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Eurazeo is planning to raise at least $300 million from its private debt, climate-themed upgrade fund for the maritime sector, which is expected to launch later in 2024.

Société Générale has raised €10 million ($11 million) from its first digital green bond using blockchain, which the French bank said was a "first step" towards using blockchain as a sustainability impact data and certification tool for green bond issuers and investors.

Innovation and investment are needed to deliver more food production yet cut the industry's greenhouse gas emissions, argue Vincent Nobilet and Frédéric Dubois

French bank Société Générale is targeting reducing its oil and gas exposure by four-fifths by 2030 as well as launch a €1 billion ($1.1 billion) transition fund.

The life insurance arm of Société Générale Group has published its biodiversity footprint using CDC Biodiversité's Global Biodiversity Score (GBS) tool.

A banker involved in the ground-breaking Heathrow Airport sustainability-linked bond (SLB) predicted that other high-emitting sectors will follow its lead on Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets.

A group representing investors with €65 trillion ($70 trillion) in assets under management has published a set of expectations for banks, as they push for more details on how banks will act on pledges to achieve net zero emissions.

Banks have called on the EU to catch-up with other jurisdictions - in particular, the UK and Japan - by providing guidance on transition plans and finance.

Electrofuels provide an alternative to conventional liquid fuels and reduce CO2 emissions, writes Allan Baker