Trade and Sustainable Commodities Finance
Our Trade and Sustainable Commodities team finances commodities related projects and provides trade finance services to cover commodity clients and exporters against non-payment risk.
It accompanies traders and players/processors, in three commodity businesses: energies, metals and agriculture. It fosters strong relationships with its clients on a day-to-day basis.
The Trade and Sustainable Commodities team is located in Paris, Geneva, New York, Houston and Hong Kong, covering markets globally.
It supports clients in the shift towards sustainable commodities trading on the three businesses it focuses on, thus contributing to bring positive impact.
Our solutions
Financings such as transactional financing (uncommitted, bilateral, secured), pre-export finance and prepayments secured borrowing base finance, unsecured corporate finance, revolving credit facilities and acquisition finance (corporate and asset-based) for:
- Traders
- Producers
- Processors/Refiners
- Refiners
- Distributors
- Corporates with commodities financing needs
Covering of commodity clients and exporters against non-payment risk on end-users/banks, covering these end-users against the non-transferability of funds caused by political or economic events or due to corporate failure as well as granting secured financing to end-buyers.
Success stories
Leveraging Renewable Energy to Boost Chile’s - And the World’s - Copper Supply
Copper demand is on the rise, driven in large part by the global energy transition and the sustainable urbanization of...
Our Experts' Views
Asia’s energy transition: a changing outlook for commodities
In the energy transition, the commodities sector is where the pedal really hits the metal. Rising prices are just a...
Rethinking farming, food production and how we finance it
The rapid population growth clearly means food production needs to rise, but any increase in outcome will need to be...
Awards and Rankings
Societe Generale has been nominated by Global Finance the winner of 9 awards in the Sustainable Finance Awards 2025
Global Finance has announced the winners of its fifth annual Sustainable Finance Awards for 2025.
Societe Generale awarded in the IJGlobal ESG Awards 2024
Societe Generale awarded both "APAC ESG Lender of the Year" and "North America ESG Lender of the Year" at the IJGlobal...
Societe Generale named Commodity and Energy Finance House Of The Year at Energy Risk Asia Awards 2024
Societe Generale is honoured to have been named “Commodity and Energy Finance House of the Year”.
Euromoney Awards for excellence 2024
Societe Generale is honoured to receive numerous esteemed accolades by Euromoney in 2024, which once again affirms our...