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With the Champlain Hudson Power Express project

Lenaig Trenaux, Global Head of Mining, Metals and Industries Finance at Societe Generale gives us her views on the battery sector in this video.

A time of challenges and opportunities for companies

Sustainable aviation fuel is now a prerequisite for low-carbon air transport. Discover our expert’s view on the subject: watch the video of Laurent Floquet, Head of Aviation Finance EMEA (transcript below).

Sustainable aviation fuel is now a prerequisite for low-carbon air transport. Discover our expert’s view on the subject: watch the video of Laurent Floquet, Head of Avitation Finance EMEA

What we need to do is no longer in doubt: to safeguard our future on the planet, we must drastically curb greenhouse gas emissions, reduce pollution and protect biodiversity.

The modern Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) movement began few decades ago with socially responsible investing, as asset managers reduced exposure to questionable areas, such as tobacco or alcohol.

Banking in the 80’s was a somewhat simpler business and climate change a topic for the future. Turn the clock forward three to four decades, and banking faces nothing short of a revolution as it works with multinationals, governments, and start-ups to decarbonise the global economy by 2050.

Landmark bond serves as model to finance the vast environmental and social ambitions of countries