Sustainable finance

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Natixis acted as Joint Bookrunner for the issuance of a long 15yr Inaugural Green Inflation- Linked Bond for the Republic of France [1]
On May 25th, France treasury (Agence Franc...

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The Green & Sustainable Hub (GSH) is pleased to share its sincere New Year wishes with its newsletter readers. This period is always an opportunity to reflect on the last tw...

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On November 4, 2021, the International Platform on Sustainable Finance (IPSF)[1] taxonomy working group unveiled the “EU-China Common Ground Taxonomy - Climate Change Mitigation (...

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On October 27th, the awaited review of the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) and of the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD) proposal was released by the European Commission w...

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Following our recent article “Sustainable Taxonomy development worldwide: a standard-setting race between competing jurisdictions” (July 2021), we have just released our dedicated ...

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The first ever Green Cat Bond
Generali successfully priced last June 25, 2021 a € 200m Catastrophe Bond (“Lion III Re DAC Notes”)[1]. This is the first ever Green Cat Bond sponsor...

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The European Central Bank (ECB) has been under increased pressure from civil society and politicians to take action on climate change[1]. Sign of the acceleration that we are witn...

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On July 12, the Platform on Sustainable Finance published two draft reports about a social taxonomy proposal and an extension of the current green taxonomy to significantly harmful...

In July, a multitude of legislative proposals and strategies related to sustainable finance have been announced by the European Commission and the European Central Bank...

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The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) is one of the key pillars of the European Commission’s 2018 Sustainable Finance legislative package. It came into force in Dece...

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The past months have evidenced two important standards developments hosted by the ICMA: an update of the Social Bond Principles and the establishment of the Sustainability-Linked B...

CICERO[1] is a research center for climate research and environmental science. Its subsidiary "CICERO Shades of Green Ltd" (thereafter CICERO) is one of the leading providers of second party opini...

The European Union has not shown any slack in its drive for a more sustainable financial system in spite of the Covid-19-related crisis. In the search for solutions and new regulatory measures th...

In a context of strong growth of sustainable investment funds and a few months after the setup of a dedicated sustainable finance commission, the French AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) has m...

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The European Commission’s Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance has published two landmark reports on March 9. Natixis Green and Sustainable Hub is currently thoroughl...

As a part of The European Files magazine on sustainable finance, Natixis shared its position on the European Union's work.

“Favouring or penalizing specific assets on the basis of environmental c...