Blended finance could be a significant part of the funding solution in meeting the UN's SDGs. But to pull in private sector investment in the volume needed, and the time...

In this week’s instalment of the Stages for Change series, Aife Howse speaks to ING’s Mayke Geradts, director of sustainable finance, on the headwinds posed by working in...

UKEF support has been highly instrumental in securing the project financing for the construction of six hospitals in Cote d’Ivoire. The deal is the largest yet for the UK...

In this week’s edition of the Stages for Change interview series, Eavie Burnett speaks with SWIFT’s Louise Taylor-Digby on the impact that a career in trade can have, and...

Global seaborne container trade and related supply chains have been heavily disrupted through the course of the pandemic. Shipping costs have consequently increased...

Few bankable EV charging project deals have followed the hybrid pathfinder set by Allego. Project financings for consumer EV charging points have, at their core, a simple...

A UK parliamentary inquiry into the Greensill Capital debacle has concluded the trade fund’s demise does not justify regulatory reforms to the wider supply chain finance...

“Commodities trade and finance contribute to a real economy, and it is empowering to feel as if you can enact a real change or understand how that change can be brought...

The Stages for Change series highlights some of the talented women in our industry – from senior experts to those who are new in their career. This week, the series...

The EBRD and the IFC have provided $130 million of financing for a project aimed at upgrading the equipment, practices and labour rights of an industry infamous for its...

Scale, capital allocation and shareholder activism were top of the agenda as panelists at a recent Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) conference discussed the best...

You can count the number of true project financings for European and UK interconnectors on one hand. But following changes to regulation, and more expected to follow in...

Hydrogen projects are ballooning given the stronger focus on energy transition from policymakers and energy majors in the wake of the pandemic. But where’s the level of...

Government-led mandatory ESG reporting needs to evolve globally into a more stringent and standardised framework to push commodities trading corporates, first movers in...

Crude oil producers got a sharp wake-up call with the recent Dutch court ruling against Shell. In a fast changing world many of the big oil producers need a wake up to...

Amid the ongoing litigations and investigations related to Greensill Capital, including the eagerly awaited UK Serious Fraud Office investigation into Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG...

The mining sector is becoming a new frontier for green finance, as lenders take a greater interest in ESG issues. While green finance in mining has the potential to...

Has the secret sauce to trade digitisation been discovered in MLETR and is it something that will get over a decade of industry fatigue on the subject? Will the trade...

With 80% of world trade requiring shipping to one degree or another, it is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. So what can be done to facilitate the green...

Born out of the concern that financial institutions were not adequately accounting for their exposure to climate-related risks, TCFD has targeted industry-wide adoption,...