#29 - Weekly News Digest 20240722-0728

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:

• EU Cyber Resilience - ECB

• European Commission: Second Report on the application of the hashtag#GDPR

• Navigating Complexity in Food Systems: From Clockwork To Cloudwork

• OECD - OCDE-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2024-2033: Key Takeaways and Insights

• Web3 and the Creator Economy: Empowering Artists and Content Creators

• Connected farmers

• Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)

• Shipping, air freight and logistics companies say operations are largely returning to normal after an unprecedented technology outage threatened to wreak havoc across global supply chains

b. Trade Finance:

• Shutting Fraudsters out of Trade: Second Edition

• Global trade resumes growth in first quarter of 2024

• Monthly TFG & ICC DSI Column - July 2024

• World Tariff Profiles

• Reform tracker tool bolsters trade facilitation

• World Tariff Profiles 2024

• Large Language Models (LLMs), such as OpenAI's GPT-4, are advanced AI systems trained on extensive text datasets.

• Australian Trade Digitization: Challenges and Opportunities

• The Lost Bills of Lading: A Cautionary Tale:

• The eNaira as a Tool for Financial Inclusion: Challenges and Recommendations

• BIMCO's "25 by 25" campaign reaches 25.1% eBL adoption in first year

• Driving Innovation for SMEs with MLETR

• How AI is reshaping trade flows

• How Blockchain Can Help Implement MELTR for Trade Digitization in Australia: A Business Case

• ANZ launches Australia’s first real-time payment service

c. Sustainability & ESG

• The Battery Mineral Loop

• Mangroves are extraordinary ecosystems contributing hugely to the protection of coastal communities worldwide.

• Empowering Women Through Service Sectors

• Trade-Related Policy Measures to Reduce Plastic Pollution: Building on the state of play

• Why adhering to Global Internal Audit Standards is important?

• Labelled Bonds for the Net-Zero Transition in South-East Asia: The Way Forward

• Global foreign investment weak in 2023, funding for sustainable development sectors drops over 10%

• Cities are both a problem and a solution to the climate crisis.

• Leading from the front, South Africa has adopted a landmark Climate Change Bill

• Sustainability has become an absolute necessity for our future.

• Sustainable Development Goals -National Indicator Framework

• The Tropical Forests Mechanism

• Afforestation credits for small land plots just got easier with new certification protocol

• Sustainable Finance and ESG Advisory Services

• SECO and UNDP launch Green Commodities Programme new phase to drive sustainable agricultural production in 5 countries

• Kenyan farmers turn to sustainable methods to combat soil acidity

• The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2024

• What is the TNFD?

• Enhancing agency and empowerment in agricultural development projects.

• How Credible are the Olympics’ Climate Claims?

• Navigating Responsible Business in Challenging Contexts

• Strengthening Europe's Energy Infrastructure: Key Takeaways

• 2024 Africa Sustainable Development Report

• The Global Minimum Tax and Special Economic Zones

• cosystem-based Adaptation Measures in the Reventazón River Basin, Costa Rica"!

• EU markets regulator European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issues recommendations to improve sustainable finance regulatory framework:

• Implementation of a pilot on the development of Carbon Budgets and Accounting Rules in the Pacific Alliance

• ESMA sets out its long-term vision on the functioning of the Sustainable Finance Framework

• How can governments support responsible tailings management and reprocessing in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM)?

• A Comprehensive Review of Global Supervisory Climate Stress Tests

• Citi Sees ‘Significant Opportunities’ in Climate-Adaptation Finance

• Africa: Foreign investment in clean energy boosts sustainability momentum

• Accelerating UK transition

• The State of the World’s Forests 2024

• Identifying data gaps in the textile industry and assessing current initiatives to address them

• Fiscal Implications of Global Decarbonization

• Canal Restoration in Kochi, India

• Why is hashtag#biodiversity crucial for our food security?

• Sustainable Asset Valuation of Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Measures in the Reventazón River Basin, Costa Rica

• Water Reuse Innovations: Agricultural Irrigation, Food Security, and Industrial Solutions | Our Future Water Newsletter

• Two new reports on Climate Stress Testing

• Tokenized Reinsurance Contracts

• Harnessing taxonomies to help deliver sustainable development: Leveraging the potential of sustainability taxonomies and avoiding the pitfalls

• Groundwater conservation and food security: Navigating pathways to sustainable agriculture

• Our cities are overheating. But we can cool them down.

• Critical Links Between Land Use, Food Security, and Climate Action

• Exploring Green Financial Products: Current Trends and Future Opportunities in North America

• Environmental Finance has published its latest annual ESG Data Guide showcasing the continued growth in the ESG data offerings.

• GFI Advanced Water Treatment Solutions (GFIMWT)

• Revisiting development strategies under climate uncertainty: Insights from Malawi

• LinkedIn green skills data available in 77 countries via Prosperity Data360

• https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/linkedin-green-skills-data-available-in-77-countries-via-prosper

• Bhomra e-Port Transition Marks Significant Milestone Towards ‘Smart Bangladesh’

• Exploring Green Hydrogen Applications and Optimization Methods in the Power Sector: A Comprehensive Review

• INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL SENSITIVITY MAPPING GUIDANCE FOR EARLY OFFSHORE WIND SPATIAL PLANNING

• Enhancing Rural Innovation in Canada

• hashtag#Briefing on the hashtag#EU hashtag#Green hashtag#Claims hashtag#Directive - The # European hashtag#Union's hashtag#Green hashtag#Claims hashtag#Directive

• Agenda for Transformative Science, Technology and Innovation Policies | OECD

• Building ESG: Digitalization: The Key to Unlocking a Circular Economy

• Web3 Deloitte is partnering with Hedera for verifiable environmental impact

• Do you know what's brewing in the space of climate risk?

Events:

• Sept 9-11, 2024: ASCM Connect 2024, Austin, TX

• Sept 16-18: Linux Foundation Open Source Summit Europe, Vienna, Austria. Includes a "SupplyChainSecurityCon" track.

• Sept 29-Oct. 2, 2024: CSCMP’s EDGE Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition, Nashville, TN

• Nov 19-21, 2024: Future of Freight Festival, Chattanooga, TN

• Feb 10-12, 2025: Manifest, Las Vegas, NV