#35 - Weekly News Digest 20240902-0908

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:

• Chips, nodes and wafers

b. Trade Finance:

• xploring Generative AI and International Trade: Key Insights from the Latest Report by the World Economic Forum

• The World Bank released the report - INDIA DEVELOPMENT UPDATE: India’s trade opportunities in a changing global context.

• Trade Finance Global (TFG) have released their first magazine edition dedicated entirely to Africa and the Middle East, exploring trends and opportunities for trade finance in a region encompassing approximately 2 billion people- 25% of the global population.

• Fascinating conversation with Paul Baker and Joshua Kroeker about the potential and impact of emerging technologies in trade!

• Accelerating the Digital Transformation of Global Trade: Insights from the Latest ICC DSI Report

• Using deep-tier supply chain financing’s potential to unlock capital

• The New Spice Road: how trade finance developments are transforming Africa and the Middle East

• Digitalsing supply chain in India is transforming the way businesses manage liquidity and risk.

• Ontologies/lexicons/taxonomies abound in hashtag#trade and hashtag#supplychains... so much so that hashtag#digitization efforts need to be aligned. Y

c. Sustainability & ESG

• Social Climate Fund

• How can we advance consumer dispute resolution in the digital age?

• To limit global warming to 1.5°C, Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) is as essential as reducing emissions.

• Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) released the BUILDINGS SECTOR SCIENCE-BASED TARGET-SETTING CRITERIA.

• Harnessing Technology to Navigate the Future of Low-Carbon Hydrogen: Megatrends in LCA and Certification

• [Responsible portfolio optimisation 2/3] How can we leverage machine learning to build responsible portfolios?

• How can insurance play a transformative role in the face of climate change?

• Unlocking the Future of Trade with MLETR: A Digital Revolution in Global Commerce

• Gold Standard has released two cutting-edge methodologies to reduce the shipping sector's environmental impact.

• Nature-Based Solutions for Wastewater Treatment: A Series of Factsheets and Case Studies

• DECARBONISING HARD-TO-ABATE SECTORS WITH RENEWABLES

• Building Climate-ready Transition Plans

• The 2023 IPCC report underlined the interdependence of climate, ecosystems, and biodiversity and the close linkages between climate change adaptation, mitigation, ecosystem health, human well-being, and sustainable development.

• The State of the Global Mini-Grids Market Report 2024

• SCALING UP PRIVATE SECTOR ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE.

• DESIGN TOOLS A reflection towards the definition of a taxonomy

• With multiple resources available - and more to come - you can count on GRI to support you in using the new European Sustainability Reporting Standards

• Navigating the Double Materiality Maze: Clarity in Impact and Action Terminology

• Have you considered how geographic characteristics at asset-level (e.g. availability of resources, policy context) can impact the decarbonisation levers (e.g. H2, CCUS) you use to reach your emission reduction targets?

• The UK’s proposed Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is designed to address carbon leakage and support its climate action. However, it’s crucial to strike the right balance to make sure that this instrument does not become a protectionist tool instead.

• [Responsible portfolio optimisation 1/3 + New publication!] How can you leverage ESG ratings uncertainty to optimise your portfolio?

• A quick route to Hydrogen Economy with Ammonia

• The Arab Region SDG Index and Dashboards 2023/2024 by World Governments Summit.

• What is the green bond?

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