News & Insights

By Yannick Ouaknine, Head of Sustainability Research at Bernstein, and Virgile Haddad, Sustainability Analyst at Bernstein.

Helrom, a German rail operator, has developed an innovative train-based solution for transporting semi-trailers, providing notable environmental benefits. Societe Generale acted as Mandated Lead Arranger, Green Loan Coordinator, Facility and Security Agent, and Hedge Counterparty for a Green Loan Financing for the acquisition of 120 six-axle double-pocket...

The fourth year of the Young Influencers Programme, a key part of our Corporate Social Responsibility programme, concluded recently with the ‘Pitch Day’. 

Founded over 90 years ago, Roquette is a French family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients. With a long-term vision, Roquette undertook its first public issuance in 2024 and executed the largest acquisition in its history in 2025 to establish itself as a leader in the pharmaceutical sector. Societe...

Europe, once the driving force of global progress, gave birth to the Industrial Revolution, Enlightenment ideals, innovative scientific discoveries, and a cultural renaissance that shaped modern civilization. However, today, amid trade wars, geopolitical crises and industrial and technological advancements, Europe finds itself at a critical crossroads.

Germany is committed to obtain at least 80% of its electricity consumption from renewable energy sources by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. In this context, Nexans, a global leader in the design and manufacturing of cables and electrical solutions, secured a EUR 290 million performance guarantee over six years with the support of Societe Generale...

Conducted in the fourth quarter of 2024, the survey gathered insights from 147 institutional investors* in the credit market, focusing on ESG trends in four main areas: motives for ESG consideration, approaches to ESG consideration, integration for ESG consideration, and market expectations and outlook.

To finance its second battery manufacturing plant in the UK, AESC Group Ltd, one of the world's leading battery technology companies, benefitted from Societe Generale’s expertise and experience in this sector.

As global copper demand is ever-growing, largely driven by demand for renewable infrastructure, Latin America, and particularly Chile, is in a leading position for copper production. The latest of several copper mining projects in the country, El Espino, will be partly funded with a $375 million financing. Leveraging its decade-long expertise in copper mining...