Caisse des Dépôts Group

The Caisse des Dépôts Group (CDC), as the French climate public long-term investor strongly involved in the renovation of buildings while being the first social landlord in France, supports the revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive.

Caisse des Dépôts, Frances National Promotional Institution and one of the countrys largest financial groups, is a main actor in financing sustainability and a long-term institutional investor with a deep commitment to responsible investment. Sustainable development lies at the heart of our mission and values, and we have consistently supported the ambition of the EU Sustainable Finance Framework.

As a major financing operator of sustainability in France as well as a long-term institutional investor with a long-standing commitment to responsible investment, the Caisse des Dépôts group highly supports the concepts and disclosures that the SFDR requires and thanks the European Commission for the opportunity to provide its opinion on how to improve the functioning of the SFDR.

Caisse des Depots Group much supports the proposal of directive of the Commission related to corporate sustainable reporting and considers it a crucial tool to ensure financing is directed towards the European green transition, as well as to provide the necessary data for a better integration of ESG criteria into investment decision making processes.

The Caisse des Dépôts Group, dedicated to the public interest for over two centuries, has embedded in its core mission the acceleration of ecological transformation and the pursuit of a better life for all. In line with this commitment and building upon the Group's biodiversity policy, we are determined to place biodiversity at the heart of our ecological transformation strategy.

As Frances leading long-term public investor and the primary financier of social and affordable housing, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) welcomes the European Commissions initiative to address housing affordability challenges across the European Union. The scale of the crisis - affecting households purchasing power, labour mobility, and social cohesion - justifies a coordinated European reflection.

Caisse des dépôts et consignations (CDC) Group is the leading financier of social and affordable housing in France, contributing to over 70% of the funding for new housing operations around 100,000 units per year. In addition to its lending activities, the Group is also one of Frances largest social and affordable housing operator, managing a portfolio of more than 560,000 housing units nationwide.

The members of the European Association of Long-Term Investors have convened to analyse the Commissions proposed DNSH framework for the next MFF and to formulate constructive feedback grounded in their extensive experience as implementing partners. These discussions highlighted that the new guidance should build directly on the existing InvestEU Sustainability Proofing rather than establish a completely new system.

Caisse des Dépôts Group supports the ambition of the European Commission to rationalise and simplify the reporting requirements imposed on companies and administrations, and the overall objective of reducing the administrative burden linked to these obligations by 25%. Please find attached, Caisse des Dépôts Group input.

Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC), as a public financial institution with a mandate to support long-term investment and public interest missions in France, welcomes the European Commission initiative to simplify and modernize the EUs corporate tax directives framework through the proposed Taxation Omnibus.

The Caisse des Dépôts Group is the French long-term investor dedicated to the general interest, major financing actor of sustainability in France with a long-standing commitment to responsible investment. CDC and its subsidiaries both use and are covered by ESG rating in particular because CDC Group financing policy is firstly driven by the integration of ESG factors and long-term commitment.

Feedback on the European Commission (EC) ’s Roadmap (Inception Impact Assessment) on Instant Payments in the EU This feedback emanates from the Group Caisse des Dépôts which already answered to the European Commission ‘s consultation on a retail payments strategy for the EU. A.

As a promoter of long-term investment, Caisse des Dépôts (CDC) welcomes the Commission's initiative to promote the development of equity investment. Nevertheless, CDC group considers that some of the proposed measures may be counterproductive and would not ultimately generate new investments. They would merely lead to a change in the current financing structure of companies.

The Caisse des Depots Group is a National Promotional Institution (NPI), and main financing actor of sustainability in France, as well as a long-term institutional investor with a long-standing commitment to responsible investment. As such, Caisse des Depots Group issues sustainable (ESG) obligations since 2017.

Caisse des Dépôts, as a French national institution, is supportive of initiatives providing regulatory clarity and harmonization across the European Economic Area. Clear directives represent a major need of the current DLT environment, a crucial and key ‘block’ for having: - DLT local and global adoption - Fair competitions - Open, large and attractive markets Caisse des Dépôts recognizes the detailed and valuable…