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a. Supply Chain Management:
- A Metric of Global Maritime Supply Chain Disruptions: The Global Supply Chain Stress Index (GSCSI) (English)
- BSCA Magazine for 2023
b. Trade Finance:
- How do Treasury dealers manage their positions?
- Trade for prosperity
- The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) adopted the UNCITRAL Model Clauses on Specialized Express Dispute Resolution (SPEDR) (the “SPEDR Model Clauses”) on 1 July at its 57th session in New York.
- New whitepaper addresses working capital management amid economic shifts
c. Sustainability & ESG
- Developing a National Green Taxonomy guide by The World Bank
- Green Truth
- Verra Inactivates Nitrogen Management Methodology
- Empowering Small Island Developing States: Scaling Up Renewable Energy for Resilient Economic Growth
- An estimated annual investment of US$700 billion is needed to achieve the long-term goals and short-term targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). Between now and 2030, wealthy nations currently plan to provide only US$30 billion annually to economically developing countries to support GBF implementation.
- The European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) define the rules for hashtag#SustainabilityReporting under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).
- Reducing sectoral hard-to-abate emissions to limit reliance on carbon dioxide removal
- The hashtag#CSDDD has been officially published!
- New content alert: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) for National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes
- Watch NAP Global Network's webinar on how governments can design and implement their NAP process in a way that responds to peace and conflict dynamics.
- Natural infrastructure in action as floating treatment wetlands were installed this week at the water retention pond outside the Rural Municipality of Springfield office in Oakbank, Manitoba.
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