Tag: esg

Balancing core financial performance and meeting ESG regulatory standards is becoming a fine line for corporates to walk, according to senior executives at Towngas and Kerry Logistics Network.

The principles published by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) will help provide standardised guidelines for trade finance products.

By embedding ESG principles into treasury, cash management and financing strategies, RGE has been awarded three accolades at the CorporateTreasurer Awards 2024: Best ESG Initiative, Excellence in Cash Management, and Leading Woman in Treasury.

The addition to SC’s transaction banking arm, initially in Hong Kong and Singapore, aims to help businesses meet ESG-related targets.

During a panel at the recent Sustainable Treasurer Forum, senior executives shared hurdles faced by Apac firms with large supply chains, as ESG requirements ramp up.

The solution is designed to facilitate the bank’s corporate clients on their ESG journey, by contributing to initiatives empowering women in China.

The Chinese bank has agreed to explore ESG data model interoperability, assessment framework normalisation, and product innovation for sustainable financing to corporate clients, with Project Greenprint.

While the vast majority of SMEs want to be more sustainable, only 28% of those surveyed have so far taken action, with regulatory concerns a priority.

CFOs’ roles, including in Apac, are starting to include ESG, M&A and driving change, as finance leaders exert more influence on business growth and other strategies, but barriers remain to becoming a CEO, according to a Egon Zehnder survey.

Senior female leaders spoke with CT about how finance teams can drive gender equality – through mindset change, organisational efforts and financing tools.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is cementing its leading position at the forefront of Japan’s energy transition with its seventh green bond issuance — and proving to be an inspiration for similarly sized urban areas around the world.

OCBC’s impressive run at the CorporateTreasurer awards includes winning top honours for its digital, and FX and hedging solutions across Asia Pacific and Singapore, and best sustainable treasury solutions for Singapore. CorporateTreasurer spoke to OCBC for a deeper insight into the factors that drove this result and what the future holds.