Article

January 2024 12 Min Read

AI: Reshaping the Treasurer’s Role

For treasurers looking at taking advantage of AI in their daily tasks, there is much preparation work to do.

Article

December 2023 11 Min Read

‘Where the Rubber Hits the Road’: Analysing the ESG State of Play

The ACT held its second annual ESG Conference on 21 November to address the the drive towards green practices and net zero.

Article

February 2023 4 Min Read

Boosting ESG in the Supply Chain: The Role of Green and Sustainable Trade Instruments

As ESG becomes a major factor in SCF, it is important to be aware of the growing range of tools available to treasurers to help support sustainability.

Article

January 2023 13 Min Read

Reasons to Be Cheerful: Treasury Short-Term Investments in 2023

This year has thrown severe challenges and a few opportunities at corporate treasurers and their short-term investment portfolios. Regulatory and market changes are two vital areas to pay attention to in 2023.

Blog

December 2022 8 Min Read

Gas, Oil and Revolvers: an ESG Success Story

Diversified Energy Company recently converted its existing traditional $300m reserve base lending facility into a sustainability-linked reserve-based revolver – one of the first of its kind. The conversion incorporated some demanding environmental and social KPIs....

Blog

November 2022 3 Min Read

There is No More Ignoring ESG in Treasury

Despite many other burning issues, ESG is a major concern for treasurers – and it appears to be moving higher up their agenda every year. But sustainable finance solutions do not always align with fundamental treasury principles. Treasurers’ first, second and...

Blog

October 2022 7 Min Read

Carbonomics 101: Why are Scope 3 emissions so important but challenging to tackle?

With the ongoing urgency of the climate crisis and increasing focus on greenwashing, it’s critical that businesses understand the full breadth of their emissions and how they can effectively eliminate and reduce them. Scope 3 emissions (also commonly referred to...

Podcast

September 2022 31:44

Integrating Sustainability into Everyday Treasury

Caroline Haas, Dr. Arthur Krebbers, and Gustavo Brianza (NatWest) consider practical ways for treasurers to engage with and support ESG.

Article

September 2022 11 Min Read

As Easy as ESG

Integrating Sustainability into Everyday Treasury As sustainability, diversity, equity, and inclusion matters continue to grow in importance for a range of corporate stakeholders, treasurers are in a prime position to support the transition to ESG-friendly...

Article

August 2022 10 Min Read

The Key to Smarter Liquidity Management: Breaking Down Silos

Treasurers must lead the charge to bring down organisational silos that stifle optimised liquidity management. To do this successfully, they have to recruit critical stakeholders from other departments to the cause through a mixture of education, communication, and...

Article

July 2022 12 Min Read

Do No Significant Harm

Navigating Sustainability Standards and Regs Sustainability in treasury can be tackled in a number of ways – and standards are slowly emerging to steer participants in the right direction. Do these help or just create more work, and is the pace of development too...

Article

July 2022 10 Min Read

Purchasing Power 

Adding Value with a Treasury/Procurement Partnership When a business’s treasury and procurement teams collaborate, it can transform how that business builds and sustains relationships with suppliers. Andrew Burns, Senior Vice President EMEA, C2FO,...