Trade For Prosperity Reuters channel
We are underestimating how many companies want paperless international trade Santander UK’s recent Trade Barometer survey found that 35% of UK companies trading internationally say bureaucracy is a barrier to trading overseas. At the same time, 45% of all businesses said that they would use electronic bills of lading, a key data set in international […]
Business accommodation made easy with Premier Inn
As the UK’s top rated hotel chain*, we’ve put the focus on brilliant business stays for many years – however big or small your business may be. What you can count on when you book with us: a choice of rooms to suit your needs, free Wi-Fi to help you stay connected, a tasty breakfast and […]
The Impact of AI and digital tools on Supply Chain Efficiency and transparency
John Simkins,Head of Sector & Country Specialists, Corporate and Commercial Banking, Santander UK plc At a recent Supply Chain Tech conference, it was brilliant to see how businesses across the logistics and wider supply chain industries are using AI and digital tools to drive efficiency and transparency across key elements of the supply chain. Until […]
Basecamp Research Biodiversity Collaborations Support Biodiversity Conservation
Authors: Topics: 1 ) The importance of biodiversity for humanity and the life science industry How reliant have humans been on mother nature over the past 200,000 years? Human reliance on mother nature’s biodiversity extends far beyond essential resources such as clean air, water, food and shelter. Biodiversity plays a critical role in essential ecosystem […]
Greening supply chains: Turning compliance into a strategic advantage
By George Riddell and Danny Vu As businesses seek to green their supply chains, through actions such as decarbonising production processes and reducing the use of plastics, they are having to navigate compliance obligations for new regulations across multiple jurisdictions. Businesses need to think about these developments differently and overcome existing organisational silos. We look […]
Key enablers for a circular economy
International Chamber of Commerce As described by the United Nations (UN), humanity is facing a triple planetary crisis1, made up of three interlinking issues – climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss. These issues are all driven by human activities and pose significant threats to the Earth’s ecosystems, as well as to the well-being and survival […]
The Nature Positive Business Pledge
‘On a journey to bring nature back’ NATURE IS AT THE CORE OF BUSINESS ‘There is no business on a dead planet’ – Business for Nature Call to Action Nature is being degraded faster than at any other time in human history. One million species are near extinction and the world’s tropical rainforests, coral reefs […]
Key Takeaways
The message was loud and clear at the International Trade for Prosperity Week in November. It is only through effective collaboration that we can tackle the challenge of reducing scope 3 emissions and successfully meet our sustainable development goals. Businesses were urged to “Act now” rather than wait to perfect their approach. An in-depth conversation […]
Sustainability Matters For Business
Rt Hon Lord Jack McConnell, Chair, APPG for the Global Goals In 2015 I was very happy to see the new United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development rooted in a wider agenda of prosperity and economic opportunity everywhere to make sure that individuals rescued from extreme poverty and vulnerability were independent not dependent as […]
The Emperor’s New Climate Scenarios
Sandy Trust, Sanjay Joshi, Tim Lenton, Jack Oliver, Institute and Faculty of Actuaries “A development of realistic qualitative and quantitative climate scenarios is required, along with model development to better capture risk drivers, uncertainties and impacts” Climate-change scenario modelling is now increasingly mainstream in financial services. Financial regulators across the world are mandating that regulated […]
5 considerations for utilising contracts for climate action
The Chancery Lane Project Contracts are one of the easiest levers for accelerating decarbonisation goals. They provide clarity and certainty on climate expectations for both parties and turn voluntary targets into enforceable action. Just as corporate contracts integrate terms that govern delivery times, service specifications and price, climate considerations can be similarly incorporated. This is […]
Trust Payments
Regardless of your needs, Trust Payments provides a seamless commerce experience. We offer a large variety of products and solutions designed to make payments a simple and secure process: Trust Payments specialises in making commerce an increasingly streamlined industry and we help merchants at every step, our services don’t end at processing payments: Our multi-platform […]
