Positive Impact Finance

Matching Africa’s natural and human capital with financial capital is vital for its sustainable development. Societe Generale is deploying the know-how and experience of its teams to design innovative financings for the continent’s emerging entrepreneurs and impactful projects.

Upon its completion in 2026, the Baltic Power wind farm will start producing electricity to power over 1.5 million households.

InnoEnergy and Societe Generale signed a strategic long-term cooperation agreement.

EnBW, a leading developer in offshore wind, is building one of Germany’s largest offshore wind farms, He Dreiht, in the North Sea. Societe Generale has been advising EnBW in the context of the project for almost two years.

The island-like location makes Finland extremely dependent on regular maritime transportation. Finnlines, one of the biggest shipping companies in Finland, provides reliable sea connections to the private and public sector in the most sustainable and environmentally friendly way.

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.