Asia-Pacific

Societe Generale is pleased to support the following award-winning deals at The Asset Triple A Sustainable Capital Markets Awards 2022:

Although it is becoming increasingly well established in Asia, the potential of renewable energy to help combat climate change remains huge in a region that accounts for 60% of the world’s population and more than 50% of global carbon emissions.

The world is betting on hydrogen. This simplest of elements is increasingly being regarded as a big part of the solution to global climate change. However the world is only at the start of a potential ‘hydrogen economy’ and Asia boasts some of the most interesting potential.

Societe Generale is pleased to support the following winning deals

From virtually zero at the start of the coronavirus pandemic in spring 2020, to 5% a year later (May 2021), and a 40-year high of 8.6% in May, US consumer price inflation has blown through estimates, expectations and economists’ narratives. And America’s experience is being repeated across much of the rest of the world, including Asia Pacific. How can...

The expansion of the sustainable bond market is opening up new funding opportunities for a wider range of companies and connecting investors with projects that support Asia’s transition to a low-carbon future.

Societe Generale is truly honoured to receive several accolades at The Asset Triple A Sustainable Infrastructure Awards 2022, with the spotlight on sustainable infrastructure projects that defined the infrastructure space during 2021.

Societe Generale is pleased to win an Institutional Debt Deal of the Year Award for 2021: Seaspan $750 million Senior Unsecured Blue Transition Notes

Societe Generale won several accolades at The Asset Triple A Sustainable Capital Markets Awards 2021, one of the industry's most prestigious awards for the primary market for best issuers, best deals, and best advisers in equity, debt, loans, M&A, and structured finance.

The shift to cleaner technologies is an opportunity for countries and companies in Southeast Asia to work together to deliver a positive impact for the entire region.

Societe Generale is pleased to support the following winning deal:

Societe Generale is pleased to support the following winning deal:

Societe Generale is pleased to support the following winning deals:

With sustainability taking the global spotlight this year, we are delighted to be named the Best Sustainable Finance House in Asia in the FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2021. This is a great recognition of our ambitious sustainability strategy and long-standing expertise in the region, as well as our collective sustainable finance push across the countries and...

Green financing enables infrastructure developers to fund projects that contribute to countries’ and industries’ net-zero pathways. Societe Generale has helped to refinance Australia’s electric rail project in Queensland, which will further the state government’s economic development plans while also saving on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Asset-Backed Securitisation (ABS) can raise innovative financing for lower-income individuals and open up a new ESG asset class for issuers and investors.

A first-of-its-kind green loan for the shipping industry will help New Zealand’s KiwiRail to commission and progressively upgrade two hybrid electric/diesel ferries that will carry the country towards its ambitious sustainability goals.

First non-recourse green loan in China’s distributed solar sector is a landmark financing for commercial and industrial customers

A clear focus on sustainability can help Asia access the trillions of dollars needed for the transition to a cleaner, greener future

Financing one of the world’s first purpose-built LNG Bunkering Vessels to support low-carbon shipping

The first large-scale floating solar installation in Indonesia will set a template for a growing number of similar projects planned in Southeast Asia and beyond. As well as helping Asia reduce its reliance on coal-fired power, this technology offers some compelling advantages over other clean energy solutions.

Asia’s ongoing infrastructure deficit means the region’s transition towards a sustainable future will be very different from that of Europe or the US. Yet it needs not be slow. Innovations in technology and finance – together with a rapidly changing mindset – present big opportunities to accelerate Asia’s journey towards a cleaner, low-carbon future.

Societe Generale is working with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to finance a wind power project in Vietnam that helps accelerate the energy transition in Southeast Asia.

Societe Generale has bold plans for developing niche areas in the Australian securitisation market, including equipment, SME and consumer lending. The bank’s Hong Kong-based head of asset-backed products, APAC, Florence Coeroli, and Sydney-based head of asset-backed products, Australia, Arkady Lippa, discuss the strategy and product solutions.

Societe Generale has won the recognition of Best Warrant Provider and Best ESG Solution in the Structured Retail Products (SRP) Asia Pacific Awards 2021.

Societe Generale is pleased to receive the following accolades:

In light of the acceleration of climate change, the financial services industry has a crucial role to play in addressing the climate crisis and financing the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Sustainability has become a priority for South Korea’s government, financial institutions, companies and society as a whole. That is driving greater demand for ESG-linked investment opportunities and risk management solutions. Societe Generale is leading the way, creating innovative investment and risk management products that meet this need. Two recent...

As Financial Technology (FinTech) becomes more innovative and sophisticated, non-bank FinTech companies have introduced competition to the cash management business of banks. Gavin Wang, Head of Payments and Cash Management, Societe Generale China, shares his views on how banks can enhance their core strengths and provide liquidity management for enterprises...

Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) is becoming an important solution to manage greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across a range of large-scale energy and industrial systems. CCUS development at scale is now recognised as a prerequisite for decarbonisation and essential to meeting net-zero targets within the timescales set by governments in major...

Better ESG reporting by Asian companies can give them an edge as sustainable investing grows

We are pleased to support the following award-winning deal:

In early 2021, we are still emerging from the economic wreckage caused by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic – what are the key financing trends?

Alternative data can help investors capture broader and more timely insight into ESG performance

India aims to generate 275 Gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity by 2027, up from 136 GW today. Societe Generale is supporting this critical energy transition goal, as illustrated by recent financing of SB Energy and ENGIE’s solar projects.

Societe Generale is pleased to support the following winning deals:

The world’s largest container ship lessor closed the first sustainability-linked loan and sustainability-linked swap in the sector

Societe Generale is honoured to be awarded “Asia Pacific Bank of the Year” and being a key lender in the following Asia-Pacific deals awarded this year:

ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) investment in Asia Pacific is often assumed to be in its infancy, but market participants are confident that momentum is growing and that the region possesses the will and the means to progress rapidly – and perhaps even to surpass other regions’ ESG progress.

“In a country where land can be expensive and scarce, offshore wind can be an accelerator of Japan’s energy transition journey for Japan.”