IFR Awards 2023: Crédit Agricole CIB is EMEA ESG Financing House of the Year
The IFR Awards are among the most highly regarded in the banking and capital markets industry.

EMEA ESG Financing House of the Year
“For its raft of landmark bond, loan and convertible ESG deals, as well as a host of ESG framework updates, particularly alignments with the demanding EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities, Crédit Agricole CIB is IFR’s EMEA ESG Financing House of the Year.” (IFR.) Read IFR’s write-up here Will open in a new tab .
The IFR Awards are among the most highly regarded in the banking and capital markets industry, and this is the eighth year that Crédit Agricole CIB is recognised - an exceptional result in a competitive market, and recognition of our longstanding commitment and leadership in Sustainable Finance.
“As a global corporate & investment bank, we have a central role to play in facilitating the transition towards NetZero and sustainable growth. We are committed to delivering value for our clients and to driving innovation in sustainable finance. Being named IFR’s EMEA ESG Finance House is recognition of our long-standing commitment to Sustainable Finance.”

Didier Gaffinel
Deputy General Manager, Head of Global Coverage and Investment Banking
IFR Asia
Our strength across international markets stems from our ability to adopt global business models to local needs. As a European Bank with a long-standing presence and profound understanding of the Asia Pacific region, we are also proud to have supported our clients in the winning Asia Bond of the Year & IFR Asia’s ESG Bond of the Year (SK Hynix’s US$2.5bn triple-tranche combination trade) as well as IFR Asia’s ESG Loan of the Year (AirTrunk’s A$4.6bn sustainability-linked loan).
View the IFR Asia write ups here:
“Congratulation to SK Hynix and AirTrunk for these awards. For the world’s transition to a low carbon economy to be successful, it needs to happen in Asia. With our clients, we are very proud to contribute – at our scale – to this effort.”

Tanguy Claquin
Global Head of Sustainable Banking
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