#03 - Weekly News Digest 20240122-0128

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:

• Logistics Management: Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd herald future plans for the ‘Gemini Cooperation’
• Food Safety Magazine: GAO, HHS Urge FDA to Develop Implementation Plan for Food Traceability Final Rule
• McKinsey: Digital twins: The next frontier of factory optimization
• McKinsey: How could Panama Canal restrictions affect supply chains?
• Corporate Climate Responsability Monitor 2023
• Beyond the Hype of Real World Assets
• New Milestone in AI: HM Government's "Generative AI Framework"
• Microalgae, a nature-based solution(hashtag#nbs ), revolutionizes water management
• Sustainable real estate advisory
• Safe and responsible AI in Australia consultation
• Hydrogen Market Potential Evaluation Framework'
• How blockchain can make farm-to-fork meat sourcing transparent and fair
• The Role of Asset-Backed Securitisation: Can It Bridge the Financing Gap for Micro and SMEs?
• Geothermal Energy : Unveiling the Socioeconomic Benefits
• ISS ESG’s Biodiversity Impact Assessment Tool
• perational Vessel Schedules (OVS) Definitions by DCSA
• Plann assessment tool
• Insights from COP28: New Climate Horizon
• Energy transition of fishing fleets - Opportunities and challenges for developing countries
• orests can help us limit climate change
• Meet Tara Tiefholz: Connecting the real world of e-commerce to trade policy
• Can blue bonds hold water in the sustainable debt market?
• An Eye on Methane: 2023
• China’s green tech surge could turn global climate politics on its head
• A Silicon Valley for Climate Tech? It Could Well Be the UAE
• Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Global Trade
• Towards a joint implementation of the 2030 Agenda / SDGs, the Paris Agreement and the Sendai Framework
• The six transformations necessary to achieve the SDGs
• METHODOLOGY FOR THE ENERGY RENOVATION OF HERITAGE BUILDINGS USING BIM
• The Europe Sustainable Development Report 2023/24 (ESDR)
• Corporate Engagement with Voluntary Carbon Market
• Shipping's Future Is Paperless and Digital: So What's Holding Us Back?
• IFC’s investment is part of the global partnership with Allied Climate Partners announced at hashtag#COP28. The contribution will include $10 million from IFC’s own account and up to $5 million from the Finland-IFC Blended Finance for Climate Program (BFCP).
• Overview of ESG integration status in the Arab Region.
• Circularity Gap Report 2024:
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreafrosinini/recent-activity/reactions/#:~:text=Biodiversity%20Loss%3A%20The%20Hidden%20Threat%20To%20Our%20Economy
• How Food Manufacturers Will Embrace Smart Technologies to Achieve Sustainability Goals
• KPMG CSRD implementation
• Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework
• Carbon credits go beyond simply sequestrating hashtag#carbon!
• After COP 28: What's next for adaptation?
• The real carbon footprint of Swedish banks
• Future of Global Fintech
• Sustainability Case Studies
• FIATA and GSCC announce visionary MoU to jointly promote academic excellence in sustainable logistics
• Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
• What is transition finance, and why it matters
• Reimagining Supplier Onboarding And Compliance With Blockchain
• Quantifying the financial costs of climate change physical risks
• Revolutionizing Commodities with Tokenization
• Underground Hydrogen Storage (UHS)
• CYNK, KenGrow and UNCCD join new climate-smart agriculture project to empower female farmers

Events:

• Feb 8: Jeff Pribich, SIG Co-chair
• Feb 22: Hyperledger Supply Chain & Trade Finance SIG - Leanne Kemp of Everledger
• Apr 3-5: NFT-NYC
• June 4-5: Freightwaves Future of Supply Chain, Atlanta, GA