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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?

This article explores why there is still a need to foster the quality and accessibility of ESG data to be embedded in investment solutions and risk management.

It would seem investors should welcome mandated climate-related disclosures made by US businesses. But the increasing number of rules across jurisdictions, all with different scopes and timelines, has made this difficult terrain to navigate for both investors and companies. The last few months have only added to this challenge.

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

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

The global push for sustainable supply chains is strengthening the link between digitalisation and decarbonisation.

Luis Vaz Pinto, Deputy Global Head of Corporate Finance & Global Head of ECM at Societe Generale, takes us through his views on the challenges facing the financial industry in 2024.

By Paul Taylor, Global Head, Maritime Industries, Societe Generale, and Elodie Tarby, Strategic & Capital Advisory, Maritime Industries, Societe Generale, from the recent Societe Generale webinar entitled “Decarbonising the Maritime Sector”, where experts reported the progress being made and the focus of finance on greener ships.

The Dieppe/le Treport, Iles d' Yeu/Noirmoutier wind farms represent a major milestone in France's development of the offshore wind sector. By Jérome Deflesselles, Global Head of Energy business initiatives, Yann Le Bot, Renewable Energy Structured Finance, and Bas Thijwissen, Energy Advisory & Project Finance, Societe Generale, article published in January...