#33 - Weekly News Digest 20240819-0825

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:

• Technology Trends Outlook 2024

• DPU Digital Digest EU

• Blockchain Technology for Global Supply Chain Management: A Survey of Applications, Challenges, Opportunities and Implications

• DORA act

b. Trade Finance:

• WHAT IS GOING ON WITH BILLS OF LADING IN INDIA?

• hashtag#India - hashtag#France Digital hashtag#Trade Corridor

• How to Tackle Trade Finance with a Non-Lending Approach

• Digital transformation in global trade is more than just a trend—it's the future!

• AI and the Future of Work in Africa: A Paradigm Shift?

• The Future of AI in Customs

• Embracing the Future of Customs with Advanced Technologies

• Benefits of the digitalisation of trade processes and cross border barriers to their adoption

• Strategic Approaches to Mitigate Credit Risk in Trade Finance: Tools, Techniques, and Best Practices.

c. Sustainability & ESG

• Co-Creation for Sustainability

• The government has asked its economic adviser to explore ways to cut waste going to landfill and encourage the more efficient use of raw materials.

• As the urgency to address hashtag#climatechange intensifies, the demand for climate finance solutions is growing.

• Carbon Dioxide Removal: Best-Practice Guidelines by World Economic Forum

• H2-diplo - Decarbonization Diplomacy and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH have published a study "Saudi Arabia's Potential to Enhance its Position as a Key Goods' Provider for the Energy Transition and the Upcoming Hydrogen Economy" is now available online.

• Open source drives innovation and economic value for all sectors. As a Canadian,

• With many common member countries, the IGF worked with the Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS) to produce a background report on critical raw materials.

• Opportunities in Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Industry

• Costa Rica has unveiled its first green taxonomy, hoping to guide investors towards sustainable projects in a nation whose rich biodiversity is increasingly under threat.

• Disclosing to Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) can be daunting, especially when considering the level of detail needed for specific disclosures.

• Driving Digital Transformation

• The Little Book of Raul Martinez-Oviedo and Francesca Medda NATURAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTING FINANCE

• A Glimpse into Climate Innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Ecosystem Leading the Charge!

• Call for a unified voice for the Global South shaping an equitable carbon market for the Future: the proposal for a Global South Alliance.

• Net Zero Whole Life Carbon for buildings

• hashtag#AI and it's consequences on the hashtag#enviornment and hashtag#climatechange are too often not taken seriously enough

• Crushed glass replaces soil in this innovative approach to sustainable agriculture

• Digital Twins in decarbonization of shipping industry

• The Future of Philanthropy: Circularity Finance’s Vision for a Sustainable Future

• A brand-new Methodology for the Sustainable Management of Mangroves has been released by Gold Standard in collaboration with project developer FORLIANCE, featuring remote sensing application for measurement and impact quantification.

• A decade ago, IFC had zero presence in sustainable construction and last year we committed $2.5 billion into green buildings globally. T

• Exploring Carbon Capture in Energy-from-Waste: Key Insights and Challenges

• Green Hydrogen Strategy: A Guide to Design" report by IRENA!

• Share My New research with Federico "Fred" Weinhold in Clean Energy Revolution In this article I talk about Climate solutions.

• The Transforming Energy Demand 2024 report is a wake-up call for businesses to focus on reducing energy demand alongside decarbonizing supply.

• Siemens Energy has released a white paper on Decarbonization Pathway for Gas Turbines 2024https://www.linkedin.com/posts/egypt-hydrogen-renewable-energy_decarbonization-pathway-for-gas-turbines-ugcPost-7231926216876781568-qsg3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

• State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2024: A Deep Dive into Progress and Challenges

• Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

• Emission Reduction Targets by Country

• Decarbonizing The Global Container Fleet With HeatPower

• Strengthening governance systems can unlock transformative climate action.

• How to Transport & Store Green Hydrogen – Facts & Figures

• Can behavioural science help scale climate change adaptation solutions? Research shows that failure to properly engage with communities in understanding and testing the factors that influence behaviour can backfire.

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreafrosinini/recent-activity/reactions/#:~:text=5%20days%20ago-,Sustainable%20India%3A%20Unlocking%20the%20Potential%20of%20Green%20Harvesting,-Sustainable%20India%3A%20Unlocking

• ESG double materiality

• AI and sustainability

• The Oxford Principles: A Comprehensive Guide to Carbon Offsetting

• "Sponge cities" are growing in momentum. The inspirational work from one firm, Turenscape, i

• Navigating the Complexity of Materiality in Sustainability Reporting

• Benchmarking the Impact of the Next Generation Internet Initiative

• hashtag#digitalplatforms, hashtag#competition hashtag#law, And hashtag#regulation |

• The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is a pioneering policy tool implemented by the European Union to address carbon leakage and promote global climate action.

• Africa's Race for Green Finance

• Advancing Sustainability Objectives in Competition and Intellectual Property Law within BRICS Nation

• The European Investment Bank (EIB) has taken a significant step toward exploring the future of B2B payments by organizing a workshop that delves into the potential of innovative payment solutions, including stablecoins and tokenized deposits.

• Pillars of Progress ADB

• The USAID in collaboration with PSSC promoted

• A Thought on the Theory of Change and Permanence for REDD+

• The State of ESG and Islamic Finance in the GCC

• Environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) comparison of hydrogen delivery options within Europe

• -A global, independent scientific assessment of Carbon Dioxide Removal

• NG and Think economic published the report Swapping Coal for Gas & Scrap for Green Steel

• Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDD)

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