The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has invested €20 million in a €230 million green bond issued by Lamda Development in Greece.  Lamda is a Greek real-estate developer… read more →

Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA), a neutral, non-profit group established to further the digitalisation and standardisation of container shipping in conjunction with its nine carrier members, today announced phase two… read more →

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG: What does Boris Johnson’s resignation mean for UK trade?

A new survey by Changing Markets Foundation finds that the meat and dairy sector must cut methane emissions to tackle climate change or face lost profits. A new report from… read more →

TFG spoke to the acting head of the Berne Union to find out what he believes they can do to affect wider issues like climate change.

What happens to global supply chains in the next few years could impact the outcome of the climate crisis more than anything else. 

The latest issue of TFG’s Trade Finance Talks, ‘Supply chain disruption: the new global food crisis’ is out now!

The number of ‘green’ Swiss banks has doubled in the past year, outpacing their UK counterparts in the race to corner a piece of the lucrative ‘green’ market and meet… read more →

The UK has a new trade commissioner to Africa.  On June 23, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the UK’s international trade secretary appointed John Humphrey to the role of Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner… read more →

During the panel session ‘unlocking liquidity with collaborative trade finance’ at the finanzsymposium in Mannheim in May, TFG spoke with German and Scandinavian fintech professionals about their thoughts on the future of trade finance, and what solutions they think are needed for the next generation.