Industry Roundup
by Jack Large
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Environment, Social, Governance
Background
Sustainable and green strategies have never been more important to corporate financial health. In the Internet age, when reputations can be built and ruined at viral speed, companies are under more…
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BIS and HKMA investigate how tokenised green bonds can improve sustainable investment
by Ben Poole
The aim is to build a prototype digital infrastructure to enable green investments and help issuers and governments to meet ESG goals.
Global M&A activity reaches a historic high
by Ben Poole
An EY study has revealed a spike in billion-dollar deals in the first six months of the year drove activity.
Strong demand for Côte d’Ivoire’s first corporate green bond
by Ben Poole
The oversubscribed local currency issue opens the Francophone West & Central Africa market for green bonds and real estate corporate financing.
ESG funds bulletproof as overall equity fund inflows drift lower
by Ben Poole
Calastone data for the UK shows ESG funds accounted for 90% of all inflows in July.
Trade finance trends in a post-pandemic world
by Ben Poole
BofA's Baris Kalay discusses how areas such as working capital management and supply chain resilience have come to the fore this year.
Accelerating Colombia’s corporate ESG progress
by Ben Poole
A partnership is helping to measure the country's private sector contribution to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
How to become a competitive and attractive business partner of the future using ESG
by Jack Large
Two recent reports from CRISIL and AD Little show how corporate treasurers can now and should act more responsibly by DOING ESG RIGHT
Standard Chartered launches sustainable supply chain benchmarking tool
by Ben Poole
The online tool allows companies to compare their performance with peers on key sustainability and resilience indicators.
Industry focus: Global distributors investing in digital transformation
by Ben Poole
Sage research has shown the distribution sector to be resilient and innovative, with almost 80% adopting digital transformation strategies.
Banks in Singapore step up ESG action
by Ben Poole
A new carbon exchange marketplace offers a solution for corporates, while Deutsche Bank is establishing an ESG centre of excellence in the country.
Europe’s elevated financial stability risks
by Ben Poole
An ECB review has found the uneven economic impact of pandemic implies risks are concentrated in specific sectors and countries.
Pandemic response highlights corporate treasury resilience
by Ben Poole
Research from Herbert Smith Freehills and the ACT also reveals how ESG is rising up the treasury agenda.
Tesco to offer sustainability-linked supply chain finance
by Ben Poole
From Tesco's green supplier offering, to new social loan principles, via StanChart's ESG-linked derivative and more, ESG in finance keeps pushing on.
Role of corporate treasury expands as ESG operations and investing dominates
by Jack Large
Going strategic and focusing on ESG in your company is vital for mankind’s survival
Singaporean banks reveal ESG’s key role in financial services
by Ben Poole
An SGX-NUS-KPMG study found escalating stakeholder expectations and tax incentives among the top drivers pushing sustainability in the sector.
Lendlease issues second green bond in five months
by Ben Poole
CBA's institutional bank played a role in meeting the increasing demand for sustainable finance.
COVID-19 pandemic is minor compared to threat of irreversible climate change
by Jack Large
Too late to stop? Do something: attend the ACT’s ESG webinar and answer these embarassing personal questions
HSBC Taiwan approves two green guarantees
by Ben Poole
The move is to foster renewable energy development for two corporate clients.
Deutsche Bank launches green deposits for corporates
by Ben Poole
Deposited funds contrast with an equivalent amount of the bank’s green asset pool, enabling clients to support transition to a sustainable economy.
NatWest and Microsoft offer UK businesses carbon neutral support
by Ben Poole
The bank and the tech firm aim to use digital technology to help UK corporates understand and manage their carbon footprint.
55% of firms missing 2050 net-zero emissions goal
by Ben Poole
Research from Standard Chartered suggests a lack of finance is hampering corporate efforts to go carbon neutral.
Deutsche Bank executes world’s first green hedge with Continuum
by Ben Poole
The transaction used a specifically designed green hedge framework, with second party opinion issued by Cicero Green.
Regulators get to grips with ESG reporting standards
by Ben Poole
Both the IFRS and European Commission have recently issued papers addressing the scope of sustainability reporting.