#31 - Weekly News Digest 2024085-0811

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:

• Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) on the rise of digitalisation in the shipping industry
• Creative services exports surged to $1.4 trillion in 2022, marking a 29% increase since 2017.
• Several types of ships are used in global trade today to carry various types of cargo demanded by consumers and industries worldwide..
• How blockchain technology could help to prevent child labour in global supply chains
• How Blockchain Technology is Transforming the Agricultural Industry
• The future logistics tool
• How blockchain technology is being used to trace the origin of fashion products Read more at: https://cxotoday.com/story/how-blockchain-technology-is-being-used-to-trace-the-origin-of-fashion-products/
• Is blockchain the ‘token’ to unlocking the Digital Product Passport potential?
• How blockchain boosts transparency in supply chains
• California digitizes car titles, putting 42 million vehicles on the blockchain

b. Trade Finance:

• Risk Mitigation in Trade Finance: a proactive
• The Australian Electronic Transactions Act i
• hashtag#eCommerce: A new frontier for hashtag#trade hashtag#finance?
• Global trade resumed growth in the first quarter of 2024, fueled by positive trade dynamics for the United States and developing countries, particularly in sectors related to green energy and artificial intelligence.
• Exploring Risks in Trade Finance, Sustainability, and the Evolving Global Marketplace

c. Sustainability & ESG

• UNDP Africa considers the effect of Moody's recent full buy-out of GCR Ratings, the largest credit rating agency based on the African Continent
• Revisiting development strategies under climate uncertainty: Insights from Malawi
• European Commission in collaboration with Cordis Europa N.V. published E-Methanol for Waterborne Maritime Shipping by CORDIS
• Unlocking Africa's Green Potential
• Advanced Air Mobility: Shaping the Future of Aviation
• Understanding Solar & Storage July 2024
• loating Offshore Wind Outlook
• A key factor to reduce hashtag#deforestation is improving food security.
• ccelerating Investments for Nature-based Solutions in the Global South: A Pathway to Sustainable Development
• AgriTech Observatory
• Circularity strategies and sustainable resource management to safeguard the clean energy transition:
• Marine fisheries and aquaculture represent a key source of income, food security, nutrition and employment in many developing countries, particularly the least developed countries (LDCs) and small island developing states (SIDS)
• UK and Poland target green exports with €249 million financing for solar project
• Embedding traditional ecological knowledge and empowering Indigenous peoples as co-investment leaders in nature-based solutions brings value to both corporate action on nature and the long-term health of nature
• World Investment Report 2024
• FuelEU Explainer: Practicalities of pooling
• Is the multilateral trade system standing in the way of meaningful action on plastic pollution?
• Empowering SMEs through Horizon Europe: A New Era of Innovation and Growth
• A new report reveals the untapped potential of cities in helping countries achieve their climate goals.
• A very informative State of the Art Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies in 2024 by 8 Rivers in collaboration with Global CCS Institute
• IFC and Citi launch $500 million sustainable supply chain finance facility in Mexico
• The hashtag#Trash age of hashtag#IT - Is hashtag#AgriTech a solution for systemic ills of Agriculture or is it just an add onto pile of Global Garbage generated by hashtag#Technology?
• EUROPE INDUSTRIAL CARBON MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
• Transforming Chennai with Rooftop Gardens
• Addressing post-harvest losses is crucial for food security and climate adaptation.
• The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) has published its Core Carbon Principles (CCP) eligibility decisions on methodologies related to methane leak detection and repair, renewable energy, and sulfur hexafluoride replacement
• hashtag#Wind energy is one of the fastest growing hashtag#renewable energy sources globally.
• The Indonesian government has signalled its commitment to improving the sustainability of its agrifood systems.
• Advances in Energy System Optimization: Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Energy System Optimization
• Empowering Climate Resilience: A Look at the 2024 Climate Resilience Game Changers Assessment
• Critical minerals: Africa holds key to sustainable energy future.
• In the face of escalating climate change impacts, the need for robust monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) systems for climate adaptation has become more crucial than ever.
• Sustainability : Nature-related Risks
• Harnessing Private Finance for Biodiversity: Insights from the 2024 NBSAP Report
• Net Zero Company secures $5.5M Seed for blockchain-based carbon removal token
• Blockchain-Driven Supply Chain Analytics and Sustainable Performance: Analysis Using PLS-SEM and ANFIS
• he State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report 2024
• scaling clean technology
• The ‘Science, Research and Innovation Performance of the EU, 2024’ (SRIP) report
• The world's favorite scent is in danger of eradication by the growing threat of hashtag#climatechange
• Solving the carbon market ‘integrity crisis’

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