The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) releases standards for sustainable trade, providing a framework that assesses the environmental sustainability of transactions.
Businesses up and down the country are struggling right now with the substantial increase in energy prices and the rise in material costs. Running a business is more expensive than… read more →
Deep-tier supply chain finance can be a powerful tool in the ESG toolkit––but implementing this innovative financing approach will require overcoming some key barriers.
Citi has been working collaboratively with its institutional clients to incorporate more sustainability-based principles into their everyday operations; a movement taking place as the world increasingly moves towards a more sustainable, low-carbon economy.
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) has been a hot topic for private and public credit insurers.
The responsibility for sustainability falls on everyone, everywhere. It should unite us. We all need to work together, but how do we achieve such a big collective goal?
Following the Sibos session on ‘Accelerate Sustainability in Trade’, speaker Achraf Abourida, head of trade at ING Bank, discussed trade’s role in sustainability and its global importance in an exclusive interview with Trade Finance Global (TFG).
Singapore and Australia share longstanding economic, strategic, and people-to-people ties, underpinned by the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. These relations and multiple shared interests at regional and global levels have led them… read more →
For sustainable trade finance to scale, the industry needs a uniform model for ESG data that can be used by everybody, says Pradeep Nair, Global Head of Structured Solutions and Development of Standard Chartered Bank
In preparation for the 2022 EBRD TFP Trade Finance Forum, held in Istanbul, Turkey, Trade Finance Global’s (TFG) Annie Kovacevic sat down with Chynara Alybaeva, head of global transaction banking department at Optima Bank OJSC, to learn more about the banking sector in the Kyrgyz Republic.
To better understand the industry, the impact of geopolitics, and the role that government support in facilitating a digital-first future, Trade Finance Global (TFG) interviewed Tulkin Yusupov, executive director of Sanoat Energetika Guruhi (SEG), the largest oil and gas company in Uzbekistan.
Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG: The acceleration towards green and renewable energy through cutting ties with Russian gas
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting Croatia’s transition to renewable energy by helping finance the construction of two new wind farms. The bank is extending a… read more →
Standard Chartered and ADM announced the launch of the bank’s first green trade export letter of credit (LC) programme in Singapore, London, and New York. Issued under the “Sustainable Goods”… read more →
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has invested €20 million into a 7-year €230 million green bond issued by Lamda Development S.A., a leading Greek real estate developer… read more →