Smurfit Kappa’s RCF project embraces, drives, and pushes the boundaries of organisational ESG thinking By setting five key performance indicator goals for a recent sustainability-linked RCF – 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 can unify a business. […]
While sustainability has risen up the corporate agenda at a rapid pace, and many treasurers have taken its practices onboard, there is still more work to be done on both sides of the balance sheet. Two senior executives, drawn from Barclays’ investment and corporate banking arms, explore the challenges and opportunities presented when establishing an […]
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 can unify an entire business. This award-winning financing project has also illustrated how treasury can not […]
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 leader Tideway looked at the practical reality of rolling out ESG initiatives within treasury, with a focus […]
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives are now a boardroom priority – and an increasingly important part of the treasurer’s strategic remit. Nevertheless, only a quarter of treasury departments currently have key performance indicators relating to ESG. Helen Kelly, Head of Europe, Barclays Corporate Banking, examines the types of ESG initiatives and targets leading treasury […]
Many treasurers are trying to find their feet in helping their companies deliver on sustainability. Having led the successful execution of an innovative project to implement ESG-linked FX derivatives for her organisation, Lisa Dukes, Director, Corporate Finance & Derivatives, Drax Group, encourages them to be bold, determined and not shy away from thinking outside the […]
TMI Corporate Recognition Award Winners 2020 In one of the toughest years for treasury in the past decade, treasury teams stepped up their innovation projects and rolled out digital best practices at speed. Here, we celebrate their successes. What a year 2020 was. As much as the financial crisis of 2007/8 had provided some insight […]
BNP Paribas Pushes New Treasury Boundaries BEST BANK FOR CASH & LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT Europe BEST BANK FOR TRADE & FSCM Global Bank of the Year TREASURY4GOOD AWARDS Global Bank of the Year for Sustainable Finance With multiple awards under its belt from TMI’s 2020 season, BNP Paribas is clearly on a winning streak. Here’s a […]
Treasury4Good Awards 2020 Despite the global pandemic, sustainability and diversity and inclusion (D&I) have remained key areas of engagement for corporate treasurers and their relationship banks. Here, we celebrate those organisations putting environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues at the heart of the corporate treasury function. Now in their second year, TMI’s Treasury4Good Awards recognise […]
No-one can predict where the next crisis will come from, or what form it will take. It could be another wave of Covid-19, or a different challenge altogether. Regardless of the source of any future turmoil, treasury teams can build on lessons learned from 2020 to be better prepared. Here, three HSBC experts share their […]
