#37 - Weekly News Digest 20240916-0922

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:

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b. Trade Finance:

• Support to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
• Achieving Growth Through Trade Digitalisation
• This week on the Let's Talk Supply Chain podcast, Thomas Bagge, CEO of DCSA, and Thomas Morris, Senior Partner of Global Intelligence at FINN Partners, shared key insights from our latest State of the Industry Report.
• I-Powered Due Diligence: Revolutionizing Commodity Finance
• Global trade trends turned positive in the first quarter of 2024, according to the latest Global Trade Update from UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
• The shift from physical paper bills to electronic bills of lading (hashtag#eBL) and electronic bills of exchange (hashtag#eBoE) inherently limits the ability to demonstrate possession outside of the platform's electronic environment.
• hashtag#TBML trade-based money laundering
• Navigating the Digital Transformation of Container Shipping: Key Takeaways from the DCSA Report
• Trade Finane Magic
• How SmartLoC is Simplifying Payments for Export-Import Businesses.
• World Trade Report 2024 |
• Project Pax
• Optimizing resource allocation is crucial for maximizing efficiency and reducing costs.
• As global temperatures rise due to increasing GHG concentrations, the Arctic region has been warming three to four times faster than the global average.
• UPDATES 09/2024: CSRD makes changes -- scope, reporting, standards, and digitalization
• I followed the course on hashtag#MLETR foundations by ICC Academy which is accessible for free till the end of October here
• “Ecosystem Models for a Central Bank Digital Currency: Analysis Framework and Potential Models”
• MLETR: Panorama general de la Ley Modelo de la CNUDMI sobre Documentos Transferibles Electrónicos
• Calling on all hashtag#mletr supporters down under: time to hear your voice.

c. Sustainability & ESG

• Carbon Markets - CFTC
• The Sustainable Banking and Finance Network (SBFN) concluded its 8th Global Meeting on September 11-12, 2024, in Rio de Janeiro.
• According to the Living Planet Index, freshwater wildlife populations have plummeted more than 80% from 1970 to 2020.
• IFC - International Finance Corporation: hashtag#ESG standartlarının tətbiqi Azərbaycan şirkətlərini dünyada tanıdacaq
• Level Up Your Green Game: The hashtag#ISO's hashtag#CircularEconomy Toolkit for Businesses
• Bringing ESG Accountability to Global Supply Chains: A New Era of Responsibility
• Is there a great future in plastics?
• World Economic Forum (WEF) Quantum for Society: Meeting the Ambition of the SDGs [20 September 2024]
• As the hashtag#SummitOfTheFuture approaches, we hope delegates consider all the ways in which the UN’s hashtag#2030Agenda and its 17 hashtag#SustainableDevelopmentGoals have, in fact, made progress and built a solid foundation that will be crucial for future global cooperation.
• #StrategicTradeControl (hashtag#STC) frameworks.
• Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit
• Effective climate change adaptation requires a whole of society approach as emphasized by the IPCC 6th Assessment Report.
• t Ashwin A S, our Manager of Standard Development and innovation at Gold Standard, will speak at today’s Agrifood Café event, which is organized by the UN World Food Programme.
• Case Studies, Experiences and Learning Materials for Landlocked Developing Countries and Transit Countries
• Join us during hashtag#NYCW exploring key developments and challenges from Brazil’s REDD+ Jurisdictional Programs, on September 23rd!
• ESG View
• The Banking Union cannot be fully understood without considering the role of the courts. Their interactions are complex ye
• Navigating the Impact of AI on MSMEs
• As nature-based solutions (NbS) for adaptation projects gain momentum, it is more important than ever to ensure they are effective, inclusive, and sustainable.
• UN Launches Report on Governing AI for Humanity
• Gold Standard has introduced new and updated ‘labels’ to the Gold Standard Impact Registry, to help buyers, researchers and other stakeholders identify projects and carbon credits based on their attributes and eligibilities for different markets.
• The Sustainability-Related Financial Disclosures Regulation (SFDR) is the centerpiece of the sustainable finance strategy for funds and other financial products.
• Gold Standard has introduced new and updated ‘labels’ to the Gold Standard Impact Registry, to help buyers, researchers and other stakeholders identify projects and carbon credits based on their attributes and eligibilities for different markets.
• Bringing ESG Accountability to Global Supply Chains: A New Era of Responsibility
• Sovereign debt sustainability
• Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) released a new report - "Unlocking India's RE and Green Hydrogen Potential An Assessment of Land, Water, and Climate Nexus".
• Today marks the one-year anniversary of the launch of the TNFD recommendations, which were released at hashtag#ClimateWeekNYC in September 2023.
• Water in the Circular Economy and Resilience (WICER)
• RESTART Sustainable hashtag#BusinessModel Innovation
• Green hydrogen
• At the 37th African Union Heads of State Summit in February this year, there was an emphasis on the urgent need to mobilise private capital for Africa’s $3 trillion Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) climate and sustainable de
• velopment projects by 2030.velopment projects by 2030.
• THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT (SDR) 2024:
• Harnessing the EU’s Sustainable Finance Framework: A Path to Net-Zero
• ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute (ISEAS) released the fifth edition of "Southeast Asia Climate Outlook: 2024 Survey Report"
• The EU CSDDD: ESG Accountability in Global Supply Chains
• Mitigating Emissions in the Global Steel Industry: Representing CCS and Hydrogen Technologies in Integrated Assessment Modeling
• The Power of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in Driving Sustainability
• International Energy Agency (IEA) released a report, "Designing an Energy Statistics Roadmap".
• Navigating the Path to Net Zero: Key Insights from Deloitte
• TPI State of Transition 2024: Assessing the Climate Action Gap
• Patch is proud to release our new playbook for Chief Sustainability Officers looking to make smart investments in the voluntary carbon market!
• IFC - International Finance Corporation issued a hashtag#greenbond designed to promote ocean-friendly projects and improve access to clean water and sanitation in emerging markets.
• Pricing emissions in international aviation and maritime transport.
• The World Bank study shows that in almost 60% of banks in Emerging Market and Developing Economies (EMDEs), lending for climate-related investment accounts for less than 5% of their overall portfolios, and more than one-quarter offer no climate financing at all.
• SDG STOCKTAKE THROUGH THE EYES OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR
• Carbon Markets
• Hydrogen: Fueling Australia's Clean Energy Future
• A new report co-authored by 60+ natural and social scientists from the Earth Commission
• UK Net Zero Business Census 2024: Where Do We Stand?
• urope's demand for hashtag#LNG fell 20% year-on-year in the first half of 2024

Events:

• 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