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An article following the opening remarks of Quentin Decaux, Real Estate Structured Finance, during the Student Living France 2026 Forum, published on The Class Foundation website, a partner-based non-profit organization dedicated to advancing student housing across Europe.

By Wei Yao, Global Chief Economist and Head of APAC Research at Societe Generale

Amid unprecedented volatility in cocoa prices, industrial players are seeking more flexible financing solutions to manage working capital and strengthen liquidity.

Listen to this podcast and discover why the safest assets may not be what they seem.

Steel remains a cornerstone of Europe’s industrial fabric. It supports hundreds of thousands of direct jobs and underpins critical sectors, from infrastructure and energy to automotive and defense. In a context of geopolitical tensions and disrupted trade flows, maintaining a resilient domestic steel industry has become a matter of strategic autonomy.

Societe Generale has been named “Global ESG Project Finance House of the Year,” “Africa Project Finance House of the Year,” and “Japan Project Finance House of the Year” at The Asset Triple A Sustainable Infrastructure Finance Awards 2026.

The Structured Retail Products (SRP) Asia Pacific Awards celebrate the top offerings and market participants across Asia’s structured products industry.

The FinanceAsia Awards celebrate leading market participants across Asia that have delivered positive outcomes for their clients through technical expertise and exceptional service.

Societe Generale confirms the strength of its European research franchise, with multiple Top 3 positions in the Extel 2026 rankings, supported by the performance of its analysts and of Bernstein.

Societe Generale has been awarded "Best Commodity Trade Finance Bank".

For decades, the global energy agenda has been framed around transition: decarbonization pathways, renewable deployment and climate targets. That paradigm is shifting. The central question is no longer only how fast we can decarbonize, but who controls the resources, technologies and value chains that enable it.

As the energy transition accelerates, solutions such as Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS), hydrogen and e-fuels are moving from ambition to deployment across global markets. Technologies are maturing and industrial activity is increasing, but scaling these solutions now depends on something more complex: the ability to structure, finance and...

As climate pressures intensify, environmental infrastructure and mitigation banking emerge as important enablers to protect and preserve biodiversity. Societe Generale’s participation in Naturion’s financing highlights how mitigation banking can help channel capital toward nature-based solutions with measurable environmental impact.

At the 2026 Treasury & Cash Management Awards, Global Finance praised Societe Generale’s excellence, awarding the bank six major distinctions in transaction banking and cash management.

Listen to why adaptation and resilience are becoming essential in the face of intensifying climate shocks.

Societe Generale acted as Sole Mandated Lead Arranger, Facility Agent and Security Trustee in structuring a financing solution to support MSC Air Cargo’s acquisition of two Boeing 777 freighter aircraft (B777F).