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Commodities Innovations Awards 2024 | Agefi.com
In an era marked by numerous economic, geopolitical and energy transition challenges, the Commodities industry plays a central role. Despite the significant impact of traders in metals & ores, agriculture or energy, their work and added value are underestimated by the public. To address this, Ampersand World will organize this fall the first “Commodities Innovations Awards”.
Commodities: Back to Fundamentals - Agefi.com
Commodities is an annual supplement to L’Agefi, in collaboration with the Swiss Trading and Shipping Association (STSA). This year, it is also edited with Finanz und Wirtschaft.
How banks support battery value chain for a greener future
The majority of banks active in commodity trade finance (CTF) in Switzerland are committed towards global decarbonization efforts by financing the physical trade of critical raw materials required for the energy transition.
“Commodity Traders Contribute Significantly to the Added Value …
Helene Budliger Artieda has been Director of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs since August 1st, 2022, and is a former Swiss Ambassador to Thailand and South Africa.The Zurich-born diplomat has also been active in the field of export promotion. Last February, the Secretary of State led the Swiss delegation to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Meeting in …
Food Security in a Changing World | Agefi.com
Faced with the challenge of the population explosion, grain trading specialist Bunge is adapting to climatic and geopolitical challenges, to ensure a resilient and sustainable supply chain. With the UN projecting the world’s population to reach nearly 10 billion by 2050, sustainably feeding an ...
From Hydrocarbons to Electrons, the evolving Energy Landscape
At the COP28 climate conference in Dubai more than 120 countries signed a pledge to triple global renewable energy capacity and double the average annual rate of energy efficiency improvements by the end of the decade. Arguably this was the most consequential commitment to emerge from the conference ...
How can finance shape a nature-positive economy? | Agefi.com
2022年9月29日 · According to the World Economic Forum, around $44 trillion in annual economic value generation – over half of the world’s GDP – is moderately or highly dependent on nature. In reality, nature powers all industry and enterprise.. Yet with one million species at risk of extinction, and the risk of catastrophic global heating of 2.7°C or more, we face a double emergency of nature loss and ...
Is the Swiss franc that strong? - Agefi.com
The franc's sharp appreciation, particularly against the euro, has led a number of business sectors to sound the alarm. However, this strengthening must be put into perspective, given that inflation in Switzerland is much lower than in neighboring countries. If the franc has indeed strengthened in 2023, this follows a marked fall in previous years.
Lessons from the Flowbank case - Agefi.com
Press freedom has suffered a blow. It took more than eight months of fighting before the super-provisional measures imposed on «L'Agefi» and its readers last October, at the request of Flowbank, were finally lifted on Wednesday.This is an important victory, not so much for the now bankrupt neobank, but for the media and public information in general.