#19 - Weekly News Digest 20240513-0519

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:

• WSJ: Ship That Hit Baltimore Bridge Suffered Power Outages Before Leaving Port, NTSB Says
• NJ Biz: Proposed bill would fine retailers for shipping in too-large boxes
• BioProcess Online: Trends To Track: Outbound, Inbound Biopharma Supply Chain Advances
• Digital Product Passport: A Blockchain-based Perspective EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum

b. Trade Finance:

• Trade Meets AI: Navigating in a ‘Digital New World’
• #MLETR Adoption Under French Law : one more step forward at the French Sénat
• Mercore seals first digital bill of exchange deal in Africa
• EBRD President Renaud-Basso: EBRD remains a stable force across regions
• ICAO contributes expertise on air cargo to ICC digitalization effort
• Digital Documents in Trade for Africa.
• Digital Opportunities in African Businesses

c. Sustainability & ESG

• Just Style: Xinjiang cotton ‘widespread’ despite US UFLPA legislation
• The Roaring '30s: A Clean Hydrogen Acceleration Story
• Moving Beyond GDP Through Comprehensive Wealth
• Verra Releases New Ship Electricity Supply Methodology
• https://verra.org/verra-releases-new-ship-electricity-supply-methodology/
• Verra Advances SD VISta Nature Framework Development
• hashtag#Climate change is a hashtag#global challenge that requires a significant shift towards low-carbon hashtag#energy technologies.
• he Global State of Social Enterprise: A Beacon for Sustainable Development
• The Innovation hashtag#Revolution in Agriculture
• Towards a Regenerative Blue Economy
• What Makes Minerals and Metals “Critical”?
• hashtag#ESG hashtag#investing in global hashtag#markets
• International Energy Agency (IEA) released the 'Global Critical Minerals
• SBFN Toolkit on Sustainable Finance
• United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) released a new Sectoral Risk Briefings on 'Climate Risks in the Transportation Sector
• The European Parliament has officially adopted the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), setting a new precedent for responsible business conduct across Europe and beyond!
• Assessing the Materiality of Nature related financial risk for the UK
• Hydrogen Ports Namibia
• Natural Capital 101: Natural Capital and Why It Matters to Investors
• The Restoration Launchpad: A Step-by-Step Guide for Restoration Planners and Practitioners
• Artificial intelligence and machine learning in agriculture
• Navigating the Future Seas: The Role of Green and Blue Ammonia in Maritime Fuel from 2030 to 2050
• Exciting News from Ecosafi, the Better Cooking Company !
• Rethinking Investment Treaties
• Empowering communities for climate resilience
• The ecological transition in the hashtag#transport sector is a major challenge to tackle hashtag#environmental hashtag#pollution, and hashtag#European legislation will mandate hashtag#zero-emission new cars from 2035.
• Brazilian Sustainable Taxonomy: Inputs for Classifying Land Use Activities
• Global Distribution and Impact:
• What are Voluntary Carbon Credits? And what are their use cases? These and more questions will be tackled at our upcoming TOSCA Conference!
• United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) released a new report, "Climate Risks in the Metals and Mining Sector"
• Carbon crediting for policies, not projects?
• CYM: Pioneering companies representing sectors from around the world have shared their experiences of piloting the first-ever
• EU climate rules make it difficult for European banks to compete with the US, and more international cooperation would make it easier for global banks to do business, Denisa Avermaete of the European Banking Federation told Green Central Banking.
• European Hydrogen Bank auction provides €720 million for renewable hydrogen production in Europe.
• "The hashtag#Guidelines set out hashtag#policy and guidance in relation to the hashtag#planning and hashtag#development of hashtag#urban and hashtag#rural hashtag#settlements, with a focus on hashtag#sustainable hashtag#residential development and the creation of hashtag#compactsettlements. They are accompanied by a companion non-statutory hashtag#Design hashtag#Manual that illustrates hashtag#bestpractice examples of how the hashtag#policies and objectives of the Guidelines can be applied."
• Unraveling the Complex Tapestry of International Forest Governance: A Decade of Progress and Challenges
• ESG rating methodology
• The African Development Bank Group under President Akinwumi Adesina is exceeding its climate finance targets, which is vital as Africa faces severe climate impacts.
• The World Bank released a report, "Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) 2023".
• New updates on Sustainable Finance & Target Protocols
• Trading Up: An EU Trade Policy for Better Market Access and Resilient Sourcing
• From Disruption to Opportunity: Strategies for Rewiring Global Value Chains
• Enhancing Cotton Yield and Fiber Quality with Straw-Derived Biochar: Insights from a 7-Year Study
• Revolutionizing Wastewater Treatment: The Power of Mn/Fe-Biochar in Heavy Metal Removal
• Investable climate-resilience funds. Institutional investors are getting behind a trio of $500 million impact funds for climate resilience featured on this month’s Liist of actively raising funds.
• The Bank of Japan (BoJ) and Financial Services Agency, Japan (JFSA, 金融庁) have announced they are planning a second climate scenario analysis of the country’s three top banks which will potentially incorporate the lenders’ “financed emissions” – those created by their loans and investments.
• Empowering Women for a Greener Future: A Call to Action from the African Fertilizer and Soil Health Action Plan
• IEF - International Energy Forum released a new report, "Copper Mining and Vehicle Electrification".
• Banking on Climate Chaos
• Key EU ETS Policy Milestones: A Roadmap for Civil Society Advocacy
• Adapt, assess, progress: Integrating measures of women’s empowerment into rural development projects
• North Africa's Hydrogen Potential: Key Takeaways and Challenges
• Scaling Urban Nature-based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Green Growth: Navigating the Ambition and Challenge in Local Regions
• Sustainable Land Management in Agriculture: A Cornerstone for Development
• Climate change is already impacting Europeans’ daily lives and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Europe is expected to get warmer, some regions getting drier, while others wetter.
• Sustainability Disclosure Regulation (U.K. SDR) will officially take effect, setting a new precedent in transparency and accountability
• Carbon Management: The Road To Reducing Co2 Emissions In The Chemical Industry
• SKILLS FOR A GREENER FUTURE: A GLOBAL VIEW
• India among 13 ‘highest-emitters’, could face worst of global warming in future — climate risk report
• The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has laid out a clear path in its 2023 Greenhouse Gas Strategy, targeting net-zero emissions by 2050 with a significant interim goal of achieving 5-10% uptake of zero or near-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emission technologies and fuels by 2030.
• Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is the single largest source of mercury emissions. Join our webinar on Thursday, May 16 where experts and authors will discuss new IGF research, case studies, and recommendations for better tailings management and reprocessing in the hashtag#ASGM sector
• WTO agriculture negotiations on domestic support: making new rules work for LDCs and other vulnerable economies
• How can we keep providing humankind with hashtag#energy-derived advantages without damaging the hashtag#environment, affecting societal stability or threatening the hashtag#wellbeing of future generation?
• Soil erosion poses a major threat to global food security and to the achievement of the hashtag#SDGs.
• hashtag#ClimateChange & World’s Workers
• Sustainability-Linked Bond Handbook
• Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation
• Navigating the New Normal in Global Manufacturing
• New voluntary carbon market (hashtag#VCM) demand drivers and increasingly mature de-risking measures are poised to scale the VCM but need more traction, according to experts speaking on a recent webinar diving into a recent report by Nasdaq and The ValueExchange
• Climate action from the ground up: Supporting local and regional governments and cities
• Global leaders will be convening in Paris tomorrow, 14th May 2024, for the International Energy Agency (IEA) Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa
• Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation
• The Complexity of Biodiversity Credits
• Green Intelligence: AI-Driven Innovations for Global Environmental Solutions
• Navigating to Net Zero: Harnessing the EU's Sustainable Finance Framework
• Defining Success in Regenerative Finance: Impact Beyond Metrics
• Women play an essential role in taking hashtag#ClimateAction, preserving forests and natural ecosystems, and leading in the development of their communities.
• ecosystem tipping points (ETPs) and their implications for macroeconomic and financial policymakers needing to manage nature-related risks.
• Recipe for a Livable Planet: Achieving Net Zero Emissions in the Agrifood System
• Climate-Vulnerable Countries’ Expectations Leading to COP29
• Transition Minerals Tracker: 2024
• Data for Development | UN Trade and Development
• Drawing Parallels: Learning from Historical Climate Movements to Enhance Regenerative Finance
• Clean energy lit the path for private infrastructure investments in 2023
• Amplifying the Global Value of Earth Observation
• Managing Managing ESG Risk In The Supply
• Transitioning Away From Oil and Gas : A production phase-out primer

Events:

• May 16, 2024: Hyperledger Supply Chain & Trade Finance SIG - Alexander Style of Vinturas
• June 4-6, 2024: GS1 Connect * Thrive, Orlando, FL
• June 4-5, 2024: Freightwaves Future of Supply Chain, Atlanta, GA
• Sept 29-Oct. 2, 2024: CSCMP’s EDGE Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition, Nashville, TN
• Feb 10-12, 2025: Manifest, Las Vegas, NV