#31 - Weekly News Digest 20230814-0820

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

Edition #31 - 2023:

• Merging physical and digital tools to build resilient supply chains | MIT Technology Review
• "#biodiversity finance reference guide - Buiuilding on the #greenbond principles and green loan principles "
• "Cacao, #reforestation and #restoration ":
• "Why Is the World Facing a #foodcrisis ? | The Development Podcast":
• MAKING NATURE MARKETS WORK - Shaping a Global Nature Economy in the 21st Century
• "Can FIs lead the World's #ESG charge with Pioneering and Transparent Data Visualisation?"
• "Guidance on how to submit a Harmonized System Change Proposal"
• "Alfred H Knight joins MaDiTraCe PROJECT for #digitalproductpassport ":
• "#tanzania : #africa ’s rising #agricultural powerhouse"
• "Gabon finalises first debt-for-nature swap in #africa ":
• "The potential of #africa to capture technology-intensive #globalsupplychains ":
• "UN/CEFACT Single Window Assessment Methodology Explained":
• "United Nations #foodsystems Summit+2 Wraps Up with Commitments to Fight #climatechange and Reverse #biodiversityloss ";:
• "The State of African #energy Q2 2023 Outlook" - African Energy Chamber.
• "Igniting the path to a greener future through sustainable investment." 
• "#commodity #tokenization is the economic aid Africa needs"
• "Computer science can help #farmers explore #sustainablefarming  methods":
• "#agritech and #fintechs Providers in #eastafrica and #southernafrica : A landscape assessment":
• "UK legislation will boost global #eBL uptake, says Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA)":
• "#eastafrica Economic Outlook 2023 (African Development Bank Group)":
• "Fostering #collaboration to address #environmentalchallenges in #africa :
• "The agricultural #transition: Building a #sustainablefuture - McKinsey & Company"
• "#criticalminerals Outlooks Comparison - A Report by the IEF - International Energy Forum and The Payne Institute of Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines"
• "#exportfinance gets a full house in Lisbon":
• "#tokenization : A #digitalasset déjà vu":
• "A Practical Guide to #sustainabilityreporting Using GRI and SASB #standards - Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) - Sustainability Accounting Standards Board"