Biden unveils Indo-Pacific Economic Framework – Industry roundup: 24 May
by Graham Buck
ESG meets growing resistance; Warning on supply chain workers; Austria to make EU green bonds debut; Singapore jobs boost
Sustainable Business Models
Industry roundup: 21 December
by Graham Buck
Bank of Montreal buys Bank of the West; Vegan firms assessed; Maersk supply chain partnership with Unilever; Deutsche Bank's LatAm return
Appliance of science to Walmart’s supply chain finance
by Graham Buck
The retail giant’s claims an “industry first” in introducing science-based targets for its sustainable SCF programme
Industry roundup: 9 December
by Graham Buck
Citi expands cross-currency sweeps; Bangladesh factories join PrimaDollar's ESG scheme; China begins phase two of digital yuan
Industry roundup: 3 November
by CTMfile
FintechOS updates platform, Oracle’s NetSuite First Cloud ERP, and Mastercard moving forward much faster into the future with sustainability finance
“Real-time ESG” data on supply chains, a breakthrough
by Tim Nicolle , Founder & CEO, PrimaDollar
How to collect and use real- time ESG data and drive change in your supply chains
Industry roundup: 22 October
by Jack Large
RMB global progress; New Zealand climate change action; Virtual currencies in USA
Journeys to Treasury are worth taking
by Jack Large
BNP Paribas, PwC, SAP and EACT’s 6th edition worth a read
Today’s biggest business risk: Flying blind into chaos and disappearing markets
by Jack Large
Climate change and the full ramifications of ESG CANNOT BE IGNORED, they need to be measured and managed with the latest technologies and insights
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
Foreign investment into Europe set to rebound in 2021
by Ben Poole
40% of businesses plan to expand operations in Europe in 2021, compared with 27% last year.
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.
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.
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.
Green deposits sprouting in the US
by Ben Poole
MUFG Union Bank has launched green deposits for its corporate clients in America.
Green-tinged economic rebound tipped for 2021
by Ben Poole
PwC's Global Economic Outlook 2021 says the global economy in aggregate should revert to its pre-crisis level of output by the end of the year.
On the 12th day of Christmas my true love gave me the key questions for 2021
by Jack Large
For the difficult and bumpy year 2021 is bound to be, the key questions are:
This is what is driving Citi
by Jack Large
Digitisation, combined with building business resilience AND SUSTAINABLITY
World’s largest companies ignoring biodiversity loss
by Ben Poole
A KPMG survey found less than a quarter of companies at risk from the loss of biodiversity are including the risk in their corporate reporting.
UK needs £400bn additional infrastructure spend to meet Net Zero target
by Ben Poole
Private sector investment is critical for power systems, buildings and industry, transport, and digital infrastructure, PwC/GIIA survey finds.