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John Winchcombe

27 Feb. 2026

3 min read

Where to Start Measuring Carbon Emissions

MyCarbon, a climate consultancy that has previously presented at Cash Sustainability Forums, has developed a structured, online training programme in carbon accounting. The course teaches methodologies fully aligned with the leading international frameworks, including the GHG Protocol, ISO 14064 (Parts 1–3), ISO 14067 (product carbon footprints), ISO 14068 (carbon neutrality), and relevant net-zero guidance, thus enabling organisations to measure and manage their carbon emissions with confidence and credibility.

Sustainability

John Winchcombe

27 Feb. 2026

2 min read

Measuring Climate Change

There is that saying, ‘you do what you measure’ and SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-bound) objectives are part of all our lives. Measurement matters.

Sustainability

John Winchcombe

24 Sept. 2025

2 min read

Sustainability Past the ‘Hype Cycle’

The Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), a member-based organisation committed to helping banks address the effects of climate change and associated economic impact, has ‘initiated a member vote to decide on a proposed transition from a membership-based alliance to establishing its guidance as a new framework initiative’. This follows the decision by every large bank member in the US and Canada, and several others outside North America, to leave the organisation, with most departing between late 2024 and mid-2025.

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John Winchcombe

23 July 2025

3 min read

Sustainability and Cash Management in Thailand

At May’s Currency Conference the Bank of Thailand’s (BOT) Anak Somkanae, Senior Director, Payment Infrastructure and Services Strategy and Development Department, presented on cash logistics and its significant carbon footprint and. Separately, Montira Pattanakul, Senior Director, Banknote Operations Department took part in panel discussion on the cash product from cradle to grave. These two sessions gave an excellent overview of the BOT’s cash operations.

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John Winchcombe

23 July 2025

3 min read

Driving Environmental Change

ATMIA recently held a webinar with Diebold Nixdorf (DN) looking at the role of ATMs in sustainable banking. Contributors were Helena Mueller, VP Europe, Matt Phillips, Head of Banking, UK & Ireland and Raoul Meichtry, Managing Director, Switzerland.

Sustainability

John Winchcombe

28 April 2025

2 min read

New Cash Environmental Resource Launched

Reconnaissance, working with Currency Publications, started a programme of sustainability-related projects at the end of 2021 with the publication of ‘Cash: A Roadmap to Sustainability’. Since then, we have continued a programme of work which has been made freely available in an effort to help reduce our industries environmental impact.

Sustainability

John Winchcombe

28 April 2025

3 min read

Focusing on Banknote Sustainability in the Americas

A new survey of central banks and state printing works in Latin America, Central America and the Caribbean has identified their environmental priorities. 42% of countries in the region replied, and their answers have been used to shape the agenda for a day dedicated to a workshop on Cash Sustainability on Monday 9 June in Rio de Janeiro. The event is being held in conjunction with the International Currency Association.

Sustainability

John Winchcombe

28 April 2025

2 min read

The Importance of Scope 3 Reporting

MyCarbon, who spoke at the Cash Sustainability Forum™, has recently teamed up with Santander Bank to explain about Scope 3 reporting of greenhouse gas emissions for small and medium size enterprises (SMEs).

Sustainability

John Winchcombe

26 March 2025

5 min read

The Changing Role of Procurement and Sustainability

The Dutch National Bank (DNB) reported on the sustainability work of the Joint European Tender (JET) group at the Intergraf Currency+Identity conference. This is a tangible banknote specific example of an approach to using procurement to drive change.

Sustainability

John Winchcombe

28 Feb. 2025

3 min read

New White Paper Offers Options to Manage the Cash Cycle Better

A new white paper investigates how cash management is changing and best practice for optimising efficiency, thereby reducing the cost and environmental impact of cash. Written by John Winchcombe of Reconnaissance International (co-publishers of Cash & Payment News™) and Paul Blond of The Blond Group, with help from the ATM Industry Association (ATMIA), the paper focuses on what happens to cash once it has been issued, because that is where the majority of the environmental impact of cash occurs.

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John Winchcombe

28 Jan. 2025

4 min read

UK Cash Industry Environmental ‘Wins’

Members of the UK’s Cash Industry Environmental Charter (CIEC) Group have shared best practice and worked together since 2021 with the aim of reducing the carbon footprint of notes and coins in the cash cycle.

Sustainability

John Winchcombe

22 July 2024

9 min read

Making the Cash Cycle Work More Sustainably

The European Central Bank’s Product Environmental Footprint study found that 82% of the environmental impact of banknotes happened post-issue. In addition, all around the world cash usage is changing. Stakeholders are having to rethink how cash is organised.

Sustainability

John Winchcombe

22 July 2024

5 min read

Where the Cash Industry is on Sustainability

The Cash Sustainability Forum, which took place in Frankfurt last month, concluded with a panel discussion exploring who should lead and drive environmental change in the cash area.

Sustainability

Matt Philipps

25 May 2024

5 min read

Sustainable Cash Operations for the Future of Banking

The payments landscape continues to shift as digital innovation introduces and shapes new customer offerings. In line with this, we all recognise that how we are using cash is evolving – but it is clear that cash is here to stay and remains an important part of the payments mix for end consumers.

Sustainability

John Winchcombe

21 May 2024

2 min read

Explaining the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

For Europe, the key piece of environmental legislation is the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). The European Commission estimates 50,000 companies around the world will be affected, with the first companies having to apply the new rules from as early as 2025, for financial years beginning on or after 1 January 2024.

Sustainability

John Winchcombe

23 April 2024

2 min read

Explaining the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

Sustainability

John Winchcombe

18 April 2024

5 min read

Sustainability and Cash Services – Bantas, A Case in Point

BANTAS is a joint subsidiary of three commercial banks, and the leading cash services provider in Turkey. It has about 1,800 employees, 46 cash centres with 490 armoured vehicles across the country. It is the sole provider in Northern Cyprus.

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John Winchcombe

31 Jan. 2023

4 min read

An ABC of Carbon Offsetting

There will be very few organisations that can eliminate carbon emissions completely, and most organisations are going to take a number of years to get anywhere close.

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John Winchcombe

21 Dec. 2022

3 min read

Sustainability Thoughts from the Payment Industry

A recent article on the Raconteur website looked at what the payment industry is doing on decarbonisation. It is worth having a look at what others are doing, particularly since cash is sometimes looked at in the frame of payments generally.

Sustainability

John Winchcombe

6 Dec. 2022

10 min read

Sustainability Takes Centre Stage

If you were not in Edinburgh for the Cash & Payments Sustainability Forum™ you missed something special, the first ever event dedicated to sustainability for this industry.

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Latest News

Where to Start Measuring Carbon Emissions

Measuring Climate Change

Sustainability Past the ‘Hype Cycle’

Sustainability and Cash Management in Thailand

Driving Environmental Change

New Cash Environmental Resource Launched

Focusing on Banknote Sustainability in the Americas

The Importance of Scope 3 Reporting

The Changing Role of Procurement and Sustainability

New White Paper Offers Options to Manage the Cash Cycle Better

UK Cash Industry Environmental ‘Wins’

Making the Cash Cycle Work More Sustainably

Where the Cash Industry is on Sustainability

Sustainable Cash Operations for the Future of Banking

Explaining the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

Explaining the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

Sustainability and Cash Services – Bantas, A Case in Point

An ABC of Carbon Offsetting

Sustainability Thoughts from the Payment Industry

Sustainability Takes Centre Stage

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