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Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) are gaining interest even though they are in their infancy, and it is not clear how fast they will develop. Central banks' interest in the subject has not waned - no less than 100 central banks are working on the subject, but many questions remain unanswered.

Fresh from signing the Sustainable Steel Principles (SSP) in New York, Christophe Hadjal, Head of Advisory & Business Development – Natural Resources, Mining, Metals & Industries at Societe Generale, shares an update on the decarbonisation of steel and the shift of Mining, Metals and Industries finance.

In 2014, the time between harvesting a rose in Kenya and selling it to European florists was 34 days. Out of these 34 days, 10 were required for handling all the various documents, with the process involving no fewer than 30 people or organisations and 200 interactions.

Advising on Net Zero Teesside Power and the Northern Endurance Partnership that will use innovative carbon capture technology and subsea CO2 storage to power the UK’s first zero-carbon industrial cluster.

Despite the challenging global market conditions, Opdenergy, a Spanish Independent Power Producer (IPP), focused on solar photovoltaic and onshore wind energy production, successfully completed its IPO last July with a high-quality demand.

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Hispasat, Redeia’s (previously Red Eléctrica España) Spanish satellite communications operator leader in the distribution of content in Spanish and Portuguese, is committed to assessing the environmental impacts of its activities as well as implementing actions to reduce them; improving the energy efficiency of its facilities and optimizing waste management.

Big builders of data centers are responding to climate change by both decarbonizing with new and upgraded facilities, and ensuring power is used as efficiently as possible. Some new data center facilities rely almost entirely on renewable energy. Designs for new data centers seek to achieve Power Utilization Efficiency (“PUE”) better (lower) than industry...

The boom in Australian property prices is well-known. But while most of the attention has focused on residential house prices, which rose 25% last year, an equally compelling story has been unfolding in commercial real estate. And though many analysts expect a sharp drop in the residential sector over the next two years in response to rising interest rates, we...

The SWIFT gpi initiative needs no introduction. Launched a few years ago, gpi has delivered on all its promises: to transform the international payment experience through greater speed, fluidity, transparency and security.

Following the TXF GLOBAL conference, a main event in the Export Finance industry, Cécile Camilli, Head of Development and Structured Export Finance (DSE), shares her views on the evolution of the sector and how the shift of DSE has impacted their business.

Through the creation of a new subsidiary, ‘Fibre Networks Ireland Limited’, Irish telecommunications company eir is set to significantly boost the deployment of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) across the Republic of Ireland, positioning it to be one of the most fibre connected regions in the world.

To achieve its climate and energy goals, Europe needs to improve cross-border electricity interconnections. The EU has set an interconnection target to encourage European countries to interconnect their installed electricity production capacity. NeuConnect will be the first interconnector between Germany and the UK, two of Europe’s largest energy markets.

Company looks to deploy $50 billion of capital to develop, construct, and operate facilities in the United States, Chile, and Australia that will produce approximately 150,000 barrels of carbon-neutral eFuels daily and decarbonize more than 5 million vehicles.