Enigio AB signed an agreement on 31 October, 2022, with the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) to add its trace:original to the solutions supporting the electronic bill of… read more →

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) has been a hot topic for private and public credit insurers.

Inflationary pressures, monetary tightening, energy crisis and supply chain disruptions are jeopardising corporates’ cash flows. But many governments decided to tackle the current situation by deploying some strong fiscal policies.… read more →

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).

Global shipping is one of the most challenging sectors to decarbonise. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has set out an ambitious goal to reduce the industry’s greenhouse gas emissions by 50% from 2008 levels by 2050, a target that will require the swift development of zero or low-emission fuels, new ship designs using cleaner technology, and climate-proof operations such as carbon efficiency optimisation initiatives.

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 →

Absa Africa Financial Markets Index shows improving market infrastructure in majority of countries in the region African countries have responded positively to the need to develop domestic financial markets to… read more →

Standard Chartered announced the launch of Trade Track-It, a one-stop digital trade transaction portal that offers its clients end-to-end visibility of their trade transaction status globally. Integrated with DHL’s tracking system… read more →

Surecomp today announced that it has completed a pilot of automated environment, social, governance (ESG) scoring and tracking in its flagship trade finance solution RIVO™.  Based on a dataset of… 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