Despite port congestion woes, COVID-19 lockdowns in Asia and vessel availability issues, the container shipping sector remains in boom territory. TFG investigates. 

The WTO Director-General has extended the WTO Ministerial Conference by a day in a bid to secure some form of agreement around trade deals. With a potential food security crisis looming for developed countries, can an eleventh hour agreement be reached?

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG: we.trade enters the trough of disillusionment – what this means for the digitalisation of trade finance

At the BAFT global annual meeting in May, TFG sat down with heads of trade to discuss the current state of trade in Asia. 

Backing helps UK businesses to support the construction of hospitals, electric railways, and offshore wind projects across the globe. UK Export Finance (UKEF) awarded over £3.6 billion to clean energy,… read more →

Bank of China (Hong Kong) (BOCHK) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to become a member of the Alliance for Green Commercial Banks (the Alliance).  The Asia chapter of… read more →

The VIVE Programme announced that the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has joined the VIVE Sustainable Supply Programme and will be completing the shipping module in 2022. MSC is a container… read more →

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG: How sustainability linked financing can empower circular water projects in MENA

Over the last ten years, nature dependent exports accounted for 40% of annual world trade ($7.4 trillion) – 36% of which stemmed from non-democratic regimes, as defined by the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index. 

TFG’s Carter Hoffman (CH) interviewed Talal Ghandour (TG), chief investment officer and managing director at Metito, to discuss how the recent HSBC funding is helping push toward circular water systems to resolve water shortages.