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At the heart of the bank’s market activities since 2006, ESG Research is dedicated to providing expert advisory services on Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) topics.

In 2020, private investors subscribed for nearly 170 million euros of these innovative structured notes, which are the result of a collaboration between different departments of the bank and that respond to our strategic “Grow with Africa” and “Positive Impact Finance” axes.

With its tremendous momentum in recent years, how is sustainable finance faring in the current market environment? Has the pandemic accelerated the integration of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria into investment processes? Have ESG investment solutions been impacted?

Earlier this year, we published the first in a series of “Road to ESG integration” reports, defining and quantifying at sector level the key financially relevant themes that would have a direct bearing on our qualitative approach. We received a great deal of positive feedback for this exercise, but one question was asked time and time again: “How do ESG...