Societe Generale pledges €10 million to support the reconstruction of Notre-Dame cathedral. The Bank is also looking at how to involve its staff and its clients, who will be committed to participating in this unprecedent collective effort.

"Can a machine be creative? Can it feel emotion?" Jean-Claude Heudin put this question to the recent Dunes Auditorium conference, now that data and AI (Artificial Intelligence) are at the heart of Societe Generale's digital strategy. After presenting 50 years of progress in AI, the professor and researcher, a specialist in artificial intelligence, artificial life and complexity science, focused on today's issues in AI research, particularly the question of human-machine interaction.

ALD Automotive Sweden co organised on Friday 5 April with NF Fleet a customer event dedicated to sustainable mobility.
Around 200 fleet managers, customers or prospects, were gathered in Stockholm to assist to a full day seminar held by prominent speakers, from the mobility sector and ALD Automotive Sweden.

EnBW, the leading German electricity utility company, is seeking to play a leading role in Germany’s energy transition. As such, EnBW launched a €500 million Green Bond, which makes them one of the first German companies to have launched a Green Bond of this size. The step brings together sustainable finance and investment projects, with an increasing number of institutional investors now prefering sustainable investments. Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking acted as Structuring Agent, Gobal Coordinator and Joint Bookrunner on this inaugural Green Bond offering.

Peter Mann, grandson of Pierre-Louis Dreyfus, founder of Sierentz & Cie, an agricultural commodities company, shares his experience and vision as an entrepreneur. His roots, his model, his convictions and the future of his company are the subjects of this portrait. In this difficult sector Peter Mann sheds light on transformations of this rapidly changing sector.

The European leader in automatic pool cleaners with a high level of service, Hexagone Manufacture is accelerating its development and is now targeting the American and Chinese markets, driven by the belief that robots are only useful for helping people.

During a press trip to Dakar, Societe Generale group confirmed the solid growth of its African operations, in line with its “Transform to Grow” strategic plan. As part of the launch of its “Grow with Africa” programme, the Bank also announced several initiatives in partnership with international, regional and local clients and institutions in order to meet the sustainable development needs in Africa.