Crédit Agricole CIB specialises in the businesses of capital markets and investment and corporate banking.
Sustainable development is central to business at Crédit Agricole CIB
Crédit Agricole CIB shares Crédit Agricole Group's commitment to sustainable development, particularly in subscribing to the ten Global Compact and the Diversity Charter. Foremost in social and environmental responsibility issues are the fight against global warming and respect for human rights. These are major imperatives for Crédit Agricole CIB as a founding member of the Equator Principles. Crédit Agricole CIB stands out for the quality of its financial research and its support for academic research.
True to Crédit Agricole Group's community values, Crédit Agricole CIB supports local sustainable development actions such as the Heifer International program in China.
- The Climate Principles charter in the fight against global warmingThe fight against global warming is a major challenge for the society and one of the axis of the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) practices of Crédit Agricole S.A.
- The Equator Principles in project financeWhen the Equator Principles were launched in 2003, Crédit Agricole CIB became the first French bank to sign them. In a few short years, the Equator Principles have become the benchmark for responsibility in project finance. This commitment to comply with certain social and environmental requirements is a crucial element of Crédit Agricole Group's corporate responsibility policy. It involves Crédit Agricole CIB's project finance teams on a day-to-day basis, and gives an active role in the decision process to a variety of actors.
- The Sustainable Banking teamIn 2010, a team was created within the Coverage & Investment Banking division of Credit Agricole CIB, with the objective to better assist our key clients for environmentally-friendly or socially-responsible transactions: the Sustainable Banking team.
- Wider consideration of sustainable development challengesCrédit Agricole CIB has been working to spread the practice of taking into account sustainable development challenges with regard to all of its activities, both by spreading the practice of factoring in the environmental and social consequences linked to its financing transactions and by permanently seeking to develop a product range suited to the new challenges faced by society.
- Finance Chair at the University of Paris-Dauphine: Crédit Agricole CIB supports the search for innovative solutionsA result of the partnership between the University of Paris-Dauphine and EDF, the Finance and Sustainable Development Chair is proof of Crédit Agricole CIB's significant commitment to sustainable development and the search for innovative solutions with a direct link to finance.
- Crédit Agricole CIB commits to a microcredit program in ChinaIn partnership with Heifer International - Hong Kong, Crédit Agricole CIB participates in financing a three-year programme to fight poverty in China. This programme provides help to disadvantaged agricultural populations, while preserving the environment. This initiative reflects Crédit Agricole Group's values and its sustainable development policy.
- CA Cheuvreux, a pioneer in socially responsible researchCA Cheuvreux is the first brokerage firm to have signed the Principles for Responsible Investing. In 2005, Crédit Agricole CIB's equity brokerage and research subsidiary introduced a social responsibility dimension into its European financial research. By endowing itself with the resources to take into account a range of extra-financial aspects, it has strengthened the level of discipline and responsibility in its research.
