What the world needs now
“Climate change is one of the biggest investment opportunities that we've ever seen. This is the decade of action.”
Published: Oct 07 2022
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Every year we are looking for curious students to join our team as Investment Interns. Hoping that in a few years’ time, we’ll work side by side again.
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Making batteries greener
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Driving the green energy transition
Watch the interview with Matilda Elfving Hauan, Director, talking about partnering up with Svea Solar and OX2, two companies building new green business within the energy industry.
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Value creation thanks to high ESG performance
Stephanie Hubold joined Altor with a mission. “ESG-topics are too often looked at from a pure compliance and risk angle.” she explains. “Actually, high ESG performance can be an important driver of financial value creation.”
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Moving to Zurich was both a very personal and professional decision
While no day is the same, this article series tries to capture what goes on in the lives of some of our esteemed colleagues. In this piece we meet Niklas Mattsson, Senior Associate at Altor who moved to Zurich as part of our Secondment program.
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Celebrating recent promotions
They are ambitious, hardworking but at the same time just amazingly warm colleagues to have around. And they have all delivered some outstanding results in the companies they partner with.
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Embracing Curiosity – introducing Julius Höh
It is really about listening. If you want to succeed, you have to nurture your curiosity and look at how you can challenge what is a proven formula – that you do best by 'being out there', seeking new people and territory.
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A year like no other
Altor has made a number of investments and partnerships with successful brands across the consumer sector. We sat down with our Consumer-sector team to hear their thoughts on 2022 and what they believe 2023 will bring.
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Above 100 employees!
We are growing and have just reached above 100 employees. And our ambition to attract and hire new talent to our sectors and offices will continue.
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Growing in DACH
At inception, Altor was dedicated to the Nordic markets, but we have since expanded to DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). After a number of exciting investments and several new opportunities, our DACH team is growing.
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Promotions worth celebrating
Altor continues to grow and with that – the team within Altor grows and we have the chance to celebrate a few promotions.
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The multiplier effect
This is key to our thinking around Altor Communities; that we can have a multiplier effect through the initiatives we work with and support through our expertise, capital, and network.
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Supporting challengers and change-makers
The ‘Altor Communities’ were launched in 2023 with the purpose to utilize our network, engagement model, knowledge and capital to drive positive societal impact beyond our investment and ownership activities.
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Revolutionizing the steel industry
How digitalization will enable completely different ways of working in steelmaking
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It’s time to wrap up the year of 2023
We put together Altor’s wrapped to show what sparked the interest among you the most. Have a look. A hint, we seem to have a lot in common.
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Altor continues backing H2 Green Steel
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Fast internet with a smart footprint
SeenThis has developed technical solutions to help tackle the issue of carbon emissions coming from our data usage.
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Sustainability Report for 2022
Learn about our commitments, case studies and sustainability performance.
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Trioworld doesn’t sleep on success
In a new collaboration with infrastructure company Nevel - Trioworld is turning waste heat into energy
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Meet Dr. Nicolaus Henke
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Meet Bengt Maunsbach
Bengt Maunsbach joined Altor in 2004 and has since become a name for just about everyone in the Industrial-community, where he has partnered with entrepreneurs and founders.
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The Economist:
Can Europe decarbonise its heavy industry?
Important piece in The Economist on H2 Green Steel; a company we have invested in and partner with. We all need to do what we can to help Europe decarbonise.
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Meet Susanna Campbell
The Altor community is built by partner companies and the people in- and outside of Altor. One of them is industry advisor Susanna Campbell, Board Member of H2 Green Steel and Chair of the Board at NOD.
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Building the green transition
We can’t be dependent on fossil fuels in the future. Altor plans to be a part of Europe’s green transition, driving an industrial revolution and helping the whole continent decarbonize.
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All about connecting
The Nordic Leisure Travel Group: Everyone on board to change.
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OX2 – the wind of change
There is an urgent need to change our habits and energy-use, as society increasingly moves away from high-carbon energy sources - the demand for alternative sources increase. Wind and solar farms are critical for this shift.
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Meet Paul Fischbein
The Altor community consists of a set of companies and people we collaborate with daily. One of them is industry advisor Paul Fischbein, with a long-standing track record from the consumer space and e-commerce sector.
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Stronger together
Norican's solutions improve customer productivity by reducing scrap and carbon emissions.
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Happier and healthier people
SATS, stepping up for health with challenges brought on by modern society.
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Saving resources
Haarslev – making sure what goes around comes around.
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Making plastics last
Trioworld is on its way to becoming the most sustainable option in the plastic film industry thanks to a strong focus on circularity in plastics.
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Tech take-over
Technology continues to reshape the world, with underlying secular trends driving strong growth for the decade to come. From scaling SaaS companies, indie-gaming to digital consultancies, in the last years, Altor has heavily increased the investments and partnerships in the sector. Let Mattias Holmström explain why.
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Retrospective:
Banking on trust
Altor’s Herman Korsgaard reveals how the award-winning bank Sbanken won the hearts of its customers, despite neither having met any of their customers nor handled a single cash transaction. In hindsight the investment decision seems clear cut, however creating value as a minority investor in a highly specialized field and public setting also poses certain challenges.
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Being smart about data usage
Speeding up the internet with a low carbon footprint in mind.
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Three questions on digitalization
Meet Mattias Miksche – entrepreneur, board professional, investor and member of the Altor Tech Advisory Board.
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Charged for the future
CTEK – building the necessary charging infrastructure.
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Committing to the 1.5 °C target
At Altor we believe that financial institutions play a critical role in decarbonizing the economy. This is why we have committed to set science-based targets in line with the 1.5°C target set in the Paris Agreement.
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