The BUlletin February 2025 : Financing a sustainable future

21/02/2025
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The BUlletin February 2025 is now available online

February Edition

Financing a sustainable future

Sustainability is no longer merely aspirational. It is reshaping finance, trade, and approaches to risk. In advance of the Berne Union / ICC Joint Sustainability Workshop in London (27-28 February), this edition of the BUlletin explores themes including unlocking green-driven investment for SMEs, aligning export and development finance for sustainable infrastructure, and the role of political risk insurance in fostering long-term investment. We also examine innovation in credit insurance, the evolving debate on down payments and maximum official support, and the implications of Ukraine’s changing status quo for supply chains.


 

Unlocking sustainable finance for SMEs: The role of sustainability reporting

Miriam Koreen, Senior Counsellor,
OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities

 

The role of political risk insurance in advancing sustainable development

Mathilde Closset
Economic Affairs Officer,
UN Trade & Development (UNCTAD)

 

Export finance and development finance: How Acre Impact Capital is providing a nexus for convergence

Gwendolyn Zorn, 
Head of Impact,
Acre Impact Capital

 

Innovation and collaboration in credit insurance: Two strategic sides of the same coin

Dr Khalid Khalafalla, CEO,
ICIEC

 

Peace in Ukraine: Implications for the supply chain and logistics industry

John Manners-Bell, CEO,
Ti Insight, and Foundation for Future Supply Chain

 

Reassessing down payments and maximum official support: Debate and aftermath

Pekka Karkovirta, Vice President, International Relations, Finnvera

If you wish to contribute to the next BUlletin edition, please contact Eve Hall at the Berne Union Secretariat

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