#11 - Weekly News Digest 20240318-0324

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 Xchange: Supply chain tech will see more human/machine interplay, Gartner says

• Wall Street Journal: Two Canals, Two Big Problems—One Global Shipping Mess: Drought in Panama and Houthi attacks in the Red Sea are delaying deliveries and pushing up costs 

• APEC digital economy and trade

• Critical success factors for implementing blockchain-based circular supply chain

• Costliest shrimp in the ocean, a cautionary tale for ship’s crew

b. Trade Finance:

• Leveraging electronic documents for sustainable trade

• "Driving Ethical Digital Lending Practices in Uganda: UMRA's Tier 4 Guidelines"

• hashtag#TradeTrust is revolutionising the global trade landscape with smarter and safer documentation in the simplest way.

• Big Impact Podcast Featuring Peter Kern from CargoX

• WaveBL and Federal Bank partner to streamline digital trade, announce successful transaction in India

c. Sustainability & ESG

• Inc.: Walmart's New Partnership With Unspun Could Make Its Manufacturing More SustainableThe retail giant just paired with fashion-tech business Unspun to bring supply chains closer to home.

• Green design Guide

• Powering Green Progress: The Hydrogen Wave Transforming Our Future

• World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) released the Building Life Roadmap Analysis report.

• Enhancing Sustainability: Mitigating Nitrous Oxide Emissions in Raceway Pond Microalgae Cultivation for Environmentally Friendly Wastewater Treatment

• Unlocking Real-World Assets: Tokenization Paving the Way for Inclusive Economies

• A Multicompartment Assessment of Microplastic Contamination in Semi-remote Boreal Lakes

• Cultivating Sustainability: The Overlooked Parts of Environmentally- Friendly Farming

• Reductions, Removals, and the Delicate Dance of Carbon Accounting

• Navigating the Complexity of Forest Landscape Restoration: Beyond Tree Planting

• Transforming Industries: The Intersection of Digital Innovation and Ecological Sustainability

• Exciting News from the Intersection of Climate Science and AI Technology: Introducing Project Gaia!

• Capture Carbon, Capture Value: Exploring the Business Models Behind CCS

• Climate-related financial impact guide -Supporting business assessment and disclosure WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development

• The Guide for hashtag#CircularCities

• Destination: resilient and sustainable transport for all

• guideline to assist organizations in developing ESG strategies that address the ESG risks while positioning them to gain a competitive edge in an increasingly interconnected world.a

• Sustainable Cities China Design Manual

• Protecting forests is too important to wait

• Sustainable Low-Carbon City Development in China

• The Green Curtain: Revolutionizing Corporate Transparency on Nature-Related Risks.

• European Union Approves the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)*: A Milestone with Mixed Feelings

• Each day, across the world, individuals make small choices and take small actions that have, as a whole, momentous impacts on our planet's hashtag#naturalresources.

• HK Smart Buildings

• Europe at the Forefront: Understanding and Acting on Climate Risks

• Transforming Climate Solutions Through Innovative Capital Allocation: A LinkedIn Insight

• 3 Ways Carbon Credits Are About More Than The Credit

• Embracing the Future of Urban and Territorial Governance: Insights from the UN-Habitat's GAF-MTR Framework

• BVCM

• UNDP and CDRI released the first Biennial report on Global Infrastructure Resilience - Capturing the Resilience Dividend.

• Europe at the Forefront: Understanding and Acting on Climate Risk

• CSDDD

• The hashtag#HongKong hashtag#GreenBuildingCouncil Limited (hashtag#HKGBC) is a non-profit, member led organisation established in 2009 and has become a public body under the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance since 2016.

• Unlocking the Vault: Revolutionizing Real-World Asset Investments Through Commodities Tokenization

• Implementing ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) into an organization

• BEAN Plus

• Financing ecosystem restoration

• World Meteorological Organization released the 'State of the Global Climate 2023'.

• The Future of Nature and Business: A Critical Crossroad

• https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andreafrosinini_natureeconomy-sustainablebusiness-biodiversity-activity-7176593404443705344-UJmI?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

• BEAMPlus Existing #Schools

• IFC and JICA complete $400m green finance package for BBVA Peru

• SDG Guidebook

Events:

• Apr 3-5: NFT-NYC

• Apr 4: Meral Sengoz of T3i Partner Network on Blockchain Experiences for Export Transactions in Turkey

• Apr 16-18: Linux Foundation Open Source Summit North America, Seattle Washington. Includes a "SupplyChainSecurityCon" track.

• 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