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The Covid-19 global pandemic has upended the way the world lives, works, and orders its priorities. More than six months into the pandemic, however, we in the United States are being reminded that climate change hasn’t gone away but is actually accelerating.

Karl Pettersen was recently appointed Chief Sustainability Officer for Societe Generale in the Americas. In his new role, Karl aims to promote a client-centric and pragmatic approach to Sustainability for our clients in the region. We asked Karl a few questions about his new position.

Even before the age of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was clear that new communications infrastructure would be crucial to the evolution of the American economy going forward.

Public-private partnerships (P3) have been an attractive option in infrastructure financing for decades, and in recent years it has become a preferred choice to develop sustainability projects as well — for reasons of operating efficiency and, often, because of newly introduced Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) targets or requirements.

At the beginning of the year we had a conversation with David Getzler, Head of Equity Capital Markets for Societe Generale Americas, and asked him to look ahead and tell us what trends and dynamics the equity capital markets might experience over the coming year. Looking back, this was an impossible task given the impact the Covid pandemic has had on the...

Companies that take steps to become greener, historical data show, outperform similar companies that haven’t taken climate change action.

A team of lawyers from Societe Generale Americas and Debevoise provided pro bono counsel to obtain asylum for Mr. N., a 29-year-old gay man from Guatemala who feared persecution based on his sexual orientation.

David Getzler, head of Equity Capital Markets for Societe Generale Americas, identifies some of the interesting market trends of 2019 and looks at what may have an impact on the ECM and IPO markets in 2020.