The International Trade Centre (ITC), the UN agency for small businesses, has just released their NDC 3.0 guidelines. Announced yesterday at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, the guidelines provide a way for countries to practically support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in achieving national climate goals.
Over a dozen export credit agencies and three multilateral financial institutions are attending the forum in Shanghai. This year’s theme, ‘Regional Cooperation in Asia and Global Economic Integration,’ comes as… read more →
The Joint Declaration on Baku Climate Coalition for SMEs Green Transition should help small businesses fully engage in the shift to sustainable business models ahead of COP30 in Brazil next… read more →
Private investors collectively manage trillions of dollars in assets. BII has been working to encourage them to commit more capital to climate finance projects in emerging economies. Private investors have… read more →
The collaboration aims to marry supply chain financing with PBX’s digital ecosystem. PBX, a business-to-business digital transaction management platform, serves some of the largest buyers in the fast-moving consumer goods… read more →
The publication is based on a roundtable discussion hosted by TFG during the International Trade and Forfaiting Association’s (ITFA) 50th Annual Conference in Limassol, Cyprus. The ‘$2.5 trillion global trade… read more →
The use of private credit in trade finance is also growing in popularity, particularly as traditional banks face increasing regulatory constraints, such as those introduced by Basel IV. Institutional investors,… read more →
The two institutions have been working together since 2013 when they signed a $75 million risk participation agreement that was extended to reach almost $400 million in total in the… read more →
The updated Principles for Sustainable Trade offer more actionable guidance for assessing the sustainability of trade transactions. They have been designed to be sector-agnostic, allowing banks and corporates alike to… read more →
The initiative focuses on digitalising bills of exchange for working capital solutions. J.P. Morgan and Enigio are collaborating to modernise traditional trade finance processes supported by recent legal reforms, such… read more →
