Unleashing your supply chain’s resilience through digital transformation
Digitalisation, dashboards, data, and skills are key to improving the resilience of your supply chain in the current environment.Author: Rowan Austin, Head of Trade Origination & Advisory, NatWest Group“Leveraging new technologies to map supply chains and draw on data-driven insight can lead to lower risk, reduced costs, stronger supplier relationships, making trade more efficient” Knowing […]
New ways of thinking are needed to solve the climate crisis
If we are to truly combat the impact of climate change and move towards a more resilient, net zero world, new ways of thinking and better collaboration will prove critical. Ultimately, how successful we are in achieving our climate goals will be determined by a wide range of factors. New, disruptive technologies have the potential […]
A Better Tomorrow™ for Sustainable Global Value Chains
By John O’Reilly, Group Head of Procurement, Strategy & Sustainability, BAT “We recognise the need for everyone to cut emissions and to increase the engagement with their value chain on this topic” At BAT, we believe businesses and their network of suppliers play a critical role in tackling climate change by helping us to reduce […]
Digital Negotiable Instruments: reimagining global trade finance
By: Kalyan Basu, MD & CEO, Vayana TradeXchange & Dominic Broom, SVP Working Capital Technology, Arqit. “As more countries and businesses adopt digital trade practices, we stand at the dawn of a global trade revolution that promises to redefine the dynamics of international commerce” It’s perfectly possible that you may have missed recent developments in […]
New version of Global Trade Modernization Index launches to accelerate digital trade
“The Index aims to enable a conversation with policymakers about building the capabilities that support an economy and its businesses to engage fruitfully in digital trade” The ICC Digital Standards Initiative, the Asia Global Institute and Milken Institute have announced the launch of the BETA version of the Global Trade Modernization Index (GTMI) in Hong […]
Wayne MillsPull quote“Making trade cheaper, faster, simpler and more sustainable sounds ambitious but it is achievable!”
Overview ICC United Kingdom remains at the forefront of driving positive change in the area of digitalising global trade. English law legal reform with the Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023 (“ETDA”) which removed all legal barriers to digitalising commercial trade documents. Whilst legal reform provides an important foundation to support digitalisation which will deliver multiple […]
Shaping the Future Trade Ecosystem
Shaping the future trade ecosystem including reshaping trade with emerging technologies, assembling the building blocks for digital trade, KTDDE Framework, C4DTI awards shortlist and winners, plus digitising trade and ETDA 2023. * Reshaping Trade with Emerging Technologies: Opportunities, Challenges and Next Steps * From Documents to Data: Assembling the building blocks for digital trade * […]
The global economy remains a fragile state.
The COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical conflict, high inflation and distress in the banking sector have all put pressure on economic growth and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Against this backdrop, exporting is vital – now more than ever – in driving growth opportunities for both businesses and the wider global economy. One […]
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 […]
Global payments made simple
Collecting payments is at the core of every business. It’s essential. But without the right platform in place, it can also be expensive, time-consuming, and a barrier to your customer conversion. That’s why GoCardless offers businesses, just like yours, a better way to get paid. What’s the secret? There isn’t one – we provide direct […]
Championing small e-commerce businesses
How we can help you export to the EU and beyond If you have something to sell, chances are someone, somewhere in the world will want to buy it. Making sure you’re fully customs compliant before you send anything abroad is the key that unlocks the world. We have relationships in more than 230 countries […]
BSI Digital trust
Enabling cyber-resilience in the era of emerging technology Given today’s cyber threat landscape and the emergence of new technologies, it is imperative that organizations have the correct protocols, policies and procedures in place to keep their information safe, data secure, infrastructure robust and ultimately, make them resilient. BSI is at the cornerstone of shaping such […]
