Blog

July 2024 5 Min Read

Shifting From Aid to Trade is the Key to Africa’s Sustainable Future

Jolene Abshire, Sector Head for Development Organisations, Absa Group, discusses the shifting dynamics of donor funding for Africa in recent years, explaining how moving from traditional aid to trade-centric models can help the continent to support its own...

Podcast

July 2024 28:54

Building a High-Performance Treasury Team

Chris King (Dukes & King) shares actionable insights for treasurers from the the ACT’s recent Annual Conference.

Article

June 2024 4 Min Read

Castrol Collaborates on Industry-First Insurance for Asian Bikers

A four-way partnership involving Standard Chartered aims to promote customer loyalty and social responsibility while defining a blueprint for scalable growth through co-creation.

May 2024

Societe Generale Launches a Sustainable Global Transaction Banking Framework

The framework will help clients assess and monitor the environmental and social impacts of their day-to-day working capital, trade, and liquidity.

Article

May 2024 10 Min Read

A New Framework for ESG

A recent innovative framework developed by Societe Generale can help to increase transparency and credibility in ESG standardisation.

Podcast

May 2024 17:02

Sustainability Trends in Asian Supply Chains

Terence Yong and Sameer Khan discuss recent and anticipated sustainability trends in Asian supply chains.

Article

May 2024 11 Min Read

From ESG Data to Decisions and Disclosures

Experts from FIS and PwC discuss the latest compliance issues and how their firm’s respective work helps firms model and assess their risk.

Article

March 2024 9 Min Read

A Signal to the World

Alex Griffiths (Fitch Ratings) discusses climate-related assessments and ratings, and the delivery of a more appropriate model.

Podcast

February 2024 15:41

Involvement in the Broader Organisation’s Sustainability Mission

Eleanor Hill (TMI) invites Javier Guijarro (PwC) to explore why an ESG standardisation disconnect exists, and identifies the barriers holding treasurers back from formalising ESG approaches.

Blog

January 2024 9 Min Read

Why Investors Need Climate Change Probabilities Not ‘Certainties’

Current climate-change scenarios, while effective for policy development, are of little use to investors, and could even be increasing jeopardy. TMI talks to a climate risk scientist from the EDHEC Risk Climate Institute about the issue, and a possible...

Blog

January 2024 4 Min Read

Labelled Bonds’ Use of Proceeds: Transparency and Ambition Needed

Marina Petroleka, Global Head of Research, Sustainable Fitch, discusses green, social and sustainability bonds’ contribution to environmental and/or social impacts and the level of transparency and ambition in project or target selection, based on Sustainable...

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.