The modern treasury and finance operation has so much more to offer any forward-looking business, beyond its traditional core competencies.
Sustainability is one such area, encompassing not only the current issues at the heart of business resilience, but the defining transformational and growth opportunities of our generation.
In this Citi GPS report, two pieces of proprietary research were conducted in conjunction with Citi’s Services business.
In our first analysis, we found that companies with the most sophisticated treasury operations tend to be the most advanced in their sustainability journey.
Our second piece of analysis looks at net-zero-alignment across the supply chains of 1,500 companies, highlighting the risks of supply chain lock-out and, conversely, the opportunity to drive broader systemic change via innovative financial instruments such as sustainable supply chain finance.
This provides a compelling example of the power of an engaged treasury, and how its unique visibility and influence across business ecosystems and supply chains can manage and mitigate risks and drive systemic change.
'Sustainable Transitions: Unleashing the Power of Treasury' highlights why the treasury function must be central to any successful sustainable transition, and why it needs to be involved from the start, shaping the discussion, ensuring scrutiny of the facts, and maintaining rigor in implementation.
We examine the opportunity of expanding treasury’s remit, impact, influence and contribution through the lens of sustainable finance.
In doing so, we find that sustainable finance has the power to create a new generation of more broadly engaged treasury operations, with a full seat at the corporate strategy table.