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RECYCLING Dow, LyondellBasell, Nova Chemicals join together to reclaim polyolefins / Closed Loop Circular Plastics Fund starts with USD 25m	31.05.2021
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT DuPont shareholders ask company to disclose pellet-loss figures / NGO challenges US plastics producers on Operation Clean Sweep	13.05.2021
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT World Bank: Under 25% of available plastics recycled in Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines / USD 6 bn in possible income lost annually in Southeast Asia	22.04.2021
MANAGEMENT Sale-and-leaseback financing / Opportunity to increase liquidity and free up the balance sheet / Consideration needed for asset values, running times and “rights to separate satisfaction”	12.04.2021
PLASTICS AND FINANCE Banks supported plastics supply chain with over USD 1.7 tn from 2015-2019 / Calls for governments to hold lenders liable for results of financing / Portfolio Earth report	29.01.2021
ASIA Economic activity set to rebound in 2021 / Slow, partial decoupling from China / New US administration to have positive effect on Chinese relations / Atradius report	27.01.2021
WASTE MANAGEMENT Move to circular economy creates new opportunities / Investment considerations include feedstock security, market disruptors and price trajectories / Eunomia report	18.11.2020
CIRCULAR ECONOMY UNEP calls on investors to back circular economy / More scrutiny of potential clients in financial industry's own interest / Plastics suppliers play important role / Pandemic has sent “mixed signals”	10.11.2020
GLOBAL ECONOMY Insolvencies to rise amid Covid-19 crisis / Hardest hit countries in 2020-2021 include US, Brazil, China / Euler Hermes report	08.09.2020
MANAGEMENT Late payments rise in North America as Covid-19 pandemic bites / Mexico hardest hit / More companies using insurance and guarantees against default / Atradius report	24.08.2020
PLASTICS TAX EU summit agrees budget and coronavirus recovery fund / Plastics industry criticises levy on non-recyclable packaging	22.07.2020
CHINA Economic growth to decline sharply in 2020 due to Covid-19 and trade dispute with the US / Oil demand looks set to recover in Q2 / Atradius and Wood Mackenzie reports	08.06.2020
GLOBAL ECONOMY GDP to contract by 3.3% this year / EU market could see impaired border restrictions until 2021 / Euler Hermes report	28.05.2020
POLAND Plastics production and sales climb in 2019 / Insolvencies set to rise / Automotive sector under pressure	20.12.2019
MANAGEMENT Insolvencies for Western Europe rise in 2019 / US-China trade war and Brexit key drivers / Nearly 30% of invoices are unpaid at due date / Atradius report	13.12.2019
MANAGEMENT Payment risk in German automotive industry worsens / Margins fall due to higher material and labour costs / Stiff competition challenges SMEs / More European supplier insolvencies expected / Atradius “Market Monitor” 2019	02.12.2019
MANAGEMENT Rising costs and weak profitability greatest challenges for European SMEs / Hong Kong most worried about global economic health / Two surveys identify key warning signs pre bankruptcy	22.11.2019
MANAGEMENT Changes in EU regulations to decrease banks' willingness to finance SMEs / Current over-reliance on bank financing / Euler Hermes report	28.10.2019
PLASTIC PACKAGING EuPC says EU member states should reject multiannual financial framework / Levy could lead industry into recession / Long-term consequences are unpredictable	15.10.2019
MANAGEMENT Payment default risks rise in Turkey / Construction industry particularly risky / Uncertainties threaten plastics sector / Atradius report	09.09.2019
MANAGEMENT High payment risks in the Nordic region / Liquidity shortage risk in construction and retail industries / Atradius report	02.09.2019
MANAGEMENT More Asia-Pacific businesses taking a strategic approach to credit management / Total value of B2B sales on credit rise to 55.5% from 48.1% last year / Atradius report	15.07.2019
MANAGEMENT Global average payment duration fell to 65 days in 2018 in line with economic slowdown / China sees longest average payment term / Electronics and construction sectors suffer / Euler Hermes report	11.06.2019
MANAGEMENT Global insolvencies forecast to rise in 2019 led by China / Western Europe a key contributor to top business failures / North America to plateau / Euler Hermes report	01.03.2019
UNITED KINGDOM UK corporate insolvencies likely to rocket in the face of a "no-deal" Brexit / Atradius report	30.01.2019

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