GREEN & SUSTAINABLE HUB

Our Green & Sustainable Hub works with all our business lines, providing ESG expertise to our clients and developing cross-asset sustainable funding and investment solutions to help them achieve their objectives. It is also central to how we manage our own energy transition and the temperature trajectory of our financing portfolio, notably through our in-house Green Weighting Factor methodology.

Orith Azoulay

“Natixis CIB’s approach to green & sustainable finance is unique, based on our strong convictions that green & sustainable finance is asset-class agnostic, that the integrity of this market is paramount, and that we should practice what we preach.”

Orith Azoulay
Global Head of Green & Sustainable Finance, Natixis CIB

Orith Azoulay

“Natixis CIB’s approach to green & sustainable finance is unique, based on our strong convictions that green & sustainable finance is asset-class agnostic, that the integrity of this market is paramount, and that we should practice what we preach.”

Orith Azoulay
Global Head of Green & Sustainable Finance, Natixis CIB

FINANCING SOLUTIONS

  • Green & sustainable bonds and loans
  • Green infrastructure finance
  • Green real estate
  • Green & sustainable securitization

INVESTOR INSIGHTS

  • Market intelligence on sustainable investors (profiling, trends, benchmarking)
  • Monitoring of sustainable investors (bonds & loans)
  • Investor surveys & markets watch
  • Support distribution of green & sustainable assets

INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS

  • Climate / water / ESG indices
  • Equity-linked green notes
  • Green fixed income structured notes

EXPERTISE & INNOVATION

  • Content creation (reports & methodologies)
  • Regulatory watch
  • Impact reporting assistance, taxonomy alignment

League tables & awards

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The Banker Investment Banking Awards 2022

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The Banker Investment Banking Awards 2022

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Environmental Finance Awards 2022

Picto award

Outstanding Leadership in ESG-Related Loans, Western Europe


Global Finance Awards 2022

#1

Green, Social, Sustainable & Sustainability-Linked Bond issuances, French Issuers
by deal number, 1H22
Bloomberg

#2

Global Green, Sustainability-Linked Loan Coordinator
by deal number, 1H22
Dealogic

#4

Global MLA in renewable energy infrastructure
by value, 2021
IJ Global

Acknowledgements

Natixis CIB is recognized for its influence and pioneer achievements in Sustainable Finance:

  • Recognition of the Green Weighting Factor by the IPCC (AR6 WG3, 2022)
  • “Transition Tightrope Series” (2022) cited in Sustainable Finance Platform extended Taxo
  • Standard setting (ICMA GBP ExCo, SLBP & Climate Transition Finance Handbook drafting)
  • Membership in regulatory Technical Experts Groups (EFRAG, ESMA)
  • Advisory role for the IDFC on Public Development Banks alignment with the SDGs

PDBs' catalytic role in achieving the UN SDGs

The study frames the notion of SDG alignment from the perspective of public development banks (PDBs). It provides definitions, assessment methods and relevant tools for PDBs to measure and manage their contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 

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Brown industries: the Transition Tightrope

Climate finance will fail in its mission if it continues to leave high emitting industries on its sidelines but a robust approach is necessary. During the whole of 2019, Natixis Green & Sustainable Hub has been developing an in-house methodology fed by market intelligence, investor survey and dialogue with issuers, SPOs providers and think tanks. This product-oriented methodology aims at accompanying companies in the funding of their transition or investors in identifying compelling transition opportunities.

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The Hub’s purpose is to develop CIB’s Green & Sustainable Finance activities in Europe but also in the Asia Pacific and Americas platforms. It has two main missions:

DESIGN AND STEER PRODUCT INNOVATION
TO GENERATE AND DEVELOP "GREEN" REVENUES.

​ENHANCE SYNDICATION AND DISTRIBUTION BASES AND PROMOTE A "GREEN ORIGINATE TO DISTRIBUTE" (O2D) BUSINESS MODEL.

The Green & Sustainable Hub team has a global presence:

Paris

New York

Hong-Kong

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The team works closely with a network of 100 “Green Captains” coming from all CIB’s businesses and acting as ambassadors for green revenue generation efforts.

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Our products & solutions

FINANCING

  • Green & Sustainable bonds and loans
  • Green infrastructure finance
  • Green real estate 
  • Green & Sustainable securitization 

INVESTING

  • Climate / ESG indices
  • Equity-linked green notes
  • Green Fixed Income structured notes

CENTER OF EXPERTISE

  • Flagship Reports
  • Sustainable Finance Watch
  • EU Sustainable Finance Action Plan
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“The GSH team was conceived as a dedicated cross-asset task force involving all CIB’s areas of expertise to offer our clients the best funding and investment solutions with a deep green footprint. Our approach is unique on the market and based on strong convictions: one is that green idea is asset-class agnostic, another is a desire for green integrity, whereby the bank practices what it preaches.” 

Orith Azoulay

Orith Azoulay,
Global Head of Green & Sustainable Finance

Our key differentiators

Widely recognized expertise

Most Innovative Investment Bank for Climate Change and Sustainability

Most Innovative Investment Bank for Climate Change and Sustainability

Source: The Banker, Investment Banking Awards 2018

#1 Best Credit Research Green Bonds / ESG

#1 Best Credit Research Green Bonds / ESG

Source: Euromoney - Fixed Income Survey 2018

#2 SRI Sustainability Research in Europe

#2 SRI Sustainability Research in Europe

Source: EXTEL 2017

True cross-assets approach

A true cross-assets approach

Innovation orientation

Green Repack

With the first ever Green CMBS, Green-labelled real estate loan, Green structured note “OAT39 Green Repack”

Close relationship with SRI Investors – Market Intelligence

Brown industries: the Transition Tightrope

Climate finance will fail in its mission if it continues to leave high emitting industries on its sidelines but a robust approach is necessary. During the whole of 2019, Natixis Green & Sustainable Hub has been developing an in-house methodology fed by market intelligence, investor survey and dialogue with issuers, SPOs providers and think tanks. This product-oriented methodology aims at accompanying companies in the funding of their transition or investors in identifying compelling transition opportunities.

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Water economy

Water economy

Deciphering the challenges, financing the opportunities

Given the pervasiveness of water in natural processes and human activities, this study uses United Nations’ framework of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as Ariadne's thread to understand how water relates to the functioning of the biosphere and to socio-economic development.  

This report has a triple purpose: First, deciphering the main water challenges and risks. Second, understanding the role of institutions, policies and the private sector in turning these challenges into business opportunities. Finally, outlining the role of green & sustainable finance in ensuring that economic activities able to provide solutions for water-related issues have the access to capital at the scale commensurate with the magnitude of these challenges.   

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Our Special Report on the EU Climate Benchmarks

Reality and consistency check

Natixis Green & Sustainable Hub is delighted to share with you its EU Climate Benchmarks special report: “Reality and consistency check”

Published on September 30th, the EU TEG Report on Benchmarks defined minimum technical criteria for the newly created EU Climate Benchmarks, as well as ESG disclosure requirements for all benchmarks.

 

This report is a third our TEG 101 and follows our EU Taxonomy  and EU Green Bond Standard reports.

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Our Special Report on the EU Green Bond Standard

A bedrock for market rules and integrity

Natixis Green & Sustainable Hub is delighted to share with you our EU Green Bond Standard special report.

 

With this publication, Natixis GSH intends to raise understanding on what is at stake, on the key takeaways as well as providing you with our in-depth analysis of the EU GBS (compared with Green Bond Principles and observed market practices) and of the potential impact of such a standard on existing or coming Green Bonds.

 

This report is a second of a series. After our EU Taxonomy special report “Vade mecum to digest the 414-page Report from the TEG”, coming next our analysis of the Climate benchmarks and benchmarks’ ESG disclosures.

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Our Special Report on the EU Taxonomy

Vade mecum to digest the 414-page Report from the TEG

Natixis Green & Sustainable Hub’s Center of Expertise is delighted to share with you our EU Taxonomy special report : “Vade mecum to digest the 414-page Report from the TEG”. 

With this publication, Natixis GSH intends to raise -awareness and understanding (in particular the Q&A and the stringency and usability activity assessment sheets) on what is at stake, on the tremendous work that has been done by the Technical Expert Group and the one that looms ahead.

This report is a first of series. Coming next our analysis of the EU Green Bond Standard and of on Climate benchmarks and benchmarks’ ESG disclosures.

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OUR FIRST FLAGSHIP REPORT

September 2018 marks the 3rd anniversary of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that was agreed upon in September 2015 by 193 countries, and has since proven to be a rallying point for governments, businesses and investors. It applies for governments abroad and domestically and for companies inwardly and outwardly. Under conditions we tried to clarify, the 2030 Agenda could serve as unifying framework to tie together the sustainability disparate actions of governments, corporations, entrepreneurs, investors, and NGOs.

On this occasion, Natixis Green & Sustainable Hub’s Center of Expertise releases its first flagship report titled “Solving the Sustainable Development Goals Rubik’s Cube – An impact-based toolkit for issuers and investors”. This publication aims first at spurring methodical innovation. It identifies and proposes actionable tools for embedding SDG footprint assessment into corporate strategy and funding or portfolio management, and avoid evidence less contribution claims.

Center of expertise

Press Releases

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