Invest in Sweden as a sustainable knowledge nation
Akademiska Hus is active in the green bond market since 2019. This gives lenders a unique opportunity to invest in sustainable projects that strengthen Sweden as a knowledge nation.
As one of the country's largest real estate companies, Akademiska Hus has a great responsibility to contribute to the development of a sustainable society in the long term. Sustainability therefore permeates everything we do when we build and manage knowledge environments for research, education and innovation in close collaboration with our customers. For us, it is as much about minimizing the climate impact of the individual buildings as it is about ensuring that an entire campus becomes an area where social, economic and ecological values interact.
Solid foundation for sustainability work
Akademiska Hus' sustainability work is based on the UN's ten Global Compact principles on human rights, labour rights, the environment and corruption, but also on the UN's Global Development Goals. At the end of 2021, we adopted a new climate and energy strategy. It gives us clarity and guidance in decisions and actions to be able to achieve our new climate goal – climate neutrality throughout the value chain by 2035.
Uppdated green framework
As part of our financial sustainability work, Akademiska Hus has together with Handelsbanken developed a green bond framework. The framework was updated in June 2023 and has now been broadened to include parts of the EU Taxonomy criteria, creating opportunities for additional green financing, based on the Green Bond Principles 2021. The content has been reviewed by Cicero Shades of Green, which has given the framework a rating of Medium Green. Our green bonds are issued under our regular EMTN programme and are followed up through annual reports that are presented on Akademiska Hus' website.
Reports
Read the latest reports on green finance
Green Bond Investor Report
Read our latest investor report on green bonds.
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Green bond framework
Read our Green Bond Framework here.
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Second Opinion
Read Cicero's review of the framework here
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More documents
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