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Carbon dioxide emissions from steel are a major agenda point for both governments and environmentally conscious consumers who are committed to reducing their carbon footprints. How H2 Green Steel has financed the first steel plant that will remove almost all of these emissions from the steelmaking process?

In this episode of 2050 Investors, Kokou Agbo-Bloua delves into the controversial topic of nuclear power, exploring its history, potential benefits and risks in the context of the global energy transition.

To address some of Senegal’s health system deficiencies, new infrastructure is needed. Focus on the construction of a new hospital in the region of Tivaouane and on the reconstruction of the Aristide Le Dantec National Hospital Center in Dakar.

Extensive and affordable access to public charging infrastructure is needed for the mass-market switch to electric transport.

The client servicing offered by banks to their corporate clients plays a pivotal role in the success of both parties. Technology can make this relationship element more efficient, but investing in the human side of the equation is equally vital.

Corporate treasurers are at the tiller as they help their company navigate the increasing ESG challenges. While global standardisation around ESG is still a work in progress, a recent innovative framework developed by Societe Generale can help to increase transparency and credibility in this space.

Vincent Nobilet, Managing Director, Agribusiness, Trade and Sustainable Commodity Finance at Societe Generale, gave an in-depth look at our partnership with IFC.

Delving into the world of the unexpected, Kokou draws parallels between the dramatic twists and turns of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" and the unpredictability of life and finance, to investigate how sudden, unforeseen events—Black Swans—impact markets and our globalized world.

Since the development of bills of exchange by Venetian merchants and bankers, the practice of forfaiting has changed very little. However, this means of export financing is today at the dawn of a profound revolution, thanks to the digitalisation of international trade. An ideal context to make it more widely accessible?