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How to Finance Sustainable Supply Chain - Member Spotlight #3 with RootAnt
18 March 2021
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At the SME Finance Forum, we strongly believe that each and every member institution has a wealth of unique experiences in serving their MSME clients. Therefore, we introduce a new initiative, the Member Spotlight, to provide our member institutions a stage on which to share knowledge and experience, as well as specific products and services they consider relevant and useful for the global community of SME financiers.
The second edition of this new initiative is with member RootAnt.
RootAnt is a supply chain finance software company, creating and connecting enterprises and financial institutions for cheaper and greener financial services. With the mission of unlocking trillions in global supply chains in a sustainable manner, RootAnt leverages movable assets, such as receivables and inventories, to improve the working capital that could be used to grow SMEs. Headquartered in Singapore, RootAnt also has offices in China and Japan.
How to Finance Sustainable Supply Chain
Learn how banks can support the financing of SME on sustainable value chain
Supply chain finance is a key area where sustainable behaviors can be encouraged and incentivized. Embedding sustainability factors into supply chain finance assigns value to supply chain sustainability programs, and it provides incentives to suppliers down the value chain especially the SME suppliers. This has the potential to unlock hidden markets and create new revenue streams to banks, fundamentally transforming supply chain across the world. Real change must come from the top. Leading companies have since recognized that sustainability challenges within their supply chain present risks to business continuity, not just in the short term. As a result, most have supply chain sustainability programs in place to manage the environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks in their supply chain. Though the effectiveness of these programs has been limited and largely based on supplier assessment and audit activities.
Hear from industry experts on the importance and potential of sustainable supply chain finance for APAC in the coming years, how collaboration plays a major role in the success and how SMEs can benefit greatly from the mainstream adoption of this program.
Moderator
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Speakers
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A summary of the session will be posted on the blogs section.
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