#41 - Weekly News Digest 20241014-1020

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:

• The digital product passport

• https://www.policyaddress.gov.hk/2024/en/p96.html

• The Rising Threat of Counterfeit Goods in Europe and How Digital Product Passports Can Help

b. Trade Finance:

• Advancing Open Finance: The APERTA Project

• Framing Sustainable Supply Chain Finance: How to Integrate Supply Chain Sustainability Practices with Supply Chain Finance Solutions

• As countries begin trading under the AfCFTA guided trade, African governments are working to reduce trade costs and increase access to trade finance to help SMEs stay competitive.

• As trade between Africa and China continues to hit record highs, industry insiders are calling for wider adoption of technology that can digitalise manual processes and connect banks and corporates in real time.

• Unlocking Global Trade: Effective Financial Options for Open Account Transactions

• The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has launched a new technical framework to evaluate the reliability of digital trade services

• Navigating the Complexities of Accessing Business Registries Across hashtag#Asia

• The APERTA Initiative

c. Sustainability & ESG

• The Future of Sustainability Reporting: ESRS Implementation and Digital Transformation

• The Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA)

• The Green Future Index 202

• Exploring EFRAG's Implementation Guidance on Value Chains

• In anticipation of hashtag#Biodiversity hashtag#COP16 in Cali, Colombia, The World Bank and IFC - International Finance Corporation are stepping up efforts to reverse biodiversity losses and protect natural capital that supports national economies and millions of jobs.

• Case Studies on Transition Finance and Decarbonization Contribution Methodologies

• Can we still meet our commitments to halt and reverse nature loss, including putting 30 per cent of the planet and 30 per cent of degraded ecosystems under protection by 2030?

• IFC - International Finance Corporation is investing in hashtag#Türkiye’s first hashtag#bluebond issuance by QNB Türkiye, alongside the bank’s hashtag#greenbond issuance, to boost the country’s hashtag#climatefinance market.

• The International Carbon Registry (ICR) has published updates to its Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Program, incorporating feedback from a recent public consultation.

• Gold Standard’s Hugh Salway and Kavya Bajaj will attend this event, actively engaging with governments, project developers, and other stakeholders and discussing the future of carbon markets.

• Envisioning a Seamless Digital Sustainability Reporting Ecosystem

• Governance in the Age of Generative AI: A 360° Approach for Resilient Policy and Regulation

• Greenuym

• https://www.linkedin.com/posts/manaadiar_esg-what-it-means-why-it-matters-and-making-activity-7253013709759934464-WjGV?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

• Farming the Future: Harvesting Malaysia’s Agricultural Resilience through Digital Technologies

• ligning Nature-Related Disclosures: Insights from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) Collaboration

• Towards an ASEAN Innovation Ecosystem: Start-up Creation for Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Development

• The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism hashtag#CBAM, introduced in late 2023, is just the first step in the global shift towards pricing carbon in imported goods.

• CiFi 101: The Future of Trade Finance!

• Modelling Approach for hashtag#Alkaline Water Electrolysers

• Bioeconomy

• ESMA's first final report on its draft technical standards under hashtag#MiCA will be amended in line with feedback provided by the European Commission

• Powering trade

• #PlatformThinking: A Key Driver for hashtag#Sustainability-Driven Innovation

• Addressing the Giants: Integrating Nature in Regulations for Systemically Important Banks: CDP & WWF

• With just a few days until COP16 Colombia, are businesses and governments turning the tide on hashtag#NatureLoss?

• arbon Pricing in the Power Sector Role and design for transitioning toward net-zero carbon development

Events:

• Nov 19-21, 2024: Future of Freight Festival, Chattanooga, TN

• Feb 10-12, 2025: Manifest, Las Vegas, NV