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Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB)Sweden

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Website https://sebgroup.com/
Headquarters
Kungsträdgårdsgatan 8
SE 106-40 Stockholm
Sweden
CEO/chair Johan Torgeby
CEO
Supervisor
Riksbank
Ownership
listed on OMX AB

SEB's largest shareholder is Investor AB (21.73%). SEB's complete shareholder structure can be viewed here.

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) is a Swedish bank, focussed on corporate and private banking. It was established in 1972. The bank was founded by and is controlled by the Swedish Wallenberg family through their investment company Investor AB. SEB offers a wide range of financial services in Sweden and the Baltic countries. In Denmark, Finland, Norway, Germany and United Kingdom the bank's operations focus on corporate and investment banking.

Sustainability
Commitments
Policies
Voluntary standards

SEB's most important sustainability commitments can be found at the website sections listed below.

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Sustainability

Policies

 

 

2024-07-12 00:00:00

Sector Policy on Agriculture, Fishing, Aquaculture and Animal Welfare

Bank policy
2024-07-12 00:00:00 | SEB
2024-07-12 00:00:00

Sector Policy on Arms and Defence

Bank policy
2024-07-12 00:00:00 | SEB
2024-07-12 00:00:00

Sector Policy on Forestry, Pulp & Paper and Timber

Bank policy
2024-07-12 00:00:00 | SEB
2024-07-12 00:00:00

Sector Policy on Mining and Metals

Bank policy
2024-07-12 00:00:00 | SEB
2024-07-12 00:00:00

Sector Policy on Shipping

Bank policy
2024-07-12 00:00:00 | SEB
2024-07-12 00:00:00

Sector Policy on Transportation

Bank policy
2024-07-12 00:00:00 | SEB
2024-06-18 00:00:00

Disclosures on the integration of sustainability risk and consideration of adverse impact on sustainability factors in investment decisions and investment advice

Bank policy
2024-06-18 00:00:00 | SEB AB
2024-06-13 00:00:00

Sustainability Policy

Bank policy
2024-06-13 00:00:00 | SEB
2024-06-13 00:00:00

Environmental Policy on Climate, Nature and Water

Bank policy
2024-06-13 00:00:00 | SEB
2024-06-13 00:00:00

Social and Human Rights Policy

Bank policy
2024-06-13 00:00:00 | SEB
2024-04-18 00:00:00

Sector Policy on Fossil Fuels

Bank policy
2024-04-18 00:00:00 | SEB
2023-04-25 00:00:00

Environmental Policy on Climate Change, Freshwater, and Biodiversity

Bank policy
2023-04-25 00:00:00 | SEB
2022-01-25 00:00:00

Sector Policy on Renewable Energy Generation and Electricity Transmission & Distribution

Bank policy
2022-01-25 00:00:00 | SEB
2019-06-13 00:00:00

Tax Policy

Bank policy
2019-06-13 00:00:00 | SEB
2017-12-05 00:00:00

Code of Conduct

Bank policy
2017-12-05 00:00:00 | SEB
2015-12-16 00:00:00

Ethics policy

Bank policy
2015-12-16 00:00:00 | SEB
2011-02-11 00:00:00

Position statement on Child labour

Bank policy
2011-02-11 00:00:00 | SEB
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:
Carbon Disclosure ProjectTags: carbon | climate change | greenhouse gas emissions
Equator PrinciplesTags: Equator Principles | project finance | corporate social responsibility | sustainable development
Global Reporting InitiativeTags: sustainable development | human rights
Green Bond PrinciplesTags: bond issuance | investment | sustainable development
Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA)Tags: climate change | corporate social responsibility | energy | energy plants
OECD Guidelines for Multinational EnterprisesTags: consumer safety | corporate social responsibility | corruption | cultural preservation | dams | human rights | mining and processing | OECD | supply chain | taxation | worker rights
Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB)Tags: climate change | corporate social responsibility | finance | sustainable development | United Nations | Voluntary Standards
Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)Tags: corporate social responsibility | sustainable development | United Nations
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)Tags: corporate social responsibility | finance
UNEP Finance InitiativeTags: United Nations | sustainable development
United Nations Global CompactTags: United Nations | human rights
Universal Declaration of Human RightsTags: human rights | United Nations
Dodgy Deals

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) is linked to a number of companies and projects that BankTrack considers controversial (so called Dodgy Deals), e.g. as a current or past financier or through an expression of interest. The profiles below provide more details on the nature of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB)'s link to these deals.

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Swedbank stops fossil loans after protests

The new report Banking on Thin Ice 3 shows that SEB, Nordea, and Danske Bank have provided over 60 billion SEK in new loans to fossil fuel companies in the last two years
2025-01-27 | BankTrack, ActionAid Denmark, Coal-free Finland, Fair Finance Guide Sweden, Future is in our hands, Nordic Center for Sustainable Finance, Profundo, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Most of Europe’s largest 50 banks have rejected EACOP oil pipeline

Over 40 banks globally have ruled out finance for the controversial Uganda-Tanzania pipeline, including 28 European banks. The largest European banks not to have ruled out EACOP finance are UBS, Lloyds, Caixa Bank, Danske Bank, Sberbank and Commerzbank.
2024-11-21 | BankTrack, #StopEACOP
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Nordic banks real climate footprint revealed

2024-01-25 | Fair Finance Guide Sweden, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

67 organisations call on banks to cease financing metallurgical coal

Banks risk stranded assets & climate catastrophe in steel lending without metallurgical coal exclusions
2023-12-07 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Reclaim Finance
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

European Finance Flows fuelling the climate crisis: The role of Article 2.1c under the UNFCCC

The EU’s call for COP28 to address the world’s climate-harming financial flows not matched by its own efforts at home, research by ActionAid reveals
2023-11-30 | ActionAid
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Policy analysis report: Moving away from mass destruction

2023-07-27 | ICAN, PAX
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Banks committed to net zero still funding North Sea oil expansion by Equinor

Over 60 organisations have written to Equinor's biggest bankers warning them not to fund the company's controversial Rosebank oil field due to climate risks.
2023-07-04 | BankTrack
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Financing fossil fuel majors in line with net-zero strategy, say Nordic banks

BankTrack mentioned
2022-12-12 | S&P Global
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

European financial institutions heavily invested in companies involved in illegal Israeli settlements

725 European Financial Institutions found to provide billions of dollars in finance to companies operating in Israel's illegal settlement enterprise
2022-12-05 | Brussels | Don't Buy Into Occupation
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Nordic banks increase finance for Arctic oil and gas, new report finds

Ten Nordic banks provided US$ 21.2 billion to the fossil fuel industry. DNB, SEB, Nordea and Danske Bank largest Nordic financiers.
2022-11-22 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack, Greenpeace, ActionAid Denmark, Fair Finance Guide Norway, Fair Finance Guide Sweden, Friends of the Earth Finland, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

What the war in Ukraine teaches us

Lessons for European governments, companies and financiers - a Profundo Expert View
2022-03-04 | Jan Willem van Gelder - Profundo
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Equator Banks involved in financing at least 200 fossil fuel projects since Paris

BankTrack research sheds new light on finance for fossil fuels by Equator banks
2021-10-26 | BankTrack
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

New report exposes billions in European financial support to companies in illegal Israeli settlements

2021-09-29 | Don't Buy Into Occupation
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Swedish banks contribute to Amazon deforestation

2021-09-21 | Fair Finance Guide Sweden
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Svenska banker på lista över investerare som gynnar militären i Myanmar

2021-05-27 | Dagens Nyheter
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

New bank climate initiative fails to grasp urgent need to end finance for fossil fuels

Civil society statement on the launch of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance
2021-04-22 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, urgewald, Amazon Watch, Bank on our Future, Indigenous Environmental Network, Market Forces, Positive Money, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, ShareAction, Sierra Club
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Leading finance firms sign up to Mark Carney forum on low-carbon investment

2021-04-21 | The Guardian
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

As Nordic banks aim to go greener, lending lags asset management pledges

BankTrack mentioned
2021-04-20 | S&P Global
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Annual General Meeting SEB: how close is Sweden’s biggest fossil fuel financier to being Paris-aligned?

2021-03-30 | BankTrack
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Bankernas investeringar i fossilbolag

BankTrack mentioned
2021-02-03 | Studio Ett
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Bolund till bankerna: Stoppa fossil utlåning

Storbankerna måste snabbt stoppa finansieringen av projekt som är dåliga för klimatet, annars hotar lagstiftning. Det säger finansmarknadsminister Per Bolund (MP) till TT.
BankTrack mentioned
2021-02-02 | Aftonbladet
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Förbjud bankernas stöd till fossilbolagen

Bankernas finansiella verksamhet är en blind fläck i det svenska klimatarbetet. Trots Parisavtalet fortsätter svenska banker att låna ut hundratals miljarder kronor till bolag inom kol, olja och gas. Nu måste regeringen täppa till luckan i klimathandlingsplanen så att inte bankerna kan låna ut pengar till fossilbolag som inte vill eller kan ställa om, skriver Naturskyddsföreningen och Sveriges Konsumenter.
BankTrack mentioned
2021-02-02 | Expressen
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

DNB, SEB and Nordea among biggest Scandinavian fossil fuel lenders

BankTrack mentioned
2021-02-02 | Environmental Finance
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

SEB lånar ut miljarder till ”klimatvärstingar”

BankTrack mentioned
2021-02-01 | Expressen
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Nordic Banks Slow to Cut Lending to Fossil-Fuel Sector: Report

BankTrack mentioned
2021-02-01 | Bloomberg
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Kalla fakta del 2 - Bankens smutsiga hemlighet

2019 skriver SEB's vd under ett avtal gallande ansvarsfull bankverksamhet som amnar att pressa varldens ledare att stoppa klimathotet. Ett ar senare framkommer det att SEB fortsatt lana ut miljardbelopp till nagra av varldens storsta klimatbovar
BankTrack mentioned
2021-02-01 | Tv 4
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Storbankerna stänger dörren för fossilbolag: ”Kommer tacka nej till kunder”

Svenska storbanker inför hårdare klimatkrav för att finansiera fossilindustrin. Redan i år kommer SEB att börja fasa ut engagemang i kol-, gas- och oljesektorn, och Swedbank slutar helt med nyutlåning till okonventionell utvinning.
BankTrack mentioned
2021-02-01 | Dagens industry
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Scandinavian banks poured $67 billion into the fossil fuel industry since Paris

New report finds ongoing finance for coal, oil and gas companies, with little commitments to phase-out from fossil fuels
2021-02-01 | Nijmegen, Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm | BankTrack, ActionAid Denmark, Fair Finance Guide Norway, Fair Finance Guide Sweden, Oxfam IBIS
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

New BankTrack Equator Principles reporting tracking tool launched

2020-09-21 | BankTrack
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Equator Principles: New BankTrack database sheds light on patchy project name reporting

BankTrack publishes database of Equator-financed projects, together with analysis showing some banks report few or no project names – notable poor performers include ING, HSBC and Lloyds
2020-06-29 | BankTrack
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Global finance sector failing to apply conservation criteria to pulp and paper funding

2020-03-21 | New York/Amsterdam | Environmental Paper Network
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Swedish banks linked to the war in Yemen

The seven largest banks in Sweden continue to finance and invest billions in companies involved in controversial arms exports, for example to countries participating in the Yemen conflict. This is shown in a follow-up report by Diakonia and the Fair Finance Guide.
2020-02-06 | Diakonia, Fair Finance Guide Sweden
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

SEB signs UN Principles for Responsible Banking

2019-08-27 | SEB
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Every two weeks a bank, insurer or lender announces new coal restrictions

Major financial institutions restricting coal funding tops 100
2019-02-27 | IEEFA
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Retake on exclusion list for SEB’s funds

2017-06-16 | SEB
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

SEB raises the sustainability level for all funds

2017-06-12 | SEB
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

New report linking Nordic banks and government pension funds to Indonesia’s palm oil deforestation

Nordic investments to Asian banks support rapacious palm oil producers with financing that impedes push for sustainability
2017-05-30 | Oslo, Norway | Fair Finance Guide Norway, Fair Finance Guide Sweden, Rainforest Foundation Norway
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Banks and pension funds fail to act on allegations against Lundin Petroleum

2017-04-27 | Fair Finance Guide Sweden, Swedwatch
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Scandinavian banks linked to violations of indigenous peoples’ rights in Borneo

2017-03-07 | Stockholm, Sweden | Fair Finance Guide Sweden, Swedwatch
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Swedish banks invest in controversial arms trade

2016-09-14 | Fair Finance Guide Sweden
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Swedish banks in breach of human rights guidelines

2015-06-17 | Stockholm | Amnesty International, Swedish Consumers’ Association, Fair Finance Guide
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Fair Finance Guide launches in Sweden

Swedish banks score poorly on sustainability
2015-01-23 | Stockholm | Fair Finance Guide
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

BankTrack calls for strengthening of Green Bond Principles

Combatting climate change needs real commitments instead of loose guidelines - Banks must urgently curb fossil fuel financing
2014-04-14 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Equator Principles goes beyond project finance, improves transparency

2012-08-13 | Environmental Finance
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

While BankTrack criticizes Equator Principles, IFC celebrates Community of Learning

2011-10-25 | Washington | prizmablog.com
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Time to Improve the Equator Principles, BankTrack Says

BankTrack mentioned
2011-10-24 | Washington | Social Funds
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

BankTrack to Equator Principles banks; ‘get the Outside Job done’

Equator Principles update must lead to new Principles focused on people and planet
2011-10-23 | Washington | BankTrack
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Financiers search for sustainable future

BankTrack mentioned
2011-10-20 | Washington | Environmental Finance
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

New rules for Equator Principles, but no new commitments from banks

New governance rules represent missed chance for Equator Principles to take bold steps forward on transparency and accountability
2010-07-01 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Equator Principles: Action, not words needed

BankTrack calls upon Citi, new chair of Equator Principles to take bold steps forward
2010-03-15 | Nijmegen, The Netherlands | BankTrack
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Civil society groups call for bold steps forward with Equator Principles

Major reforms needed on transparency, accountability, implementation and climate change
2010-01-14 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
Resources
Documents
Links
2024-10-01 00:00:00

NZBA 2024 Progress Report

Other document
2024-10-01 00:00:00 | NZBA
2024-07-12 00:00:00

Sector Policy on Agriculture, Fishing, Aquaculture and Animal Welfare

Bank policy
2024-07-12 00:00:00 | SEB
2024-07-12 00:00:00

Sector Policy on Arms and Defence

Bank policy
2024-07-12 00:00:00 | SEB
2024-07-12 00:00:00

Sector Policy on Forestry, Pulp & Paper and Timber

Bank policy
2024-07-12 00:00:00 | SEB
2024-07-12 00:00:00

Sector Policy on Mining and Metals

Bank policy
2024-07-12 00:00:00 | SEB
2024-07-12 00:00:00

Sector Policy on Shipping

Bank policy
2024-07-12 00:00:00 | SEB
2024-07-12 00:00:00

Sector Policy on Transportation

Bank policy
2024-07-12 00:00:00 | SEB
2024-06-18 00:00:00

Disclosures on the integration of sustainability risk and consideration of adverse impact on sustainability factors in investment decisions and investment advice

Bank policy
2024-06-18 00:00:00 | SEB AB
2024-06-13 00:00:00

Sustainability Policy

Bank policy
2024-06-13 00:00:00 | SEB
2024-06-13 00:00:00

Environmental Policy on Climate, Nature and Water

Bank policy
2024-06-13 00:00:00 | SEB
2024-06-13 00:00:00

Social and Human Rights Policy

Bank policy
2024-06-13 00:00:00 | SEB
2024-04-18 00:00:00

Sector Policy on Fossil Fuels

Bank policy
2024-04-18 00:00:00 | SEB
2024-02-26 00:00:00

Annual and Sustainability Report 2023

Annual report
2024-02-26 00:00:00 | SEB
2024-01-25 00:00:00

The real carbon footprint of Swedish banks

An assessment of the five largest banks’ financed emissions and Paris-aligned transition plans
Partner publication
2024-01-25 00:00:00 | Fair Finance Guide Sweden, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation
2023-12-07 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to SEB on Ending support for metallurgical coal

Correspondence
2023-12-07 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2023-07-04 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack and 60 civil society groups to 20 bank financiers of Equinor on Equinor's proposed North Sea field Rosebank

Letter to financiers of Equinor on their client's ownership of Rosebank
Correspondence
2023-07-04 00:00:00 | BankTrack and 60 civil society groups
2023-04-25 00:00:00

Environmental Policy on Climate Change, Freshwater, and Biodiversity

Bank policy
2023-04-25 00:00:00 | SEB
2023-02-28 00:00:00

Annual and Sustainability Report 2022

Annual report
2023-02-28 00:00:00 | SEB
2022-11-22 00:00:00

Banking on Thin Ice: Two years in the heat

Exposing Nordic bank finance for fossil fuels
BankTrack publication
2022-11-22 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2022-10-26 00:00:00

Net-Zero aligned 2030 targets Methodology

Other bank document
2022-10-26 00:00:00 | SEB
2022-07-14 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack and Mars se Drine to SEB on Rio Tinto Jadar Lithium Mine

Correspondence
2022-07-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack and Mars se Drine
2022-06-07 00:00:00

Annual integrated report 2021

Annual report
2022-06-07 00:00:00 | SEB
2022-01-25 00:00:00

Sector Policy on Renewable Energy Generation and Electricity Transmission & Distribution

Bank policy
2022-01-25 00:00:00 | SEB
2021-12-16 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to SEB on lithium mining in Serbia’s jadar valley

Correspondence
2021-12-16 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2021-06-24 00:00:00

Guidance on Biodiversity Target Setting for PRB signatories

Other document
2021-06-24 00:00:00 | UNEPFI
2021-04-21 00:00:00

Commitment statement Net Zero Banking Alliance

Other document
2021-04-21 00:00:00 | UNEP FI Principles for Responsible Banking
2021-03-30 00:00:00

Annual integrated report 2020

Annual report
2021-03-30 00:00:00 | SEB
2021-02-01 00:00:00

Banking on Thin Ice

Exposing Scandinavian Bank Finance for Fossil Fuels
BankTrack publication
2021-02-01 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Fair Finance Guide Norway, Fair Finance Guide Sweden, Oxfam IBIS, ActionAid Denmark
2020-07-01 00:00:00

Annual report 2019

Annual report
2020-07-01 00:00:00 | SEB
2020-07-01 00:00:00

CSR report 2019

Annual report
2020-07-01 00:00:00 | SEB
2019-06-30 00:00:00

Annual report 2018

Annual report
2019-06-30 00:00:00 | SEB
2019-06-30 00:00:00

CSR report 2018

Pages from Annual Report, p. 67–73
Annual report
2019-06-30 00:00:00 | SEB
2019-06-13 00:00:00

Tax Policy

Bank policy
2019-06-13 00:00:00 | SEB
2019-05-20 00:00:00

Troika Laundromat

Overview of financial institutions involved in the Troika Laundromat scheme
Other document
2019-05-20 00:00:00 | Organised Crime and Corruption Project (OCCRP)
2018-12-31 00:00:00

Sustainability Fact Book and GRI Index

Other bank document
2018-12-31 00:00:00 | SEB
2018-11-07 00:00:00

Still Undermining Our Future?!

A case study for Fair Finance Guide International of Swedish financial institutions
NGO document
2018-11-07 00:00:00 | Profundo
2018-09-30 00:00:00

Still Irresponsible Investments

A study of Swedish banks' investments in companies linked to human rights abuses
NGO document
2018-09-30 00:00:00 | FFG Sweden, Amnesty International
2018-03-31 00:00:00

Annual report 2017

Annual report
2018-03-31 00:00:00 | SEB
2018-03-31 00:00:00

Sustainability report 2017

Annual report
2018-03-31 00:00:00 | SEB
2017-12-05 00:00:00

Code of Conduct

Bank policy
2017-12-05 00:00:00 | SEB
2017-06-30 00:00:00

Sustainability report 2016

Annual report
2017-06-30 00:00:00 | SEB
2017-06-30 00:00:00

Annual report 2016

Annual report
2017-06-30 00:00:00 | SEB
2017-05-30 00:00:00

Nordic investments in banks financing Indonesian palm oil

NGO document
2017-05-30 00:00:00 | Rainforest Foundation Norway, FFG Sweden and FFG Norway
2016-03-01 00:00:00

Annual report 2015

Annual report
2016-03-01 00:00:00 | SEB
2016-03-01 00:00:00

Sustainability report 2015

Annual report
2016-03-01 00:00:00 | SEB
2015-12-16 00:00:00

Ethics policy

Bank policy
2015-12-16 00:00:00 | SEB
2015-06-30 00:00:00

Irresponsible Investments

A study of Swedish banks' investments in companies linked to human rights abuses
NGO document
2015-06-30 00:00:00 | FFG Sweden, Amnesty International
2015-04-07 00:00:00

Annual Report 2014

Annual report
2015-04-07 00:00:00 | SEB
2015-04-07 00:00:00

Sustainability Report 2014

Annual report
2015-04-07 00:00:00 | SEB
2014-04-09 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to signatory banks on Green Bond Principles

Correspondence
2014-04-09 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2014-04-07 00:00:00

Annual Report 2013

Annual report
2014-04-07 00:00:00 | SEB
2012-12-31 00:00:00

Annual Report 2012

Annual report
2012-12-31 00:00:00 | SEB
2012-12-31 00:00:00

Sustainability Report 2012

Annual report
2012-12-31 00:00:00 | SEB
2011-10-19 00:00:00

2011 Global Investor Statement on Climate Change

Other document
2011-10-19 00:00:00 | IIGCC, INCR, IGCC, UNEP-FI, PRI
2011-04-19 00:00:00

Annual report 2010

Annual report
2011-04-19 00:00:00 | SEB
2011-04-19 00:00:00

Sustainability report 2010

Annual report
2011-04-19 00:00:00 | SEB
2011-02-11 00:00:00

Position statement on Child labour

Bank policy
2011-02-11 00:00:00 | SEB
2010-12-18 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to EPFIs on issues around Equator Principles Review process

Correspondence
2010-12-18 00:00:00 | Banktrack
2010-05-12 00:00:00

Annual report 2009

Annual report
2010-05-12 00:00:00 | SEB
2010-05-12 00:00:00

CSR report 2009

Annual report
2010-05-12 00:00:00 | SEB
2008-10-31 00:00:00

SEB Equator Principles reporting

Other document
2008-10-31 00:00:00 | EP

SEB sustainability pages

Fair Finance Guide Sverige

Fair Finance Guide Sweden

EPN assessment of policies against 14 minimum criteria - SEB

Environmental Paper Network (EPN) evaluated the policies of 68 major financiers of the pulp and paper industry against 14 absolute minimum criteria that all financial institutions should require their clients, investments and business partners to respect in order to reduce social and environmental risks.

Financial Exclusions Tracker

Bank is listed in Financial Exclusions Tracker, which lists companies that have been publically excluded by financial institutions, for reasons ranging from human rights violations to environmental impact and corruption.

Accountability
Grievances

SEB states in its 2024 Human rights policy: "Social and Human Rights grievances that are related to SEB Group’s business activities and operations can be reported through SEB’s digital external whistleblowing service that is also open to stakeholders, such as affected
communities, consumers and end-users, and workers in the value chain."

SEB is an Equator Principles signatory. While the Equator Principles have no official grievance mechanism, complaints relating to this bank's financing of Equator Principles projects can be filed through our own website www.equator-complaints.org.

This page evaluates Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB)'s responses to instances of alleged human rights violations linked to its finance, raised by civil society organisations. It is not intended to be exhaustive, but covers selected impacts raised by BankTrack and other civil society partners since 2016. For the full scoring methodology, see here. For more information about BankTrack's evaluation of bank responses to human rights impacts, see the 2021 report "Actions speak louder: assessing bank responses to human rights violations".

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Banks and Climate

Banks and Climate

Partner organisation Reclaim Finance tracks the coal, oil and gas policies of financial institutions, including banks, in their Coal Policy Tool (CPT) and the Oil and Gas Policy Tracker (OGPT). BankTrack works closely with Reclaim Finance and endorses their policy assessments. Find further details on their assessment of SEB’s fossil fuel policy below.

Assessment of SEB coal policy in the Coal Policy Tool

Assessment of SEB oil and gas policy in the Oil and Gas Policy Tracker

Tracking the NZBA

Tracking the Net Zero Banking Alliance

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) is a member of the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) and has therefore committed to reduce its financed emissions to net zero by 2050; within 18 months of joining the alliance set interim targets for 2030 (or sooner) for high emission priority sectors, and within 36 months set further sector targets; set new intermediary targets every 5 years from 2030 onwards; annually publish data on emissions and progress against a transition strategy including climate-related sectoral policies; and take a robust approach to the role of offsets in transition plans. BankTrack track's implementation of these commitments in the NZBA compliance tracker.

 

Tracking NZBA banks commitments

Banks and Steel

Banks and Steel

Partner organisation Reclaim Finance’s 2023 report on metallurgical coal financing showed that Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken provided US$ 1.3 billion in loans and underwriting to developers of new metallurgical coal between 2016 and 2022. Find further details on Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken’s metallurgical coal financing and and how it compares to other large banks globally in the report.

Reclaim Finance tracks the metallurgical coal policies of financial institutions, including banks, in their Coal Policy Tool. BankTrack works closely with Reclaim Finance and endorses their policy assessments. Find further details on their assessment of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken’s metallurgical coal policy below.

Metallurgical Coal Financing: Time to call it off 2023

Coal policy tool

Good Moves

Good moves

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2025

Swedbank stops fossil loans after protests

After protests from thousands of Swedish bank clients, Swedbank has almost completely stopped new loans to fossil fuel companies. Meanwhile, SEB, Danske Bank, and Nordea have continued to pour over 60 billion SEK into fossil fuel companies, including to upstream companies that explore for more fossil fuel reserves. This…
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