THE GROUPE BPCE CLIMATE REPORT OCTOBER 2021

4 - Summary of Groupe BPCE’s climate commitments

4 - Summary of Groupe BPCE’s climate commitments

Climate metrics of portfolios per business line

Business line Topic Metrics Situation in 2020 Targets for 2024
Groupe BPCE (excluding Asset Management and Insurance)

Alignment of the Group’s portfolios with a Net Zero trajectory Net Zero Coverage of loan outstandings using the Green Evaluation Models methodology 33 % 100 %
Total fossil fuel exposures Amount in €bn and % of our exposures to coal and % of total exposures €0.5bn (0.04%) €0m by 2030 for OECD countries / 2040 for the rest of the world
Green financing Amount expressed in €bn for energy renovation, renewable energies and green mobility (including arrangement of new renewable energy financing solutions for major accounts)   +€21bn
Retail Banking and networks Green exposures Amount for energy renovation, renewable energies and green mobility in billion €7bn €12bn over 2021-2024
Corporate & Investment Banking Alignment of portfolios with a Net Zero trajectory


Green Weighting Factor Color Mix

41 % brown
28 % neutral 
31 % green

27 % brown
21 % neutral
52 % green

Temperature rise induced by financing

3.2 °C

2.5 °C in 2024
2.2 °C in 2030
1.5 °C by 2050

Carbon intensity of financing 920 tonnes CO2-eq/€m (GWF scope)  
Green exposures Renewable energy financed 87% of new energy generation projects financed in 2020 Minimum 75% of new power production projects funded (in generation) + €9bn arranged over the 2021-2024 period
Green revenues   Green Revenues x 1.7
Arranged green and sustainable bond issues €11.95bn (€1.9bn of new green bonds arranged in 2020)  
Transition risk exposures Share of assets exposed to transition risks (risk weighted assets identified in dark brown) 14.40 %  
Fossil fuel-related outstandings €5.8bn in oil & gas outstandings in exploration & production activities 15% reduction in exposure to exploration & production activities
Asset management - Natixis Investment Managers Alignment of portfolios with a Net Zero trajectory Net Zero Carbon intensity of investments 726 tonnes CO2-eq/M€ of assets under management  
Temperature rise induced by investments Portfolio: below 3°C  
Green exposures Outstanding green/social bonds €18.5 billion in assets under management  
Fossil fuel exposures Fossil fuel-related outstandings Coal sector: 0.2% of assets under management  
Total fossil fuels: 4.4% of assets under management  
Insurance activities - Natixis Assurances Alignment of portfolios with a Net Zero trajectory Net Zero Carbon intensity of investments 166 tonnes CO2-eq/M  
Temperature rise induced by investments 2.7 °C 2 °C in 2024 1.5 °C by 2030
Green exposures Share of green assets 4.5 % 8.5 %
Fossil fuel exposures Fossil fuel-related outstandings 2.1% of assets (€1.2bn, including €1bn from the main fund) including €0.07bn on thermal coal €0m coal sector by 2030 for OECD countries and 2040 for the rest of the world