centre

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Speeches and interviews

• Minister for Financial Markets Per Bolund participates in Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) conference Building back better – Finance and development leaders in joint action, 3 June 2020

• Minister for Financial Markets Per Bolund participates in EU conference on financing sustainable growth, 22 March 2019