Societe Generale received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign (1). Among other requirements, this means Societe Generale pledges to vet its vendors for LGBTQ policies. According to its website, “Societe Generale was the first bank to systematically integrate ESG criteria in its fundamental analysis, valuations and recommendations on equities…” (2)(3). Societe Generale is cutting funding to oil, gas, and coal, and it is a part of the Net Zero Banking Alliance, among other climate initiatives (4).

Societe Generale does not have a specific rule discriminating against religious organizations in its charitable giving (1).

Societe Generale provides protections from political viewpoint discrimination (1).

Societe Generale writes that corporate social responsibility is at the “heart” of its strategy, bragging about being the first bank to comprehensively include ESG into its business operations, and the bank has encouraged other financial institutions to further emphasize ESG practices (1)(2)(3). Societe Generale has implemented unconscious bias training into its HR strategy (4). Societe Generale also signed a charter published by L’Autre Cercle, a French LGBTQ advocacy group (5).

Societe Generale has not sent corporate funds to ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression (1).

Societe Generale maintains a policy of political neutrality, and its advocacy spending involves membership fees for trade associations such as the French Banking Federation and the Institute of International Finace (1).