This weekly news digest is created by community members in the Hyperledger Supply Chain and Trade Finance Special Interest Group as a way to keep people up to date on the latest developments in this space. If you have news to share that you would like to let the group know about, please feel free to edit this wiki page or join one of the upcoming group meetings and share your news with other group members.
News:
a. Supply Chain Management:
b. Trade Finance:
- Debt Distress and the Right to Food in hashtag#Africa
- Multilateralism and Global Debt Reform: Key Drivers of Sustainable Development.
- The customs knowledge gap is a barrier that impedes women from participating effectively in mining hashtag#tradefacilitation, hashtag#AfCFTA
- Understanding Electronic Records in URDTT
- Korean companies “are on course this year to register the highest number of anti-dumping cases against Chinese competitors since 2002
- Leveraging Data for Supply Chain Intelligence: The Future of Smart Logistics
- The Second Issue of CiFi 101 - The Future of Trade Finance
c. Sustainability & ESG
- Ahead of COP 16, IISD and 14 other organizations have joined forces in a call to action to transform key economic sectors for biodiversity.
- Accelerating the Global Transition to a Bio-based Economy: The Strategic Role of Policy by World Economic Forum
- Navigating due diligence regulations can feel like trying to solve a puzzle. With increasing demand from companies to uphold environmental, social, and governance standards, the regulatory environment around sustainability is becoming increasingly complex.
- Simplifying the Digital Product Passport Vision with NFC" e
- eshaping how businesses interact with nature: the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).
- JBM Ecolife Mobility, a subsidiary of JBM Group, has secured close to $86 million loan facility from Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
- How can countries and regions align policy goals with economic analysis to drive progress on hashtag#SDGs at the national level?
- Surging air freight, blank sailings, and the impending strike on the USA East Coast are all part of the impending disruptions that customers should be aware of.
- How ESG Issues Become Financially Material to Corporations and Their Investors
- Global Innovation Index 2024
- The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) published yesterday an intensive report on Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2023. Released on the 25th. Sept. 202
- Corporate Environmental Due Diligence and Reporting in the EU: Legal analysis of the EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence and policy recommendations for transposition into national law | September 2024
- The IFRS Foundation has published a guide for companies as investors call for voluntary application of hashtag#ISSB Standards.
- The World Bank Group and the IFRS Foundation today announce their commitment to expand the coverage of their existing partnership to the adoption of sustainability standards in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs).
- MSCI ESG Ratings and the Cost of Capital | 2024: ESG and Climate and Energy Sector Case Studies
Events:
- Sept 29-Oct. 2, 2024: CSCMP’s EDGE Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition, Nashville, TN
- Nov 19-21, 2024: Future of Freight Festival, Chattanooga, TN
- Feb 10-12, 2025: Manifest, Las Vegas, NV