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Last update: 2023-02-02 00:00:00

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Website	http://www.natixis.com/
Headquarters	30, avenue Pierre Mendès France 75013 Paris France
CEO/chair	Nicolas Namias CEO
Supervisor	Banque de France
Ownership	listed on NYSE Majority shareholder is BPCE, which directly holds 71% of Natixis share.

Natixis is a French corporate and investment bank created in 2006 from the merger of the asset management and investment banking operations of Natexis Banque Populaire (Banque Populaire group) and IXIS (Caisse d'Epargne group). Natixis is the wholesale banking, investment management and financial services arm of Groupe BPCE, the cooperative bank born out of the merger between Banques Populaires and Caisses d'Epargne. Natixis is affiliated to the group's central body, i.e. BPCE, which directly holds 70.64% of its capital. As such, Natixis benefits from the group's financial solidarity system.

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ESR sector policy oil & gas industry

Bank policy

2021-04-07 00:00:00 | Natixis

CSR sector policy applicable to the coal industry

Bank policy

2020-10-27 00:00:00 | Natixis

Sector policy defense industry

Bank policy

2020-09-09 00:00:00 | Natixis

Statement on withdrawal from shale oil & gas and coal industry

Bank policy

2020-05-18 00:00:00 | Natixis

Sector policy applicable to the coal sector

Bank policy

2019-06-28 00:00:00 | Natixis

ESR Sector Policy - Oil and Gas

Bank policy

2018-11-23 00:00:00 | Natixis

Modern slavery act statement

Bank policy

2018-06-21 00:00:00 | Natixis

Sector policy applicable to the tobacco industry

Bank policy

2018-05-22 00:00:00 | Natixis

Code of conduct

Bank policy

2018-02-28 00:00:00 | Natixis

Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing statement

Bank policy

2018-01-15 00:00:00 | Natixis

Cluster bombs and anti-personnel mines policy

Bank policy

2017-12-31 00:00:00 | Natixis Asset Management

Worst offenders sector policy

Bank policy

2017-12-31 00:00:00 | Natixis Asset Management

Commitment to the climate and the environment

Bank policy

2017-12-11 00:00:00 | Natixis

CSR sector policy applicable to the coal industry: coal fired power plants and thermal coal mines

Bank policy

2016-07-08 00:00:00 | Natixis

CSR commitments and initiatives 2016

Bank policy

2016-05-01 00:00:00 | Natixis

Natixis to cease financing coal industries worldwide

Bank policy

2015-10-15 00:00:00 | Natixis

Natixis has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:

Carbon Disclosure ProjectTags: carbon | climate change | greenhouse gas emissions

Collective Commitment to Climate Action (CCCA)Tags: climate change | corporate social responsibility | United Nations

Equator PrinciplesTags: Equator Principles | project finance | corporate social responsibility | sustainable development

Global Reporting InitiativeTags: sustainable development | human rights

Observatoire de la responsabilité sociétale des enterprises (ORSE)Tags: corporate social responsibility

Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)Tags: corporate social responsibility | sustainable development | United Nations

Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)Tags: corporate social responsibility | finance

United Nations Global CompactTags: United Nations | human rights

Dodgy Deals

Natixis is linked to a number of companies and projects that BankTrack considers controversial (so called Dodgy Deals), e.g. as a current or past financier or through an expression of interest. The profiles below provide more details on the nature of Natixis's link to these deals.

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ESR sector policy oil & gas industry

CSR sector policy applicable to the coal industry

Sector policy defense industry

Statement on withdrawal from shale oil & gas and coal industry

Sector policy applicable to the coal sector

ESR Sector Policy - Oil and Gas

Modern slavery act statement

Sector policy applicable to the tobacco industry

Code of conduct

Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing statement

Cluster bombs and anti-personnel mines policy

Worst offenders sector policy

Commitment to the climate and the environment

CSR sector policy applicable to the coal industry: coal fired power plants and thermal coal mines

CSR commitments and initiatives 2016

Natixis to cease financing coal industries worldwide

Global banks commit to net-zero, but bankroll carbon bomb in Australia

New report: Canadian bank RBC the #1 financier of fossil fuels, world’s biggest banks continued to pour billions into fossil fuel expansion

French bank Société Générale withdraws from Rio Grande LNG

Who dares to finance Eni and Exxon’s dangerous Rovuma gas plans in Mozambique?

New report reveals the 40 financial institutions funding the world's climate-changing methane problem

More major banks and insurers refuse to support EACOP

European Parliament passes emergency resolution against human rights violations & environmental threats linked to EACOP

Santos announces refinancing of syndicated debt facilities

Global banks ignore Amazon's indigenous voices at their peril

12 banks lend $8 billion to oil and gas expansionist TotalEnergies

At least $132 billion in finance for fossil fuels is locking Africa out of a Just Transition, shows new report

Who will finance the East African Crude Oil Pipeline?

Repeat offenders NAB, ANZ and Westpac bankrolling “bet against the Paris Agreement”

Lack of coal exit plans poses challenge to finance’s engagement strategy

Equator Banks involved in financing at least 200 fossil fuel projects since Paris

Fossil Banks No Thanks demands banks commit to end fossil fuel finance before Glasgow Climate Summit

Letter from ClientEarth to 17 banks regarding the Cambo oil field

North Sea oil field development shows banks’ hypocrisy over climate

New research puts big banks’ sustainability claims in doubt

Report: Global banks fail for financing, investment in oil & gas in Amazon rainforest

Banking on Climate Chaos 2021: World’s 60 largest banks have poured USD 3.8 trillion into fossil fuels since Paris Agreement

BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse, ING to exclude exports of Ecuadorian Amazon oil from trading activities

Five years since the Paris Agreement, are banks' 2050 pledges enough to reign in fossil fuel finance?

Equator Banks fail communities on consultation and grievance mechanisms, new study finds

Barclays, HSBC and Credit Suisse among worst offenders on oil sands finance

Natixis: one step forward, two steps back on coal

A call to action on the Principles for Responsible Banking: End climate-destructive financing now

Principles for Responsible Banking no obstacle to finance climate destruction

New BankTrack Equator Principles reporting tracking tool launched

BNP Paribas, Natixis and Crédit Agricole implicated in financing global forest destruction

New report reveals European banks financing trade of controversial Amazon oil to U.S.

Equator Principles requirements missing for most projects, finds new BankTrack study

Natixis exits coal but remains stuck in shale oil & gas

Banking on Climate Change – Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2020

French banks still funding coal despite finance minister’s plea

Coal finance exit in France – Banks and insurers urged to drop coal expansion clients and make good on commitments

Overly underwhelming - a reflection on Fossil Banks’ AGM season

Natixis AGM: the bank gives the cold shoulder to frontline communities

Global Banks, Led by JPMorgan Chase, Invested $1.9 Trillion in Fossil Fuels Since Paris Climate Pact

Banking on Climate Change – Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2019

Thirteen Guinean villages lodge complaint against World Bank for financing destructive bauxite mine

Every two weeks a bank, insurer or lender announces new coal restrictions

Trans Adriatic Pipeline: France provides massive financial support to controversial gas project

Banks massively financing fossil fuels unclear about future of ... fossil fuels

New report: Three years after the Paris climate summit, French banks are financing more coal

François Riahi appointed CEO of Natixis

Report finds major banks ramped up fossil fuel financing to $115 billion in 2017

Big banks complicit in massive tar sands destruction and pollution through hundreds of billions in financing

Ten Equator banks demand decisive action on Indigenous peoples following DAPL debacle

28 major banks warned not to finance Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

Pipeline action at Société Générale: French banks must not be Trump accomplices

Energy Transfer: Which banks continue to support the company behind DAPL?

French Banks’ Dangerous Liaisons with the Israeli Settlement Enterprise

Report reveals links between five French banks and insurance companies and the Israeli settlements

Financing of coal industry expansion by top banks undermining Paris Agreement

Climate Finance Day: BNP Paribas failing to respect coal finance commitments

Natixis becomes second French bank to cut coal financing

Climate breakthrough as string of banks dump coal financing

Anti-Areva Protest: Letter to French and European Bankers from Fishermen and Farmers of Jaitapur

Equator Principles goes beyond project finance, improves transparency

French banks: a citizen rating reveals what is going on underneath their activities

While BankTrack criticizes Equator Principles, IFC celebrates Community of Learning