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Stockholm Sustainable Finance Centre (SSFC) aimed to accelerate and promote the shift in capital investments required to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals and climate targets.
The centre was an agile and aligned platform that shaped, tailored and delivered expertise in sustainable finance to maximize visibility and impact. It was a go-to partner for impartial research, knowledge and capacity building on current and future issues in sustainable finance.
2017–2022
SSFC was a unique collaboration between SEI and Stockholm School of Economics (SSE). It brought together a leading research university in financial markets and economics and a highly ranked institute working on environmental impact and broader sustainable development issues. Together with Stockholm Green Digital Finance, SSFC combined research, education, and innovation on sustainability, finance and new technologies.
The financial sector must be part of making life on this planet sustainable. It already plays a role in channeling investments into green technologies, energy-efficient buildings, and climate-friendly transport. Now governments and financial institutions must pick up the pace and ensure investments are delivering across the entire agenda set out by the Sustainable Development Goals and across all geographies, from the most developed economies or in rapidly growing emerging markets.
The Centre’s vision was to support financial actors in their crucial role in changing our economies and to make the necessary shift in capital allocation to deliver the sustainable development agenda.
Stockholm Sustainable Finance Centre achieved this by finding innovative solutions, developing tools, through research and capacity building.
The main activities of Stockholm Sustainable Finance Centre pivoted around three central pillars:
SEI report / Policy can address key challenges for investments in technological and production changes that bring deep emissions cuts in heavy industry in Sweden.
29 June 2022 / About Bioeconomy, Climate policy and Mitigation
Journal article / In this journal article, 65 researchers from 23 countries summarize what the assess as the past year’s most important findings within climate change research.
8 December 2022 / About Climate policy and Finance
Other publication / International finance institutions can play an important role in kick-starting the transition to green steel, especially in emerging and developing regions.
3 November 2022 / About Climate policy, Finance, Fossil fuels and Innovation
SEI brief / A recent study for Swedish EPA mapped financial flows of the five biggest lenders in Sweden. The results suggest limited alignment with the Paris Agreement.
25 October 2022 / About Finance
SEI report / A research report for the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency examines domestic and international flows of the largest lenders in Sweden post-climate rules.
25 October 2022 / About Finance
SEI brief / Read the policy points from a comprehensive assessment of the role of DFIs in supporting development objectives in three countries – Ethiopia, Ghana and Kenya.
31 May 2022 / About Finance
SEI report / How does development finance support national development plans and SDG achievement? This report examines the cases of Kenya, Ethiopia and Ghana.
3 March 2022 / About Finance and Sustainable Development Goals
Journal article / The aim of this paper is to further explore the role of the finance sector in sustainability transitions.
15 August 2022 / About Finance
Journal article / This article comments on the potential of sustainability-linked bonds to contribute to the decarbonization of the real economy.
31 July 2022 / About Finance and Innovation
SEI report / This report focuses on “active engagement”, where investors engage with high-emitting sectors, to impact green transition in four key industries.
26 October 2021 / About Finance and Fossil fuels
SEI brief / How can investors in high-emitting sectors help the drive to net zero? This brief presents insights for the agriculture, steel, cement, and oil and gas sectors.
28 October 2021 / About Finance and Mitigation
Journal article / What drives the market in green bonds? Read a new study from Norway and Sweden.
2 October 2021 / About Finance
SEI brief / This brief uses data and relevant literature to map the African finance landscape in order to understand the green bonds market and its future outlook.
8 February 2021 / About Adaptation, Finance, Mitigation, Public policy and Sustainable Development Goals
Journal article / This article investigates the link between companies’ climate targets and green debt financing.
14 December 2020 / About Finance
Perspective / The chief barrier to industrial transition is not a lack of capital, but the absence of clear policies on incentives for green transition.
13 November 2020 / About Climate policy, Finance and Fossil fuels
Other publication / The most pressing challenge that remains for Sweden is to achieve drastic greenhouse gas emission cuts in heavy industry. How can financing help the transition?
20 December 2023 / About Finance and Fossil fuels
Other publication / This report uses data to understand the structure and development of the green bonds market in Africa and explores the challenges and opportunities it faces.
5 October 2020 / About Adaptation, Finance and Mitigation
SEI working paper / This working paper looks at the potential for green bonds to scale-up financing for adaptation and resilience.
20 February 2020 / About Adaptation and Finance
Journal article / What impact are green bonds having on sustainability financing and implementation?
14 February 2020 / About Finance
Other publication / Read the results of a scoping study on sustainable city bonds.
20 March 2020 / About Finance
Journal article / This paper discusses some of the reasons underlining systematic problems in the sustainable finance realm.
31 October 2022 / About Finance, Geopolitics and Sustainable Development Goals
Past event / Together with SSE Executive Education and SEI, SSFC will hold a two-day executive training programme for Egyptian government officials on climate and finance.
07 October 2022 / About Finance
Press release / This study shows that half of buy-side analysts and corporate investor relations officers think sell-side financial research has a detrimental short-term focus.
28 May 2019 / About Finance
Press release / Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) Executive Education is launching The Green Bonds and Sustainable Finance Executive Program.
18 June 2019 / About Finance
Feature / Stockholm Sustainable Finance Centre will support research, innovation and education on how capital allocations can drive a sustainability transition.
12 December 2017 / About Finance
Initiative / Our work on global finance looks at how the global financial system supports or undermines societal transitions.
2015 - 2019 / About Adaptation, Business, Disaster Risk, Finance, Mitigation, Public policy and Renewables
Other publication
27 March 2014 / About Finance
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