When Slawomir Krupa, Société Générale’s CEO, put “ESG issues at the heart” of the French bank’s new strategy following his appointment last May, IFC managing director Makhtar Diop took him at his word.
After meeting at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos in January, Diop and Krupa signed a master co-operation agreement promising to accelerate sustainable finance in developing countries as part of both organisations’ shared ambition to contribute to the UN sustainable development goals.