With trader and producer SMEs often left without affordable or attainable bank or alternative lender liquidity, the relationships between corporates is even more crucial at a time when the industry is making constant changes towards a greener future. This panel will look at how medium to large corporates are working with smaller producers to bridge the financing gap, and navigate the energy transition. 

·       Is this support going beyond financing, and towards logistics and hedging support?

·       Can the trading arm of corporates be instrumental to expand the pool of lenders for independent producers, especially in view of the lowering appetite from traditional lenders?

·     How are corporates pushing the energy transition by investing in new technologies and providing funding for low carbon and renewables production?