Bpifrance, the French national promotional bank, innovation agency, sovereign fund and export credit agency whose mission is to support companies at each stage of their development, has just set the framework for the issuance of its social bonds. It has chosen EthiFinance to carry out the Second Party Opinion (SPO) [...]

EthiFinance is happy to share with you the news that EthiFinance has acquired 100% of imug rating. imug rating is the leading local agency in Germany for ESG research and provider of independent opinions (including SPOs) on financial instruments and on sustainability trajectories of companies. imug rating is a recognised [...]

Following the acquisition in February 2022 of the Spanish rating agency Axesor, EthiFinance operated under two rating licences: EthiFinance Ratings and Qivalio. In line with the rationalisation of its brands and for greater transparency and clarity, EthiFinance therefore applied to ESMA to withdraw its Qivalio licence on 29 November 2022.All [...]

Monitoring controversies is key in the analysis of ESG company performance. Information on social climate, company reputation, incidents, and accidents is now crucial to enable banks, financial institutions, and insurers primarily to monitor the risk in their client companies’ portfolios (credit risk, claims risk, reputation risk, etc.). Since the official [...]

Rating rationale EthiFinance Ratings reaffirms BBB+ its long-term corporate rating and instrument rating at BBB+ for Bellon S.A. and the company’s €200m NEU MTN instrument. EthiFinance Ratings also reaffirms its SR1 short-term rating on the €500m NEU CP instrument of Bellon S.A. Credit profile On the one hand, our rating [...]