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27 Nov 2023
Innovation and partnerships to unlock sustainable investments in Africa
Matching Africa’s natural and human capital with financial capital is vital for its sustainable development. Societe...
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Matching Africa’s natural and human capital with financial capital is vital for its sustainable development. Societe Generale is deploying the know-how and experience of its teams to design innovative financings for the continent’s emerging entrepreneurs and impactful projects.
Innovation and partnerships to unlock sustainable investments in Africa
22 Nov 2023
ESG in the U.S.: The World is Watching
Two decades after ESG (environmental, social and governance) emerged out of a United Nations report (“Who Cares Wins”,...
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Two decades after ESG (environmental, social and governance) emerged out of a United Nations report (“Who Cares Wins”, 2004) and went mainstream, the concept is under attack as never before -- both as an investment philosophy and a business practice.
ESG in the U.S.: The World is Watching
20 Nov 2023
China’s economic challenges are spooking global investors. Is the fear warranted?
Despite the deepening troubles in China’s property sector, a financial crisis that could spill over into global markets...
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Despite the deepening troubles in China’s property sector, a financial crisis that could spill over into global markets looks unlikely.
China’s economic challenges are spooking global investors. Is the fear warranted?
13 Nov 2023
Calling for a revolution to resolve food's sustainability paradox
Article published by Environmental Finance on November 6, 2023. Innovation and investment are needed to deliver more...
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Article published by Environmental Finance on November 6, 2023. Innovation and investment are needed to deliver more food production yet cut the industry's greenhouse gas emissions, argue Vincent Nobilet and Frédéric Dubois
Calling for a revolution to resolve food's sustainability paradox
31 Oct 2023
How Instant Payment is Quietly Changing the Game for European Corporates
Having launched almost six years ago, the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) is starting to hit its stride with an...
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Having launched almost six years ago, the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) is starting to hit its stride with an increased transaction limit helping to encourage usage. For corporates operating in the SEPA zone, the scheme is not without flaws, but initiatives from regulators and banks point to a more functional and secure future.
How Instant Payment is Quietly Changing the Game for European Corporates
30 Oct 2023
How smart meters are helping Australia embrace a new energy future
Australia’s rollout of smart metering solutions is a template for upgrades to energy networks in Asia Pacific
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Australia’s rollout of smart metering solutions is a template for upgrades to energy networks in Asia Pacific
How smart meters are helping Australia embrace a new energy future
20 Oct 2023
Banking on Japan: Why a sustainable future holds rich opportunities
As Societe Generale celebrates 50 years in Japan, we look ahead at how the energy transition will shape the country’s...
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As Societe Generale celebrates 50 years in Japan, we look ahead at how the energy transition will shape the country’s economic prosperity over the coming decades.
Banking on Japan: Why a sustainable future holds rich opportunities
18 Oct 2023
How companies can assess artificial intelligence through an ESG lens
A tool to transform your business or a technology that threatens to disrupt it?
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A tool to transform your business or a technology that threatens to disrupt it?
How companies can assess artificial intelligence through an ESG lens
12 Oct 2023
The renminbi deserves its place in regional treasury centres
China’s currency is attracting renewed attention as global trading partners rethink their exposure to the US dollar. For...
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China’s currency is attracting renewed attention as global trading partners rethink their exposure to the US dollar. For companies where China is a key part of the value chain, it is already logical – and increasingly practical – to deal in renminbi.
The renminbi deserves its place in regional treasury centres
10 Oct 2023
Investors are betting on India. Does the market live up to the hype?
As China cools, India’s markets are rising up the agenda for global investors. Recent inflows could be just the start of...
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As China cools, India’s markets are rising up the agenda for global investors. Recent inflows could be just the start of things to come.
Investors are betting on India. Does the market live up to the hype?
09 Oct 2023
In green-subsidy race, energy companies are beginning to respond
By Brendon Moran, Co-Head of UK Corporate Coverage & Senior Banker (Energy, Natural Resources & Utilities)
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By Brendon Moran, Co-Head of UK Corporate Coverage & Senior Banker (Energy, Natural Resources & Utilities)
In green-subsidy race, energy companies are beginning to respond
27 Sep 2023
Cross-border payments: the necessary management of banks' liquidity
Against a backdrop of positive interest rates and expectations for rapid and instantaneous payments, control of treasury...
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Against a backdrop of positive interest rates and expectations for rapid and instantaneous payments, control of treasury flows within banks has become a real additional challenge.
Cross-border payments: the necessary management of banks' liquidity
20 Sep 2023
Circular economy: Societe Generale takes a stake in Polestar Capital Circular Debt Fund.
This stake and the resulting business partnership will support innovation and help scale up circular economy projects...
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This stake and the resulting business partnership will support innovation and help scale up circular economy projects and solutions in the Netherlands.
Circular economy: Societe Generale takes a stake in Polestar Capital Circular Debt Fund.
15 Sep 2023
Data and trade finance: the complex challenges of a reinvention
The submission to the French government on June, 29 2023 of the Paris Europlace report entitled “Accelerating the...
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The submission to the French government on June, 29 2023 of the Paris Europlace report entitled “Accelerating the digitisation of international trade finance” (1) shows, if proof were still needed, the extent to which the subject of data and trade finance is at once a problem, an ambition and a revolution.
Data and trade finance: the complex challenges of a reinvention
13 Sep 2023
Late but live: is a global recession still on the way?
Just delayed or cancelled outright? The recession forecast by so many for 2023 has stubbornly failed to arrive, begging...
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Just delayed or cancelled outright? The recession forecast by so many for 2023 has stubbornly failed to arrive, begging the question of whether the world’s central banks are managing to engineer a soft landing, or whether the global economy will still contract, only later than forecast?
Late but live: is a global recession still on the way?
11 Sep 2023
Payments: developing bank/fintech complementarity, a strategy more relevant than ever
‘Open Banking’ began a few years ago now, and collaboration between banks and the new financial players is starting to...
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‘Open Banking’ began a few years ago now, and collaboration between banks and the new financial players is starting to bear fruit. This approach is all the more fitting in the current economic and regulatory environment, in the face of changing client needs.
Payments: developing bank/fintech complementarity, a strategy more relevant than ever
08 Sep 2023
How Virtual Accounts Hold the Key to More Efficient Cash Management
Virtual accounts are not merely a solution to replace existing bank accounts; they offer far more than that. By...
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Virtual accounts are not merely a solution to replace existing bank accounts; they offer far more than that. By deploying virtual accounts, treasurers can open up a world of cash management efficiencies, drive a multitude of cost savings, and take control of cash organisation wide. Rail technology firm Wabtec has done just that.
How Virtual Accounts Hold the Key to More Efficient Cash Management
08 Sep 2023
EUROFINANCE 2023
This year, we are thrilled to participate once more as an official sponsor to the 32nd edition of EuroFinance event,...
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