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"The national emission reduction advanced collective" the flower falls societe generale

Recently, the national development and reform commission, people club department, she, the ministry of finance combination of the "eleventh five-year plan" period the national energy conservation and emission reduction in advanced collectives and advanced individuals to recognize, societe generale in energy conservation and emission reduction on the outstanding performance, has been awarded the "national emission reduction advanced collective" title, becoming the only one to win the award of the commercial Banks.

Societe generale GaoJianPing chairman of the board of directors has accepted the media interview said that the country put forward the construction of China's beautiful, ecological civilization construction in the outstanding position, "green, energy saving, environmental protection, sustainable" is very important and indispensable core connotation. From this perspective, the bank in recent years to promote and practice of "green finance" concept and "beautiful China" core connotation is consistent. He said, Banks, adhering to the "green financial" concept, vigorously develop the green financial business, is to play to its own function advantage, implement the national strategic deployment, service "beautiful China" construction is the most real action.

The author learned that, as China's first and only a equatorial bank, industrial bank responded positively to the national energy conservation and emission reduction in business calls and the earlier began to explore and practice with green financial services support national energy conservation and emission reduction in career development: in 2005, the bank hand in hand to cooperate partner international finance corporation (IFC), the design and development of energy saving and emission reduction financing products, in 2006, the first domestic out energy efficiency project financing products; In 2007, the first in the domestic launch carbon financial comprehensive service, In 2008, public commitment to adopt the "equator principles", becoming China's first "equator bank"; In 2009, the first in China was established in sustainable financial institution, the sustainable financial center, the first pen the "equator principles" project in fujian wing on ground; In 2010, the "green finance" from the enterprise project field extends to personal consumption field, in the national start low carbon credit card, the first pen of pollution-discharge right mortgage in jiaxing fall to the ground; In 2011, China issued the first pen carbon assets pledge loan of sewage's discharge right mortgage credit and innovative green credit products have fall to the ground; In 2012, promoted sustainable financial center for head office level, set up department sustainable banking, all-round development as a whole "green finance" business; In November 2012, the international finance corporation again hand in hand in energy conservation and emission reduction in the third phase of loan project cooperation with China's first special service in less developed areas of energy saving and emission reduction of small and medium enterprises financing products business.

The writer noticed that, up to now, global has including HSBC bank, citibank, barclays bank, mizuho industrial bank, standard bank of South Africa and 77 financial institutions announced that adopt the equator principles, and the industrial bank of China is still the only one bank of the equator.

By pushing the equator principle project ground, societe generale effectively guide the domestic enterprise recognition project own may be involved in the environmental and social risk, and help enterprise management and risk prevention, reduce operation cost, enhance the competitiveness of enterprises, in the economic benefits and get the social and environmental benefits, achieve sustainable business model and fulfill social responsibility of the organic unity. Up to now, the bank has 727 pen project development equator principles applicability judgment, involved in the project with a total investment of about 1.0077 trillion yuan, including applicable equator principles of project financing a total of 157 pen, involved in the project with a total investment of about 218.9 billion yuan.

In the positive practice green financial process, societe generale to good use in energy conservation and emission reduction in the field of financing starts using their own advantages, the establishment of the domestic banking sector only a sustainable financial specializes in institutions, through the specialized operation, professional services, and use diversified financial tools, accumulated for thousands of clients to provide financing nearly 200 billion energy conservation and emissions reduction.

At present, the industrial bank then all branch have been in energy conservation and emission reduction in financing, project covers improving energy efficiency, new energy and renewable energy development and utilization, carbon emissions, wastewater treatment and water management, so2 emission, solid waste recycling, and many other types of projects, energy conservation and emission reduction effect. According to estimates, at the end of 2012, the bank the support of the project of energy saving and emission reduction can be realized in China every year to save 23.1603 million tons of standard coal, reduction in carbon dioxide emissions in 66.8347 million tons, chemical oxygen demand (COD) emissions in 886500 tons, 15100 tons of ammonia nitrogen, sulfur dioxide emission reduction in 43600 tons, 06900 tons of nitrogen oxides, comprehensive utilization of solid waste in 15.0129 million tons, 255.7906 million tons of water festival.

After nearly seven years in "green finance" field of continuous innovation and bold attempt, societe generale has become the sustainable financial concept advocates, green finance business pioneer and national energy conservation and emission reduction in business firm supporters. In 2012, the bank successively in domestic ten folk environmental protection organizations and countries she green credit rankings to lead, and won the domestic and international authoritative institutions and media issue of carbon gold social citizen award, social responsibility best green financial award, best green bank prize, low carbon pioneer enterprise award, and many other honours.

For the "national emission reduction advanced collective" honorary title, is the national to the bank in the "eleventh five-year plan" period promote the cause of national energy conservation and emission reduction fully affirmed. GaoJianPing think, societe generale not only hope that through promoting green finance, through the allocation of resources to help the development of related industries, directly promote energy conservation and environmental protection, more hope to be able to provide a banner, appealed for more bank, enterprise shoulder their social responsibility, make a person and nature, economy and environment harmonious development of the "beautiful China".