21 May 2016
28 April 2016 – The paper was launched at a roundtable co-hosted by Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and the Global Trade Review.
Incentivising the trade of sustainably produced commodities
19 May 2016
April 2016 – This discussion paper explores how to scale up the role that banks can play in supporting the shift towards sustainable soft commodity supply chains.
The Banking Environment Initiative forms ‘Sustainable Trade Finance’ Council
21 March 2016
9 June 2015 – Building on the pilot Sustainable Shipment Letter of Credit for palm oil, the BEI has now formed a ‘Sustainable Trade Finance’ Council.
BEI initiates work on green bonds
21 March 2016
16 June 2015 – As part of expanding its programme of work, the BEI is exploring the value it can add in enabling the stable growth of the green bonds market, itself a powerful contribution to the BEI’s mission to direct capital towards socially and environmentally sustainable economic development.
Banking Environment Initiative co-convenes roundtable on Green Bonds with investors and issuers
21 March 2016
22 October 2015 – The banks of the Banking Environment Initiative (BEI), together with the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) and Clarmondial, convened a roundtable to discuss the Climate Bonds Standard for Investments in Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU). The event was hosted in London by Northern Trust Asset Management.
21 March 2016
21 March 2016 – At the invitation of banking regulators in Jakarta and Beijing, the CISL team and Banking Environment Initiative (BEI) banks recently convened in Indonesia and China to work with local partners to increase the sustainability of the palm oil trade.
J.P. Morgan and Societe Generale join 10 other banks in adopting the 'Soft Commodities' Compact
25 November 2015
26 November 2015 – J.P. Morgan, one of the ten largest banks in the world, has adopted the ‘Soft Commodities’ Compact, becoming the first US bank to join an initiative that mobilises the banking industry to combat deforestation. Last week, French bank Societe Generale also adopted the Compact.
Greening the finance of China’s commodity imports
5 November 2015
5 November 2015 – This week, the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), the Banking Environment Initiative (BEI) and the Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) in Beijing will be holding the first in a series of workshops focusing on ‘Greening the finance of China’s commodity imports’.
Financial Stability and Environmental Sustainability: Briefing for policymakers
11 September 2015
15 September 2015 – Ahead of a series of meetings of central banks and financial regulators in September, CISL and partners have issued a briefing for policymakers to summarise the current thinking on the links between financial stability and environmental (and social) risks.
Ten international banks commit to finance sustainable agricultural commodities by 2020
2 July 2015
3 July 2015 – Standard Chartered Bank today become the tenth bank to formally adopt the Soft Commodities Compact, which aligns the banking industry with The Consumer Goods Forum’s resolution to help achieve zero net deforestation in their supply chains by 2020.
