#32 - Weekly News Digest 20240812-0818

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:

• Blockchain reduces airline cargo costs by 7%, boosts efficiency
• From source to stomach: How blockchain tracks food across the supply chain and saves lives
• Blockchain in Shipping: Revolutionizing Global Supply Chains
• Blockchain-Based Cold Chain Traceability with NR-PBFT and IoV-IMS for Marine Fishery Vessels
• Smart sorting, IoT and blockchain are driving innovation in waste management
• Italian Coffee Trader Alkaff Turns to Dimitra’s Blockchain Platform to Ensure Compliance with Deforestation Regulation
• Blockchain Technology for Global Supply Chain Management: A Survey of Applications, Challenges, Opportunities and Implications

b. Trade Finance:

• At hashtag#DCSA, we are committed to digitally transforming the container shipping industry. Our mission is to lead the industry towards systemic collaboration by creating open-source digital standards based on shared industry requirements.
• African SMEs need innovative trade finance solutions
• Digitalization is transforming the creative economy.
• Adapting to hashtag#changing hashtag#compliance and hashtag#regulation in the age of data and hashtag#digitalisation
• t was a great honor being invited by World Maritime University to speak at the annual Maritime Week. For those who cannot attend in person, the intervention will be published.
• As an SME Finance Forum Affiliate, SBFN is excited to participate in the Global SME Finance Forum 2024 Conference!
• What can instant payments and blockchain do for your bank?
• From Traditional To Blockchain: Cross-Border Payments

c. Sustainability & ESG

• Building a circular supply chain
• Vernon Dennis from Law Firm Howard Kennedy LLP pens thoughts on the incoming UK ESG Rating Regulations, that seek equivelency with the forthcoming EU set of regulations for ESG Rating
• Green hydrogen production by water electrolysis
• Natural Hydrogen in the Energy Transition: Takeaways and Opportunities
• Cultivating expertise to empower local innovators
• Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Sustainable Trade: A Call for Inclusive and Effective Due Diligence
• The voluntary carbon market (VCM) is meant to channel finance into climate projects and provide buyers with cost-effective decarbonisation options
• Embedding ESG & Sustainability Considerations Into the 3 Lines Model
• SDG Cities - Canada Country Report 2024
• Assessing CCUS Potential for LNG in the GCC
• How to Transport & Store Green Hydrogen
• Transition, Geopolitics and Green Industrial Policy
• Gold Standard has launched a new Soil Organic Carbon Activity Module to enhance carbon sequestration and soil health in managed pasturelands.
• Fossil fuel subsidies remain a persistent problem despite more than a decade of international commitments promising reform. How can governments strengthen existing commitments to make them fit for purpose?
• The Little Book of PUBLIC SPACE and the Internet of Things
• In 2022, the atmospheric concentrations of the main greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide all reached new record levels, with estimates of energy-related emissions indicating continued growth in 2023.
• 8% recycling rate for food waste in South Korea
• Governance and Economic Profitability in the Technology Sector
• We can solve for the climate crisis, but where will the capital come from?
• Limitations of LNG in Shipping Decarbonization
• Ready to Transform Your Business? Let's Talk Circular Economy!
• In this Little Book we will address the question 'To what extent is it possible to manage the planet?
• RMI and Microsoft released the report, "Structuring Demand for Lower-Carbon Materials -
• Green Steel Economics - Comparing Economics of Green H2-DRI and Traditional Steel making Around the World
• Uptake of the FCA's new regime for sustainability labels for asset management has been 'minimal':
• As we move into the crucial phase of implementing the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), it's clear that companies are navigating a complex landscape. The recent EFRAG report on preliminary practices sheds light on how 28 large European undertakings are tackling these new requirements.
• McKinsey & Company published an article about How the aviation industry could help scale sustainable fuel SAF production July 2024
• For Sustainable cities Development we need to incorporate different types of hashtag#Infrastructure
• BIOENERGY WITH CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE (BECCS)
• Here are the main takeaways and market dynamics from the report on the availability of green and blue ammonia from 2030 to 2050. This report, funded by the European Union, discusses the potential of ammonia as a zero-emission fuel for shipping and provides valuable insights into the future of clean ammonia production
• Environmental Management for Sustainable Development

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