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 Trade / Risk Management
Reputational risk - TREASURY NEWS - OpenTreasury Podcast #33
by CTMfile
Is reputational risk considered before every business move? Listen in to this week’s treasury news and developments on the Open Treasury podcast.
Industry roundup: 21 April
by Graham Buck
Fitch outlines China challenges; Euro firms gain from commodity hedges; SG seeks start-ups to accelerate; Citi recycles for corporate cards
Industry roundup: 15 March
by Graham Buck
Citi broadens Russian exit; Nickel prices soar; Santander launches grain-backed tokens; Jamaica offers CBDC incentive; DCash service restored
Industry roundup: 8 March
by Graham Buck
Procure4Peace formed to assist Ukraine; Building materials shortage to intensify; Shell joins Russia exodus; Supply Chain Catalyst tool launched
Industry roundup: 22 February
by Graham Buck
Three banks join Carbonplace platform; Australia’s Bankwest to exit business banking; FSB alarm over crypto assets; Setback for East Caribbean's DCash
Industry roundup: 8 February
by Graham Buck
Asia’s PPAs hamper transition from coal; Customers rank NZ business banks; Monneo partners with Kantox; LendingKart partners with Amazon India
Industry roundup: 17 January
by Graham Buck
East analyses Asia cross-border payments; BNP Paribas seeks new low-cost location; BoA upbeat on Solana; Safe; Indifi-GPay union offers digital credit
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
ESG: importance of data, take one step at a time
by Tim Nicolle , Founder & CEO, PrimaDollar
We need to measure where we are now and set targets for tomorrow. Finance should play its part
Industry Roundup
by Jack Large
BofA’s new Virtual Account Management Solution; Managing human diversity in ESG investing; Green banking
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.
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.
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.
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.
Can large corporates survive localisation?
by Ben Poole
A report from Deutsche Bank explores how the deglobalisation movement might impact the worldwide supply chains of big companies.
Banks ramp up plans to tackle carbon emissions
by Ben Poole
HSBC is the latest to aim to align its portfolio of financed emissions to achieve net zero.
Greening the corporate supply chain
by Ben Poole
The application of ESG principles to trade and supply chain finance is rising up the corporate agenda.
Deutsche Bank and Olam close Asia’s first FX forward using ESG targets
by Ben Poole
The global agri-business also recently secured a sustainability-linked loan.
Swedbank doubles down on green bonds
by Ben Poole
The bank has published its Green Bond Impact Report 2019, while subsidiary Robur invests in Swedish Export Credit green transaction.
CTMcast - 21 May 2020: Business models, increased automation, FX risk, global trade, & climate change
by Jack Large
Jack, Ben and Nick Franck review CTMfile’s posts over two last weeks
Nasdaq solution seeks to simplify corporate ESG reporting
by Ben Poole
The platform aims to support corporate sustainability and the ESG reporting process for public companies.
Davos 2020: Deutsche Bank report highlights sustainable growth
by Ben Poole
The bank asks if humans will sacrifice economic growth to halt environmental damage.
Global green & ESG-linked loan volumes increased nearly 2.5 times in 2019
by Jack Large
Refinitiv LPC’s Year in ESG/Green Lending report also showed BNP was leading lender and largest deal was with Royal Dutch Shell