#16 - Weekly News Digest 20240422-0428

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: Gartner Warns 'Real Risk' Supply Chain Leaders Could Misuse GenAI
• ABC: Ship that hit Baltimore bridge was 'unseaworthy' when it left port, city claims
• What Happened To Those Bull Market Corporate Blockchain Projects?
• A scalable blockchain based framework for efficient IoT data management using lightweight consensus
• ICC Maroc rejoint ICC AGRI-FOOD INITIATIVE
• Hapag-Lloyd adopts IQAX eBL via GSBN to reach its 100% eBL commitment
• Leveraging Digitalization for Productivity and Decent Employment
• Commodity Markets Outlook
• 100% eBL by 2030
• Harvesting Harmony: Bridging Divides in Food and Agricultural Innovation

b. Trade Finance:

• Participants chosen to explore new technologies to settle wholesale transactions in central bank money
• Accelerating Digital Trade Document Adoption: Insights from XDC Trade Network
• Unpacking the Digital Transformation of Trade Original article: https://www.tradeready.ca/2023/topics/unpacking-the-digital-transformation-of-trade/
• The Digital Standards Initiative (DSI) of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has just launched a groundbreaking framework for the end-to-end digitalization of supply chains.
• Innovation, Internationalization and Entrepreneurship
• JPMorgan-Kyriba collaboration to lower implementation barriers for blockchain

c. Sustainability & ESG

• Don't Let Your Planet Get Dry: Capitalism, Nutrient Pollution, Resource Scarcity, and the Transition to a Sustainable Future
• Net Zero Transition Plans: Red Flag Indicators to Assess Inconsistencies and Greenwashing
• Japan launches consultation on ISSB-based disclosure standards
• India's first multi-purpose green hydrogen pilot project inaugurated Read more at: https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/renewable/indias-first-multi-purpose-green-hydrogen-pilot-project-inaugurated/109578040
• Main Takeaways and Challenges in Steel Company Climate Targets
• INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION TO ACCELERATE GREEN HYDROGEN DEPLOYMENT
• The hashtag#Blueprint for hashtag#Autonomous hashtag#Urbanism
• The Role of GS1 Standards in Advancing Digital Product Passports
• Decarbonizing for Value: A Strategic Imperative for Industrial Leaders
• In Florence, earlier this month, IETA launched its guidelines for High Integrity Use of Carbon Credits.
• GOVERNANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SMART CITY PROJECTS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION Deliverable 3
• Material and Resource Requirements for the Energy Transition
• Social approach to the transition to smart cities
• Understanding Global Greenwashing Regulations and Their Impact on ESG Investments
• The World Economic Forum forecasts massive growth in the biodiversity credit market, potentially reaching $180 billion by 2050
• Kyriba Expands Suite of Artificial Intelligence Features to Enhance Liquidity Performance for CFOs
• Green Governance
• THE MAKING OF GLOBAL CITIES STORIES FROM THE GLOBAL CITIES EXCHANGE
• INTEGRATED GROWTH: Inside Integrated Growth: Insights from SIDF and industry experts Growth and opportunity highlights in industry, energy, mining and logistics The emerging automotive ecosystem A new age of renewable energy Mining the Arabian-Nubian Shield Building a regional logistics hub INDUSTRY, ENERGY, MINING & LOGISTICS
• Carbon removals: How to scale a new gigaton industry
• From Arrakis to Earth: How science fiction offers a blueprint for a sustainable future
• Global Survey of Nature Risk Management at Financial Firms
• Nature Positive Strategy: Practical Guidance for Corporates
• The Role of Underground Hydrogen Storage in Europe
• https://english.elpais.com/climate/2024-04-07/financial-sector-faces-challenges-amid-climate-crisis.html
• hypercube of sustainability
• The Pivotal Role of Carbon Credits in Accelerating Clean Energy Technologies
• Navigating the Green Maze: Global Greenwashing Regulations and Their Impact on ESG Investments
• Green Voices
• New EU Ecodesign Rules to Drive Sustainable Product Innovation
• Green Building Material Integration: Raceway Pond Construction for Phycoremediation of Waterbodies
• PLACES FOR PEOPLE ESTABLISHING A PLATFORM OF EVIDENCE TO SHAPE MELBOURNE’S FUTURE
• Collective Intelligence for Sustainable Development Getting Smarter Together
• Accelerating private sector investments in green mini-grids
• Collaborative Action for Sustainable Commodity Production and Trade
• NGFS pushes for international guidance to mobilise transition capital
• Agriculture has historically ravaged wetlands. These farmers are trying to change that
• CITY OF SUSTAINABLE ACTION
• TNFD welcomes the ISSB’s decision to commence work on nature-related issues
• IISD: EU’s historic Energy Charter Treaty vote will boost energy transition
• Bank backed DLT platform Carbonplace inks deal to distribute PNZ carbon credits
• Navigating Deforestation: The EU’s Bold Step and the Road Ahead
• Women are key for the future of climate action in Africa
• Biodiversity insights
• Empowering Climate Data: The Innovative Approach of the Bank for International Settlements – BIS Innovation Hub with Project Gaia
• Aligning sovereign bond markets with the net zero transition: the role of central banks
• Kenya plans higher capital requirements to account for climate risks
• A Compendium of Market Practices
• How does failure shape hashtag#climate resilience projects?
• ESG Ratings Methodology
• ITF Transport Outlook 2023
• Explainer: Breaking Down FuelEU Responsibility
• The Pivotal Role of Carbon Credits in Accelerating Clean Energy Technologies
• Zambia’s green growth opportunities: Balancing economic progress and environmental quality
• International Workshop on Green Ammonia and Hydrogen

Events:

• May 2: Hyperledger Supply Chain & Trade Finance SIG - SIG Member & The Giving Chain CEO Bobbi 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
• Sept 29-Oct. 2: CSCMP’s EDGE Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition, Nashville, TN