#09 - Weekly News Digest 20240304-0310

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:

• Supply Chain Brain: IoT in the Supply Chain: Why Do We Need It?
• Vogue Business: Fashion’s cotton supply chain is broken. Will brands agree to fix it? (re: Sourcery blockchain app)
• Supply Chain Xchange: Supply chains swapped pandemic impacts for new risks in 2023
• Supply Chain Brain: SEC Drops Scope 3 Emissions From Planned Disclosure Requirements
• Supply Chain Brain: EU Waters Down Supply Chain Due Diligence Law
• Supply Chain Management Review: 5G and Supply Chain Connectivity: Enhancing Logistics in the Digital Age
• Canada: CanExport funding for exporters, innovators, associations and communities
• Sourcing critical raw materials through trade and cooperation frameworks
• Impact of Chinese hashtag#eCommerce platform on the hashtag#US Economy
• #BCG - Which Economies hashtag#Benefit the Most from hashtag#Free hashtag#Trade hashtag#Agreements?
• Unlocking Tomorrow's Value Chains: Embracing the EU Digital Product Passpor
• Food Systems Transformation: a Whole of Government Approach to Drive Change

b. Trade Finance:

• Ensuring Smooth Transfers in URDTT Context
• State of Global Fintech
• Digitizing Commerce: The UK's 2023 Leap into Paperless Trade.
• There will be no overnight revolution or 'big bang' after which trade is fully digitalised. Instead, a gradual and steady evolution of processes will see continued efficiency gains over time. However, having an end goal or vision in mind is nonetheless important.
• Exploring Electronic Record Disposal
• Enigio and Mitigram partner to enhance global digital trade
• ICC United Kingdom Sarah Green Sean Edwards Lynn Ng - Intersting article tying eUCP and MLETR together.
• Evolving Practices in Trade Finance: The Future of Discounting POs and FSP Payment Undertakings
• Did you know that risk participation and distribution are gaining traction in the context of International Risk Distribution and Trade Transactions (IRDTT)?
• BACB plc report highlights African hashtag#tradefinance potential amid funding gap
• Unlocking Africa's Prosperity: the Future of African Trade in the AfCFTA Era
• How global data from the banking industry is helping regulators improve standards and close the trade hashtag#finance gap?
• Navigating the Waters of Digital Authentication: Insights from URDTT

c. Sustainability & ESG

• A Sourcebook for Policy-Makers in Developing hashtag#Cities
• #SDG hashtag#indicator relevant for older persons.
• Navigating Market Turmoil with ESG Funds: Insights from the 2020 COVID-19 Crisis
• Sustainable Transport and development report by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
• The Future European Cities and Regions Ranking 2024
• Rethinking timbers
• This Sourcebook on Sustainable hashtag#UrbanTransport addresses
• From Risk to Reward: Transforming Stranded Assets into Sustainable Investment Goldmines
• CBA18: local solutions inspiring global action
• The Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI) new EU Policy Roadmap has been released.
• Ending Deforestation from Cocoa in West Africa with New Data-Driven Resources
• A big boost to Europe’s climate change goals
• "What is a hashtag#lifestyle?
• private sector in shaping climate-responsive agrifood systems! FAO | UNDP
• hashtag#Energizing hashtag#Green hashtag#Cities in Southeast Asia:
• ESG — should you bother?
• Embracing Sustainable Development for All Ages
• Tomorrow's Living Station
• EU Council Fails to Approve New Environmental, Human Rights Sustainability Due Diligence Law
• #Sustainable #communities
• Did you know that food insecurity is more prevalent among adult women than men in every region of the world?
• The Climate Crisis: A Deep Dive into Its Impact on Rural Livelihoods and the Urgent Need for Targeted Solutions
• Putting People at the Center of Digital Public Infrastructure | World Bank Group
• Amazon Project, in partnership with Ministerio do Meio Ambiente and supported by PNUD Brasil, takes a significant step in supporting these stewards of the land
• mbracing Sustainable Development for All Ages
• The loss of nature and hashtag#biodiversity impacts the poorest countries and communities the most.
• Net zero buildings
• Advancing gender equality in agrifood systems: what’s working?
• Beyond foundations
• Carbon Clash: Inside the EU's Game-Changing CBAM Initiative
• Transforming Finance for a Sustainable Future: Insights from the European Commission's Action Plan
• The European Commission released a new report - Historical Analysis of Clean Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles, Buses and Refuelling Infrastructure Projects.
• The UN High Level Panel on the Development of a Multidimensional Vulnerability Index released the final report on 'Multidimensional Vulnerability Index'.
• Can sea level rise affect the price of your home?
• IMF released a new Working Paper: Fiscal Implications of Global Decarbonization.
• Mass displacement
• Green innovation index
• Raceway Pond Construction: Nutrient Management for Efficient Microalgae Production in Wastewater Treatment
• Wastewater and the SDGs: A Multifaceted Relationship
• Investing in trees: global companies are protecting and restoring forests
• THE ECONOMICS OF BIOPHILIA
• Unlocking Future Success: Embracing Neurodiversity in Human Capital
• Embracing the Future: Smart Contracts for the Net Zero Carbon Campaign
• Global Market Report: Soybean prices and sustainability
• Biofuels as a bridge: A tangible solution to lowering emissions
• UNDP partners with VCMI to achieve climate goals
• Empowering Sustainability: Revolutionizing Corporate Governance and Management Systems through Due Diligence
• hashtag#sustainable hashtag#development, with a focus on the need for so-called system hashtag#innovations
• City leaders are mayors, but they are also hashtag#directors of hashtag#community-based hashtag#organizations; they are subnational and national policy makers and ministers (of hashtag#finance, hashtag#investment, and hashtag#planning); and they are private sector hashtag#investors, hashtag#developers, and hashtag#serviceproviders.
• Climate Change Impact on India
• The hashtag#WorldBank Environmental and Social hashtag#Framework sets out the World Bank's commitment to sustainable development
• The hashtag#Green, hashtag#Resilient, and hashtag#Inclusive hashtag#Development (hashtag#GRID) hashtag#approach departs from previous development hashtag#strategies
• Better Cities Better World
• Investing in urban resilience
• Politics and gender
• Cities in transition
• 2024 UNDP TRENDS REPORT
• A climate success story from Hoboken, New Jersey.
• Nature restoration: Parliament adopts law to restore 20% of EU’s land and sea
• U4SSC has embraced the following definition for smart sustainable cities developed by ITU and UNECE:
• Culture is explicitly addressed in Goal 11 - 'to make hashtag#cities and hashtag#human settlements hashtag#inclusive, hashtag#safe, hashtag#resilient, and hashtag#sustainable' - which identifies cultural and natural hashtag#heritage as essential levers for promoting sustainable development (Target 11.4).

Events:

• Apr 3-5: NFT-NYC
• Apr 18: Hyperledger Supply Chain & Trade Finance SIG - Farm to Plate
• May 2: Hyperledger Supply Chain & Trade Finance SIG - SIG Member & The Giving Chain CEO Bobbie Muscara will present on how they use NFTs
• May 16 Hyperledger Supply Chain & Trade Finance SIG - Alexander Style of Vinturas
• June 4-5: Freightwaves Future of Supply Chain, Atlanta, GA