#22 - Weekly News Digest 20240603-0609

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 2.0: Navigating the Digital Frontier of Food Distribution
• Unlocking Europe's Global Potential: Revitalizing EU Trade Policy for Enhanced Competitiveness
• Dive into the Future of Agricultural Finance with AI and Digital Twins

b. Trade Finance:

• Project LEONIDAS – Wholesale CBDC
• Extraordinary 48 hours in world of AML as Standard Chartered and TD Bank weather storm, we learn of media washing and new book charts big tech’s role
• France joins MLETR club, recognising ‘Titre Transférable Électronique’
• Regenerative Finance and Trade Finance: Synergizing Through Blockchain Technology
• Centre for Applied Sustainable Transition Law (CASTL), “Blueprint Paper on Digital Trade and the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records”
• Challenges and Solutions for the MLETR The TraaaX by KeeeX white paper
• Trade-Based Money Laundering Risk Indicators
• Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA)'s report of the "Overcoming Legal and Regulatory Barriers to eBL Adoption" is a compelling research provinding specific recommendations to accelerate digitalisation across global trade
• The Bank for International Settlements – BIS has launched Project Rialto, aiming to revolutionize foreign exchange (FX) settlement using wholesale central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).
• IMF Paper Addresses Cross-Border Payments Benefits and Challenges Using CBDCs

c. Sustainability & ESG

• Embracing Sustainability: A Guide to Climate Bonds Standard Version 4.0
• ESMA pushing for SMEs to report more information on sustainability in order to avoid greenwashing:
• The Future of Environmental History
• Natural infrastructure is emerging as a cost-effective solution to address many of our infrastructure needs, especially those related to water.
• The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024
• A new Canadian design guide for coastal flood and erosion risk management using nature-based infrastructure
• Enabling next generation carbon markets
• Over the past two decades, stakeholders from various sectors—government, academia, industry, local authorities, regulators, and the public—have united in calling for shorter and more accessible environmental assessment reports.
• Prospects and Challenges for E-Diesel in the Shipping Sector!
• An Introduction to Sustainable Development
• A new guide on hashtag#Circular hashtag#Economy for hashtag#Cities
• The Kommerskollegium | National Board of Trade Sweden has released a report that analyses the cumulative impact of new EU regulations on trade and investment with non-EU countries.
• Harnessing emerging technologies and hashtag#innovations for hashtag#agrifood system transformation.
• History and the Climate Crisis
• Voluntary Standards and Initiatives for Carbon Management (VSICMs): A Pathway to Net-Zero Emissions
• The plants that feed the world
• The hashtag#Nordic Eight are addressing the hashtag#urbanplanning challenge through a number of approache
• Transport Trends and Economics 2018–2019
• How can NBI help restore land and boost climate-smart agriculture?
• April Spring Investor Newsletter
• Discover our brand-new SDG Impact Dashboard today, on hashtag#WorldEnvironmentDay, to explore the climate and sustainable development impact of Gold Standard-certified projects on the planet and people.
• Unmasking ESG-Washing in the Banking Sector: A Call for Transparency and Genuine Sustainability
• EFRAG finalises materiality assessment implementation guidance document
• Sustainability means business
• Navigating Financial Regulations in the Era of the Energy Transition
• Circularise, Airbus complete blockchain traceability PoC for recycling aircraft cabins
• A “climate protection gap” is a mounting concern for supervisors, as widespread uncovered losses can significantly impact growth, inflation, credit supply, and financial resilience.
• Incorporating Climate Risks into Global Financial Stability: A Milestone by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
• EFRAG releases EFRAG IG 3: List of ESRS
• The hashtag#SustainabilityMetrics Program is an important instrument to help implement both Provincial and Municipal land use hashtag#planning, hashtag#sustainability, and hashtag#climatechange hashtag#goals and hashtag#objectives.
• European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS)
• Defining the Blue Economy: The France-IUCN Partnership's Mission

Events:

• June 4-6, 2024: GS1 Connect * Thrive, Orlando, FL
• June, 4-5, 2024: ASCM Connect 2024, Brussels, Belgium
• June 4-5, 2024: Freightwaves Future of Supply Chain, Atlanta, GA
• June 13, 2024: Hyperledger Supply Chain & Trade Finance SIG - Farm to Plate
• Sept 9-11, 2024: ASCM Connect 2024, Austin, TX
• Sept 29-Oct. 2, 2024: CSCMP’s EDGE Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition, Nashville, TN
• Feb 10-12, 2025: Manifest, Las Vegas, NV