Article

October 2021 7 Min Read

Financing a Sustainable Economy Through Corporate/Bank Collaboration

The future will only be prosperous if businesses embed sustainability at their core. Treasury can play a vital role in this approach, tapping into sustainable financing to help firms embrace different operating models and emerging technologies that benefit both the...

Article

October 2021 9 Min Read

Embracing Supplier Diversity: Treasury Lessons from Facebook and GSK

By focusing on the diversity and inclusion elements of external relationships within the supply chain, corporates can create additional value and efficiencies. Here, treasurers are being urged to ‘roll up their sleeves’ and get involved in this potentially...

Article

October 2021 7 Min Read

Financing the Transition to a Sustainable and Profitable Future

Transitioning to a more sustainable future requires financing solutions that support both the climate and society-linked goals. For investors, tools that enable them to assess companies on their sustainability credentials are crucial to their decision-making....

Podcast

October 2021 25:12

HSBC’s Sibos Spotlight: Investing in the Future – from Diversity to Green Deposits

In the final instalment of HSBC’s Sibos Spotlight, Eleanor Hill (TMI) invites Nadine Lagarmitte and Suraj Kalati (HSBC) to consider how corporates’ attitudes to ESG are changing, including a growing interest in ESG investment. Our guests explain the...

Article

September 2021 7 Min Read

The Horizon Challenge: Accelerating the Shift to a Green Economy

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought environmental concerns into sharp focus. Today’s business leaders must factor sustainability into their recovery strategies, and treasurers have an essential role to play in reshaping the future of the global economy. Despite the...

Article

September 2021 11 Min Read

Roadmap to ESG in 2025

A Turning Point for Treasury For environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives to become part of the day-to-day activities of the business community, it will take continued strong leadership and guidance. In the final instalment of this three-part series, Bank...

Podcast

September 2021 16:24

HSBC’s Sibos Spotlight: The ESG Landscape – what every treasurer needs to know

In the third edition of HSBC’s Sibos Spotlight Podcast series, TMI’s Eleanor Hill invites Farnam Bidgoli (HSBC) to provide an in-depth overview of the current ESG landscape, so that treasurers can build a credible sustainability strategy. Amongst an excess...

Article

September 2021 8 Min Read

Unpacking Smurfit Kappa’s Ambitious Sustainable Finance Facility

By setting five key performance indicator goals for a recent sustainability-linked revolving credit facility – and requiring success in all of them to gain the maximum margin benefit – Smurfit Kappa’s treasury team has demonstrated how a cross-functional project...

Podcast

September 2021 20:58

HSBC’s Sibos Spotlight: Embedding ESG in Trade and Supply Chains

In the second podcast from HSBC’s Sibos Spotlight series, TMI’s Eleanor Hill speaks to Surath Sengupta (HSBC) about embedding ESG into trade and supply chains. Our guest shares many valuable insights on how treasurers can improve their ESG metrics in the...

Article

August 2021 11 Min Read

Investment Challenges and Opportunities for Treasurers as ESG Drive Accelerates

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) is now a major area of responsibility for organisations – and treasurers have a crucial role to play in its implementation. A recent TMI webinar featuring Aberdeen Standard Investments, S&P, and corporate sustainability...

Article

August 2021 10 Min Read

Adding Corporate Value through ESG

Practical Treasury Applications Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) is rapidly becoming a cornerstone of modern business – and a driver of value creation. In the second of this three-part series, experts drawn from Bank of America’s trade,...

Video

August 2021

Are You Serious About ESG?

The majority of company boards now consider ESG to be a key agenda item but just 25% of treasury functions have ESG-related KPIs. Read our latest article, in partnership with Barclays, and find out how leading treasury teams are effectively implementing ESG...

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