Welcome to EKN Magazine. We provide inspiration and offer tips for companies and banks that work with exports or have just begun that journey out in the world.
Our world is built from steel but as steel production accounts for about 7 percent of the global CO2 emissions, a carbon-free society needs new ways of making steel. A Swedish joint venture named Hybrit may hold the key by replacing a steel-making method that has been used for a thousand years.
Towards net zero with fossil-free steel
Marie Aglert, Head of Business Area Large Corporates at EKN, attended the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow. The important role of the financial sector in the climate transition and the need for a modernisation of the OECD framework were among her takeaways.
COP26: “The financial sector has a key role to play”
A novel guarantee construction from EKN brings a new class of energy-efficient and environmentally adapted ferries to international waters as passenger traffic is set to bounce back in the wake of eased travel restrictions.
Smooth ferry leasing secured
In Ghana, EKN-backed financing enables the biggest railway investment since independence. The project will boost exports, create new jobs and add to sustainability by shifting cargo from road to rail.
Fast track to growth in Ghana
Imagine photovoltaic cells that can be charged through indoor lighting, bent any which way, and look like leather, fabric or even brushed steel? And that can be integrated into headsets, remote controls and even your cellphone?
Solar cells from Sweden’s Exeger – soon in a headset near you