Enabling a Nordic bank to lead Europe’s sustainable finance transition

An accelerated sprint to provide clarity to the client’s sustainable banking strategy, and to develop a high-level narrative for its design and rollout.

The client, a leading Nordic bank with a 200-year history, sought to position itself as a sustainability leader in the European finance sector. As governments and businesses accelerate decarbonisation efforts, the finance sector plays a crucial role in enabling economic transformation. With this background, the client engaged Xynteo to help develop and communicate a sustainability strategy that would position it as a sustainability leader in the finance sector, potentially influencing the industry’s approach to sustainable banking and accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy.

14

Board members engaged 

7

CEOs engaged

1

Board-approved combined sustainability and business strategy

The initiative

The key objectives for the engagement:

  • Unlock strategic clarity on the client’s sustainability positioning
  • Form an innovative narrative to communicate the strategy effectively
  • Develop an implementation approach for the strategy

Xynteo’s role

Strategic clarity: 

  • Acted as a ‘critical friend’, challenging assumptions and providing external inputs to inspire strategy development.

Narrative design: 

  • Supported the creation of communication materials for key stakeholders, including the Board and staff.

Implementation approach: 

  • Identified options for wide-spread implementation of the strategy and co-created a design phase for future implementation.

About the Author
Zara Khan

Zara Khan

Executive - Content and Media, Xynteo

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