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Supporting the green transition with innovative electric vehicle batteries & accelerator products
In May, BASF issued the first green bond in the European chemicals sector with the help of Societe Generale. Proceeds will be used for several green projects, including the production of electric vehicle batteries and accelerator products.
Clients' successes
How a corporation accelerates its green commitment with a Green Line Facility? Example with Elecnor
Elecnor, the Spanish infrastructure, energy and telecommunications group, has recently entrusted Societe Generale to act as fronting and issuing bank of its first Eur70 million green guarantee facility.
Clients' successes
Success of the first Covid-19 Covered Bond issue in support of French public hospitals
SFIL, through its Covered Bonds issuer CAFFIL, successfully launched a social bond issue of one billion euros with a five-year maturity. Supported by Societe Generale, the proceeds of this first Covid-19 related bond will be used to finance public hospitals, whose additional costs linked to the current health crisis are constantly increasing.
Clients' successes
Social bonds leapfrog green as Covid-19 crisis catalyses investor interest
Unédic issued its first Social Bond to a welcoming market that was undeterred by the lack of a government guarantee for France’s social security agency and enthused by a format that is rapidly becoming as popular as green bonds.
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Financing Indonesia’s Coal-to-Green Transition
By Daniel Mallo, Head of Natural Resources & Infrastructure, Asia Pacific, Societe Generale
Clients' successes
Marubeni harnesses sun and wind to power a lower-carbon future in Asia
Marubeni sponsored two first-of-a-kind renewable energy projects, including an offshore windfarm in Japan and a floating solar project in Taiwan, expanding its renewable energy generation business and contributing to energy transition in the region.
Clients' successes
Neoen successfully launches the first ever Green Convertible Bond issue in Europe
Neoen announced the launch of the first ever Green Convertible Bond in Europe (“OCEANE verte”), maturing in 2025 and for a nominal amount of 170 million euros. Accompanied by Societe Generale, this announcement is another step forward in strengthening Neoen’s commitment to be at the forefront of sustainable finance.
Clients' successes
Delivering to hungry investors
Just Eat Takeaway.com is the kind of company you are happy to have invested in.
Clients' successes
Societe Generale joins EBRD in financing Izmir metro
Izmir, Turkey’s third-largest city, is receiving a new funding boost, despite the coronavirus pandemic, as Societe Generale is joining the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in financing the expansion of the city’s metro network.
Sustainable & Positive Impact Finance
Aligning impact portfolios of listed assets with the UN’s SDGs
Sustainable & Positive Impact Finance
How can Europe’s transition to electric vehicles mobilise capital?
Europe’s car industry is in a race to switch from combustion engine to electric propulsion. Not only does it need to comply with the EU’s new emissions regulations from 2021, but it must scale up quickly or face losing ground to competitors from Asia and the United States.
Sustainable & Positive Impact Finance
Will satellites become the eyes of sustainable investing?
Eyes in the sky don’t lie. Indeed, during the coronavirus outbreak satellites have shown a revealing picture of plummeting levels of nitrogen dioxide, a major pollutant associated with industrial activity, in locked down economies
Sustainable & Positive Impact Finance
Going beyond green bonds to finance sustainable development in emerging economies
While green bonds grab the news headlines for financing sustainable development in emerging economies, in fact they are a small part of the picture. Multilateral development banks are the most active agents of change as they pioneer methods of financing that encourage sustainable growth and foster more direct involvement from private sector banks and investors.
Clients' successes
The Spanish State Finance Agency updates its Social Bond framework and issues its first bond to address the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic
Instituto de Crédito Oficial recently expanded its Social Bond Framework to bolster its committment to those sectors identified as a priority due to their social, cultural, innovative or environmental significance.
Clients' successes
Fnac Darty benefits from the support of the French government... and its French banks
Fnac Darty Group is the first major French company to benefit from the State Guaranteed Loan facility for an amount of 500 million euros. It is strengthening its liquidity to cope with the crisis and prepare for the recovery of its activities.
Sustainable & Positive Impact Finance
What’s Green and Outperforms the Market?
Companies that take steps to become greener, historical data show, outperform similar companies that haven’t taken climate change action.
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Coronavirus crisis
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