Leader in banking and financial services in Europe, BNP Paribas operates in 64 countries and has nearly 178,000 employees, including more than 144,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialised businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realise their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Türkiye, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability.
For more information, please visit cib.bnpparibas
Corporate and Institutional Banking at HSBC is a markets-led, financing-focused business that provides investment and financial solutions. Through our international network, we connect emerging and mature markets, covering key growth areas. We partner with our corporate, government and institutional clients to help them achieve consistent, long-term performance. Our products and services include advisory, financing, prime services, research and analysis, securities services, trading and sales and transaction banking.
Lloyds Corporate & Institutional supports the financial needs of large businesses and institutions, typically with annual turnover above £100 million. Operating from hubs in the UK, Europe and the US, we combine international reach with deep local insight to help our clients succeed and to Help Britain Prosper. Our purpose-led growth strategy is built on long-standing expertise in transaction banking, debt financing and risk management. We continue to invest in key sectors that matter most to the UK economy, including Infrastructure, Housing, Manufacturing, Higher Education, Sponsors and Financial Institutions. An example of our sustainability solutions work with clients includes helping organisations build robust, actionable transition plans that align with business objectives and market best practices.
For more information, please visit: Sustainable Finance and Transition | Lloyds Corporate & Institutional
As a leading global provider of credit ratings, research, and risk analysis, we offer valuable insights into the financial stability and creditworthiness of organizations, debt instruments, and securities. Credit ratings from Moody's Ratings allow issuers to create timely, go-to-market debt strategies and capture wider investor focus. Likewise, investors gain a broad view of global debt markets through our credit ratings and research. Moody's insights can help decision-makers navigate through market volatility.
For more information, please visit www.moodys.com.
Societe Generale is a leading European financial services group. Based on a diversified and integrated banking model, the Group combines financial strength and proven expertise in innovation with a strategy of sustainable growth. Committed to the positive transformations of the world, the Group seeks to build, together with its clients, a better and sustainable future through responsible and innovative financial solutions. With a solid position in Europe and connected to the rest of the world, Societe Generale has over 117,000 members of staff in 66 countries and supports on a daily basis 25 million individual clients, businesses and institutional investors around the world.
For more information, please visit www.societegenerale.co.uk
At S&P Global Ratings, our analyst-driven credit ratings, research, and sustainable finance opinions provide critical insights that are essential to translating complexity into clarity so market participants can uncover opportunities and make decisions with conviction. By bringing transparency to the market through high-quality independent opinions on creditworthiness, we enable growth across a wide variety of organizations, including businesses, governments, and institutions.
S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world's foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world's leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today>
For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/ratings.
Sustainable Fitch provides sustainability impact data, research, and tools to help the financial community meet regulatory needs, highlight sustainability achievements, gain actionable insights, and more. We originate data at the source, backed by rigorous analysis and transparent methodologies to ensure accuracy and trust. Our solutions empower smarter decisions in sustainable finance by delivering consistent, comparable data and granular ratings across global markets.
For issuers, Sustainable Fitch helps showcase sustainability credentials to key stakeholders, unlock new sources of capital, and strengthen reputation and trust through credible ratings, second-party opinions, transition assessments, and more. For investors, we address critical sustainability challenges such as regulatory complexity and the need for transparency. Our offerings include impact ratings and scores for both public and private markets, as well as the data required for SFDR compliance and alignment with frameworks like EU Taxonomy and PAB, simplifying integration and reducing operational burdens.
Powered by the human insight that has differentiated Fitch for over 100 years, Sustainable Fitch combines experience and heritage with cutting-edge expertise to deliver the best sustainability information available.
For more information, please visit www.sustainablefitch.com.
Our vision is to be the UK-centred leader in global finance. We are a diversified bank with comprehensive UK consumer, corporate and wealth and private banking franchises, a leading investment bank and a strong, specialist US consumer bank. Through these five divisions, we are working together for a better financial future for our customers, clients and communities.
Bank of America is one of the world’s leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving nearly 70 million clients with approximately 3,600 retail financial centers, approximately 15,000 ATMs (automated teller machines) and award-winning digital banking with approximately 59 million verified digital users. Bank of America is a global leader in wealth management, corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the world. Bank of America offers industry-leading support to approximately 4 million small business households through a suite of innovative, easy-to-use online products and services. The company serves clients through operations across the United States, its territories and more than 35 countries. Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Visit BofA Fast Facts for more information about the company.
As a leading provider of robust data, software solutions and expert advisory, ISS-Corporate helps businesses understand and shape the signals they send to institutional investors, regulators, and other key stakeholders. By delivering essential data, tools, and insights, ISS-Corporate empowers companies worldwide to build resilience, meet evolving market expectations, and proactively manage their governance, compensation, sustainability, and cyber risk initiatives.
EthiFinance is a leading European rating, research, and advisory group dedicated to advancing sustainable finance through rigorous, forward‑looking Credit and ESG analytics. Our mission is clear: to foster informed and responsible decision‑making for a more sustainable financial system and economy.
As an independent European player, we support investors, banks, insurers, corporates, and public‑sector organisations in navigating both their financing challenges and their environmental and social transformation. Through decision‑ready insights and transparent methodologies, we help clients enhance risk management, unlock access to financing, and accelerate their transition pathways.
Founded in 2004, EthiFinance has grown significantly in recent years, reinforced by two strategic European acquisitions:
- Axesor, Spain's reference credit rating agency for mid‑market companies (2022)
- imug rating, Germany's leading ESG research and SPO provider (2023)
Today, more than 160 experts across Paris, Lyon, Madrid, Granada, Frankfurt, and Hanover combine pan‑European reach with deep local expertise to serve a broad range of financial and industrial sectors.
EthiFinance plays an active role in strengthening the integrity and credibility of the sustainable debt ecosystem—an objective fully aligned with the ambitions of Environmental Finance's Sustainable Debt EMEA 2026 conference. In this context, EthiFinance contributes by offering:
- Second‑Party Opinions (SPOs) on green, social, sustainability, and transition frameworks, backed by robust and transparent methodologies
- ESG and impact assessments tailored to the needs of issuers, investors, and lenders
- Credit ratings and proxy private ratings for mid‑market companies and infrastructure issuers
- Advisory services to help organisations structure credible sustainable finance strategies, improve reporting, and align with evolving European regulatory expectation
The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) is the gateway to access international investors. With 51,000+ listed securities, including 48,000 debt instruments, from 1,700 issuers in 100 countries, LuxSE is the world’s leading exchange for the listing of international debt securities, and offers a unique and integrated service offering covering listing, trading and information services. In 2016, LuxSE established the Luxembourg Green Exchange (LGX) and became the first exchange in the world to operate a platform dedicated entirely to sustainable securities. LGX has become a meeting place for issuers of sustainable products and impact-conscious investors, and encompasses more than 2,400 sustainable bonds, representing a total value of EUR 1.3 trillion from 340+ issuers in 60 countries. In 2020, LuxSE established the LGX Academy and the LGX DataHub to facilitate access to sustainable finance education and structured sustainability data.
More information on our website: www.luxse.com
Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking is a leading global financial institution that provides advisory, investment banking, financing, corporate banking and capital markets services to corporations, financial institutions, financial sponsors and sovereign and supranational organizations worldwide. Our teams of experts in around 30 countries advise clients on their strategic development, helping them to grow and transform their businesses, and maximize their positive impact. We are committed to aligning our financing portfolio with a carbon neutrality path by 2050 while helping our clients reduce the environmental impact of their business. As part of the global financial services division of Groupe BPCE, the second largest banking group in France through the Banque Populaire and Caisse d'Epargne retail networks, Natixis CIB benefits from the Group's financial strength and solid financial ratings (Standard & Poor's: A, Moody's: A1, Fitch: AA-, R&I: A+)
For more information, please visit cib.natixis.com
At NatWest we provide the expertise and advice you need to help you grow with confidence.
We work closely with our customers – from corporates and financial institutions to sovereigns, multi-development banks and agencies –to stay at the forefront of sustainability developments while assisting them with financing solutions and market intelligence as they create
positive environmental and social outcomes.
We have developed an integrated, product-agnostic approach to climate and sustainability through a central Sustainable Finance Advisory
team working alongside sector and product specialists allowing us to support across the full lifecycle of your sustainability journey.
We put the whole of NatWest to work for you. Giving you the strategic advice you need today to accelerate sustainable growth tomorrow.
