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Global Finance magazine announced the winners of the Innovators 2020 Awards. ING was awarded four times, including Most Innovative Bank in Western Europe.

ING Wholesale Banking made an overview of frequently asked questions (FAQ) for its clients of recent and upcoming developments regarding the transition of interest rate benchmarks.

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Monika Collée-Nussbaum is Global Director Communications and CSR at Teleplan International, she talks to us about what has driven the company to adopt a circular economy model, and outlines the factors helping to accelerate the growth of secondary consumer markets for electronic devices.

Joanna Drake, the Deputy Director-General for the European Commission’s Directorate-General for the Environment talks to us about why the electronics and fashion industries are key priorities for the Commission’s work on the circular economy, and why government, business and consumers must all play a part in Europe’s circular transition.

Thibault Sorret is a Chief of Staff at Canada-based sustainable agriculture and technology company Lufa Farms. Thibault explains to us how Lufa Farmsuses its hyper-local model as a way to engage consumers, and how it hopes to overcome some of the remaining hurdles to making food systems sustainable.

We interviewed Daan Weddepohl, Founder and CEO of Netherlands-based device- and appliance-sharing platform Peerby, for his take on the future of product sharing business models.

ING’s, Anne van Riel writes about the role finance has to play in the future of business sustainability.

Do you know your CDP from your CDSB? What about GHCP and GIIRS? It can feel at times like the green finance space is awash with acronyms. Not to worry, though, we’ve pulled together a cheat sheet of the top terms for you to reference as well as some handy green finance links.

Potential business gains from the circular economy are vast—and adoption is critical to future competitiveness, But without consumer buy-in, it may all be in vain. Here are 4 reasons why business must lead the transition, and help consumers see the value of circular practices.

New York City can, and should, be a role model for creating sustainable cities, and city parks are central to that vision—offering not only essential green space, but also programs and initiatives that support people, communities—and the planet.

Nate Hurst, chief sustainability and social impact officer at HP, says business and consumer appetite for “as-a-service” models is on the rise. As a forerunner in adopting the circular economy philosophy, HP is well-positioned to respond.

2018 was another successful year for ING Americas with a number of industry award wins with IJGlobal, Global Transport Finance, Bond & Loans and PFI.

In 2018, we surveyed 200 US executives and found that sustainability is now a well-established feature on the US corporate agenda, with companies with more mature initiatives seeing it as a revenue driver. This year, we took our survey further and focused on sustainability in action by looking at the approaches US firms are undertaking to embed practices within their business models.

US technology giant Dell has long been an industry leader on implementing sustainable business practices. The company’s vice president of sustainability, David Lear, explains how these practices have smoothed the organization’s transition towards a circular economy model - and the importance of ‘rethinking the entire business’ to embed circularity.

It seems like a day doesn't go by without a new headline around the growing trade dispute between the US and China. Regardless of if a compromise is reached, or if there's yet further escalation of tariffs, the rivalry between the two superpowers looks set to define the first half of the 21st century. ING's senior economist Carsten Brzeski discusses.

It is an exciting time for agriculture, as never before have so few fed so many, and with new challenges on the horizon and 'disruption' as the buzzword of today, the way we think about food, from finance to fork, is changing. Earlier this year, ING hosted a two-day event in Dallas to examine the future of food as we know it from production to consumption. The audience heard from industry leaders and trendsetters in agriculture, manufacturing, supply chain, retail, and technology.

In commercial real estate space, both debt and equity market players are focusing more and more on the importance of environmental attributes of their assets. However, what are the next steps as finance, operational performance, and sustainability come together?

Although still in early stages in markets of the Americas, the circular economy is of growing significance to businesses here, as more companies embrace circular business models to build new revenue streams, reduce costs and make operations more efficient.

Heather Lang, executive director of Sustainable Finance Solutions at Sustainalytics, a leading independent ESG research and ratings provider, discusses some of the innovations spurring growth of the green finance market and how they are creating new opportunities for the North American corporate market.

China has retaliated to US plans to impose tariffs on its goods. Stock markets have fallen after this tit-for-tat action. So, where are we and what's likely to happen next? Watch the video.

Instead of unleashing a trade war against China and criticising European trade policies, US workers would be better off if Trump adopted European-style labour policies, says ING's economist Raoul Leering.

Four scenarios for how trade wars could unfold and how costly a global trade war would be for major economies - as well as the implications for the US dollar and global risk sentiment.

According to President Trump, the US trade deficit is the result of unfair trade policies by other countries. In his view, there isn't a level playing field between the US and many of its trading partners. Read ING's analysis.

Trade wars are good and easy to win, according to US President Trump, but higher tariffs lead to few winners and many losers. If the current ‘tit for tat’ rhetoric between the US and EU really results in a trade war, neither will walk away scot-free