#04 - Weekly News Digest 20240129-0204

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:

• Forbes: Reimagining Supplier Onboarding And Compliance With Blockchain 

• Supply Chain Quarterly: Gartner: supply chain organizations pursue DEI despite economic pressures

• What we’re reading about climate and jobs

• ESG Data Acquisition & Management Survey 2023

• Towards EU climate neutrality Progress, policy gaps and opportunities, Assessment Report 2024

• Transforming Cross-Border Trade: IMDA's TradeTrust Paves the Way for Digitalization

• Africa at the Heart of Global Tokenization: Unlocking the Continent's Potential in Real-World Assets (RWAs)"

• Understanding Article 6-aligned carbon credits

• Leveraging Blockchain for Urgent Climate Action: Insights from the World Economic Forum'sBiodiversity credits

• A transition pathway is a co-creation exercise involving Member States, industry, and other relevant stakeholders

• https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kapil-narula_accountability-for-nature-ugcPost-7157973825974874112-sw9L?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

• Voluntary Standards and Initiatives for Carbon Management

• Assessing impacts of EU and US policies on accelerated deployment of alternative maritime fuels

• The Economics of the Food System Transformation

• How can we bring together different voices to transform Food and Agricultural Commodity Systems (FACS) for improved sustainability and livelihoods?

• The European Central Bank released its Climate and nature plan 2024-2025.

• Roadmap for trade single windows: UNCTAD helps countries cut red tape, costs and emissions

• A New Dawn – Rethinking Sovereign ESG

• ENGAGING WITH INVESTORS ON ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE (ESG) ISSUES

• The Critical Next Step: What you need to know about Canada’s 2030 climate target

• Corporate Climate Lobbying

• UNCTAD's Roadmap: Streamlining Trade with Single Window Systems

• International Debt Report 2023

• Exploring the agricultural revolution driven by AI

• Green economy must be next UK government’s No 1 priority

• Weak company data hampers impact of EU fund greenwashing rules

• Unlocking Climate Finance in Asia-Pacific: Transitioning to a Sustainable Future

• Blue Economy Resurgence: Revitalizing Ghana's Mangroves and Coastal Livelihoods

• The SDG Good Practices: A compilation of success stories and lessons learned in SDG implementation

• AREA OF FOCUS - BLUE CARBON

• Critical Imports and Supply Chains Strategy

• Transforming Supply Chain Management with AI

• PREPARING FOR GREEN BOND ISSUANCES

• Managing Urban Spatial Growth

• Verra to Publish Processing Times, Set Performance Benchmarks

• Recarbonizing global soils - A technical manual of recommended management practices

Events:

• Feb 8: Planning

• 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