#39 - Weekly News Digest 20231016-1022

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

• DHS Supply Chain Traceability Startups Successfully Complete Data Exchange Testing - US Department of Homeland Security

• Israel-Hamas war prompts concerns over global fertilizer supply - Supply Chain Dive

  • "ocean carriers are facing restrictions and in some cases implementing “war risk” surcharges on cargo."
• The Israel-Palestine Conflict Could Disrupt Trade Flows In and Out of the Region - Supply Chain Brain
• Israel -Gaza war disrupting supply chain - The Manila Times
• UPS flights to Israel still suspended, DHL operates - Freightwaves
• War in Israel: The new geopolitical flashpoint for ocean shipping - Freightwaves
• "Landlocked Developing Countries and Trade in Africa - TradeExperettes":
• EVERYBODY IS LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE! - A literature review of reports on emerging technologies and disruptive innovation (European Commission)
• "Policies for the Future of #Farming and #Food in the European Union" (:OECD - OCDE):
• "Bank for International Settlements – BIS Working Papers No 1078 #greenhousegasemissions and bank lending
• Building Circularity into Nationally Determined Contributions - A Practical Toolbox (UN Environment Programme - UNDP - UN Climate Change)
• THE EVOLUTION OF DIGITAL BONDS: RECENT MILESTONES ON THE JOURNEY TO A DIGITAL BOND MARKET IN EUROPE - Clifford Chance
• "Too big for us to fail: The Regulatory Paradox - towards a common, consistent and comparable audit standard for #sustainability #reporting in #trade and #supplychainfinance – action research update" - ITFA - Rebecca Harding
• "Size bias in Refinitiv #ESGdata"
• "The European #SustainableDebtMarket – do issuers benefit from an #ESG pricing effect? " - European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
• "Final adoption of #ESRS a ‘game changer’ for mandatory reporting"- Global Reporting Initiative (GRI):
• "New “Retirement Reason” Option in Verra Registry":
• "HSBC is hiring #digitalassetcustody staff":
• "Bank for International Settlements – BIS Working Papers No WP1129 Big techs in finance "
• "Cotton Coverage":
• "Harmonised #ISO20022 data requirements for enhancing #crossborderpayments – final report":
• "Speeding up the Digitalisation of Trade Finance"
• "Banks and the #netzerotransition. Tracking progress with the TPI #NetZeroBanking Assessment Framework - Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) - The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) - Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment"
• Building Circularity into Nationally Determined Contributions - A Practical Toolbox (UN Environment Programme - UNDP - UN Climate Change)
• #TradeDocuments go digital between Singapore and India - Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore) - UN/CEFACT
• "New report and guide to drive thought leadership in dispute prevention and resolution - ICC United Kingdom":
  
• "UNCTAD: 7 key actions to ensure sustainable and resilient freight transportation"
• "Banking on #nature What the Kunming-Montreal Global #BiodiversityFramework Means for #ResponsibleBanks" - UN Environment Programme
• "India state refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limitedt o use #blockchain to verify purchase orders":
• "European Banking Authority, ESMA issue #crypto entity suitability guidelines":
• "#ESGreporting grant scheme for SMEs - PwC":
• "China uses digital RMB to settle first #crossborder oil transaction":
• CLIMATE CROSSROADS: FISCAL POLICIES IN A WARMING WORLD:.
• "India state refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limitedt o use #blockchain to verify purchase orders":
• "European Banking Authority, ESMA issue #crypto entity suitability guidelines":
• "Closing the Climate Action Gap: Accelerating Decarbonization and the Energy Transition in MENA - World Economic Forum":
• "Making Peace with Nature A scientific blueprint to tackle the climate, biodiversity and pollution emergencies - UN Environment Programme"
• "Evolution of Non-Fungible Tokens - World Economic Forum - Bain & Company"
• "How climate change affects water markets globally"::