DevelopmentAid's webinar visual: Towards Strategy 2030: NDF on the frontier of catalytic climate and development finance.
This Thursday at 17:00 (Helsinki time), NDF’s Managing Director Satu Santala and Director of Portfolio Management Malena Rosman will participate in DevelopmentAid's webinar 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟯𝟬: 𝗡𝗗𝗙 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲.
👉 Register here: shorturl.at/ELa5K
Portrait of Bruno Duréault Suomalainen.
📢 Our new CFO has officially joined us!
We are glad to share that Bruno Duréault Suomalainen joins NDF as Chief Financial Officer and Director of Advisory and Institutional Solutions.
Warm welcome to the team, Bruno.
🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/R40dp
🌍 Nordic cooperation has a role to play in solving global environmental challenges.
Together with Nefco, we hosted a dialogue with @unep.org and Nordic ministries on how to strengthen environmental action at a time of tightening resources, and how Nordic institutions can facilitate impact.
Visual of Nordic x Climate Talks.
🎙️ The climate and development landscape is evolving quickly, and so are the conversations around it.
🎯 In Nordic x Climate Talks, we explore key topics that shape our work: from climate finance and gender equality to global climate events and NDF’s strategic priorities.
🎧: shorturl.at/r09pn
👉 Learn more about NDF’s new Strategy 2030 in the latest article of Development Today!
As Leena Klossner, NDF’s Strategic Advisor, points out, “We aim during the new strategy period to utilise a broader palette of mechanisms to support Nordic climate leadership”.
📌 Read more: shorturl.at/ZvxLa
Picture of the Nordic Flags with written "Today, we celebrate the Nordic Day". And with the logos of NDF, NIB and Nefco.
Happy Nordic Day! 🇩🇰🇫🇮🇮🇸🇳🇴🇸🇪
As a Nordic financial institution, we are proud to support and advance #NordicCooperation by accelerating the green and just transition, investing in climate action, and contributing to a more integrated, resilient, and sustainable future in the region and beyond. ✨
🎧 Curious about the future of climate finance? Don’t miss the latest Nordic x Climate Talks episode! In this episode, we explore NDF’s Strategy 2030 and the evolving global climate landscape.
▶️ Tune in to our episode 5 and hear how Nordic innovation is driving real climate impact: shorturl.at/OX17H
Warm welcome to our four new colleagues! ✨
Looking forward to strengthening our team with their expertise and energy. 💡
➡️ Read more about their backgrounds here: shorturl.at/keEKi
🎉 NDF invests USD 12.5 million in the Persistent Africa Climate Venture (ACV) Builder Fund! The Fund intends to support early-stage climate ventures across Africa, to drive energy, agriculture and resources transitions while creating climate and socio-economic impacts. ➡️ Read more: shorturl.at/UGlXw
🎙️ Have you listened to the latest episode of our podcast, Nordic x Climate Talks?
With our guests, we dive into the evolving landscape of global climate and development finance and how NDF’s Strategy 2030 is shaping Nordic climate leadership.🌍🌳
🎧 Tune in: shorturl.at/NveOQ
Photo of a woman salt producer from Benin working.
🌍 On International Women’s Day - and all year round - we recognise the critical role women play in shaping climate solutions, and the disproportionate impacts they face, as climate change deepens existing inequalities.
➡️ Read more: shorturl.at/OwJTS
Graphic card quoting "The world needs progress and climate action with urgency".
🌍 The world needs progress and climate action with urgency.
🎧 Stay tuned, as we publish later this week a new episode of Nordic x Climate Talks, which dives into our Strategy 2030 and why climate action is urgently needed now more than ever.
#ClimateFinance #NordicClimateLeadership
Photo of people working in Ethiopia, to prevent erosion and land degradation by planting local species of trees. Photo: World Bank/Andrea Borgarello
🎉🙌 NDF has committed EUR 10 million to the Second Community Action for Landscape Management Program for Results (CALM II) project in #Ethiopia, supporting climate resilience in climate-sensitive highland areas where most livelihoods depend on rainfed agriculture.
➡️ Read more: shorturl.at/i1KEI
We’re happy to announce that NDF has passed the WWF Green Office audit! 🌿 This recognition highlights our ongoing commitment to improving the environmental footprint of our operations and building a more sustainable workplace. 🌍
Partnerships are the core of NDF’s mission to advance climate and development action in the most vulnerable regions of the world.
➡️ Read more about Strategy 2030: www.ndf.int/newsroom/ndf...
Quote card of Jesper H. Andersen. The quote reads: "Nordic Development Fund (NDF) shows every day how Nordic partnership makes a difference in developing countries. In a shifting world of increasing investment risks - innovative and targeted risk-tolerance can show the way to kick-start private green investments in emerging markets and developing economies”.
🔑🌍 Through 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟯𝟬, Nordic partnerships are helping to unlock private capital for climate adaptation.
Read the quote of Jesper H. Andersen, Chief Counsellor for Development Finance at the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about NDF's work. 💬
➡️ More about #Strategy2030: shorturl.at/K5KvC
Quote card of Jacqueline Novogratz, Founder and CEO of Acumen: "We’re proud to partner with NDF and demonstrate that shared risk, shared learning and long-term commitment can make real impact in the hardest-to-reach communities".
🤝 🌐 Partnerships are central to NDF’s work and will remain a priority throughout 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟯𝟬.
💬 Read a quote from NDF partner Acumen’s Founder and CEO, Jacqueline Novogratz, on NDF’s agility and #risk-taking.
➡️ Learn more about #Strategy2030: shorturl.at/wLy3F
#Partnerships #Innovation
Quote card of Satu Santala, Managing Director of NDF. The quote reads "Strategy 2030 is a powerful tool to step up our ambition as a Nordic innovator in climate and development finance. We are committed, and we stand ready to deliver, especially in a world that moves from one crisis to another".
#Strategy2030 is charting our bold direction for the next five years. Building on #innovation and agility, our strategic goals are driving Nordic climate leadership where it is the most needed. 🎯🗺️
💬 Read insights from Satu Santala, Managing Director of NDF
➡️ Learn more: shorturl.at/nlS7i
Photo of, from left to right, Nefco Managing Director Trond Moe, NIB President André Küüsvek, Finland's Minister for Education and Nordic Cooperation Anders Adlercreutz, and NDF Managing Director Satu Santala.
Yesterday, the Nordic financial institutions welcomed Finland’s Minister of Education Anders Adlercreutz at our headquarters. We reflected on our activities, stronger Nordic cooperation and NDF’s role in climate and development finance.
Read about our work under our Strategy 2030: shorturl.at/KDuze
Strategy 2030 visual, with photo and text.
📢 ✨We have news: We are launching our 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟯𝟬!
Through #Strategy2030, we will boldly mobilise Nordic agility, innovation and risk-taking to unlock solutions where they are most needed. 💡
🔎 Learn more: shorturl.at/brGkd
#Sustainability #ClimateFinance #NordicCollaboration
🌍🎆 Season’s greetings from NDF!
As 2025 concludes, we want to thank all of you for a year of collaboration and impact. Looking ahead to 2026, our team shares their wishes for a more sustainable, resilient, and climate-smart future. ✨
Swipe through to read our wishes for 2026! ➡️
Two NDF employees smiling in front of a computer.
📢 NDF is recruiting a Finance & Data Trainee!
📚 We are looking for a part-time trainee in finance or accounting to support loan payments, credit requests, disbursement requests, and bookkeeping.
📅 Apply by 5 January 2026. Learn more: lnkd.in/e5dAWVt2
🌊🌏 In partnership with the Asian Development Bank, NDF is contributing EUR 8.5 million to the Ocean Resilience and Coastal Adaptation Trust Fund (ORCA), to support ocean health and climate resilience across Asia and the Pacific. ️
🔗 Learn more about ORCA: shorturl.at/wchYs
🌍🎯 At #COP30 in Belém, countries set a bold new climate finance goal: 1.3 trillion USD annually by 2035.
💬 Episode 4 of Nordic x Climate Talks highlights the shared responsibility of all countries in mobilising investment for climate action: shorturl.at/4Y3ar
#ClimateFinance
🎙️ Our Managing Director Satu Santala recently joined Impactpool’s #podcast to discuss how her professional journey led her to leading climate finance projects at NDF.
🎧 Listen to the episode here: shorturl.at/4yO3A
▶️ Check our open positions: shorturl.at/R0HHo
Photo of the Himalayas.
📢 NDF commits EUR 10 million to the Hindu Kush Himalaya Climate Risk Management Initiative!
🏞️ Through this initiative, led by ADB, NDF will strengthen early warning systems, river basin management, and climate-resilient infrastructure.
➡️ Read more: shorturl.at/XE3aO
Photo: Huzaifa Ginwala
🎧💡Have you listened to our #podcast, Nordic x Climate Talks?
In our third episode, Malena Rosman, our Portfolio Origination & Management Director shares how catalytic finance can mobilise capital for climate action, especially in the world’s most vulnerable regions ➡️ shorturl.at/u1jV7
Panellists at NDF's COP30 event.
🌍 At #COP30 in Belém, Brazil, NDF joined Nordic and global partners to advance global climate goals. We hosted discussions on early-stage climate finance in the Nordic Pavilion and explored ways to support regions that need it most.
➡️ Watch: tinyurl.com/4use2hhh
➡️ Read more: tinyurl.com/98hht9eu
#COP30: Highlighting Nordic and global perspectives on the key role of catalytic and early-stage financing in advancing climate solutions.🌱
We brought together speakers for a thoughtful dialogue on taking risks and driving investment in adaptation in the most climate-vulnerable regions.🌍
Great news from #COP30 here in Belém! 🌿
We’re proud to announce the first-ever African-focused Adaptation Finance Window, funded by NDF, Denmark and Iceland and facilitated by IMCA, making available up to €40M for climate adaptation. 🤝
Read more 🔹 lnkd.in/e9hBiE4v
