Customers focused on origin, carbon metrics, not just price, Trafigura CEO says

Buyers of commodities have become increasingly focused on the origins of their materials as well as sustainability, not only on price, the chair and chief executive officer of Trafigura has said.

Jeremy Weir told Fastmarkets in an interview on Wednesday January 11 that, before the Covid-19 pandemic, buyers operated on a just-in-time basis, with a focus on price and availability. But,...