Last week, the Gen10 team joined the collection of industry-leading conferences at Energy Trading Week as event Carbon Markets Partner. As ever, the sessions were packed with insightful debate, best-practice advice and speakers’ own experiences of tackling some of the greatest challenges the energy and commodities industries are facing right now. We noticed that at…
The ever-popular Energy Trading Week is taking place this week in London. Ahead of the conferences, we at Gen10 have been discussing the importance of events like this in fostering conversation and collaboration within the industry. We will be at Energy Trading Week to showcase our Commodity Management solutions and discuss how they can support…
Sustainable cotton is gaining market share. It already accounts for 30% of the global cotton crop, with 22% of the global crop certified by the Better Cotton Initiative alone, and the non-profit Textile Exchange aims to grow this to a 50% share by just 2025. Proponents of sustainable cotton come from across the industry; Better…
The global push towards renewable energy has led to a surge in the demand for biofuels. This demand is predicted to grow 28% by 2026, based on a 2021 baseline. Much of this growth is due to government policies such as those mandating that refiners blend biofuels into the fuel mix. These fuel policies are…
Energy Trading Week is again just around the corner, taking place in London from 28-29 September. The last several iterations of this conference have highlighted the industry’s growing focus on environmental markets, and the topic is given even more prominence this year, with the Environmental Markets Week conference taking place alongside Energy Trading Week. Gen10…
Data and its management are at the heart of commodity trading. Many older CTRMs do a fine job of capturing trading and associated data but are less than adequate when it comes to allowing easy access to that data, visualising it and sharing it with others. These are often called ‘black boxes’, in which it…
Energy Trading Week is once again taking place in London on 28-29 September 2023. Gen10 are delighted to be returning as sponsors and are looking forward to (re)connecting with the 600+ energy industry colleagues who will be attending. The event plays host to 7 different conferences across the two days, including the 15th edition of…
Introduction As we have explored in the past, traceability is a critical consideration in commodity trading, and is increasingly expected by a wide range of stakeholders. On top of commodity traceability, which verifies the origin and production method of commodities, there are also growing expectations of greater business transparency. These can come from stricter legislation,…
Summary Fraud represents a very real ongoing threat to metals traders. This threat is just one of many risks that metals and commodities merchants manage on a daily basis. The risk highlights just how important it is for all in the metals industry to have robust traceability in place across their operations and suppliers. Whilst…
Gen10 are delighted to announce that Baronie have successfully implemented the CommOS commodity management platform for their leading chocolate business. With a large, multi-location network and an international supply chain, the cocoa experts at Baronie were looking to move away from their previous excel-based processes. Baronie researched the CTRM market specifically looking for a web-based…
