Global Finance Magazine

Leveraging its global operations and core commercial banking platform, Bank of China (BOC) is soaring to the top of the nation’s green finance industry, with vigorous green finance businesses and innovative products to assist China to attain long-term climate goals — and raise environmental standards for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing.

Societe Generale has a long history in sustainable financing, starting off by backing wind farms in its home country of France 20 years ago, later expanding to green energy projects across Europe and around the world. That early experience in wind energy projects spearheaded Societe Generale’s growth in the energy field, initiated the hiring of energy transition specialists, and helped develop a knowledge base across various sectors and regions of the globe.

Trailblazing new processes and technologies to spur innovation, Russia’s Sber has evolved to become “more than a bank,” meeting customers’ financial and non-financial needs, says Alexander Vedyakhin, First Deputy Chairman of Sber’s Executive Board.