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:
- Food Safety Magazine: First Seafood Traceability Providers Achieve Interoperability at Scale
- Supply Chain Management Review: From the Back Office to the Warehouse, Tracking Tech’s Impact
- Harvard Business Review: How Machine Learning Will Transform Supply Chain Management
- New Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) Standard for Carrier Certificates
- Transforming Supply Chains with AI: A Game-Changer for Efficiency and Resilience
b. Trade Finance:
- Global Finance Magazine: How AI Can Offset Risks In Trade Finance
- Unlocking Prosperity: The Road to Universal Financial Access
- Update on Electronic Record Compliance for DTTs
- World Bank launches an expanded crisis preparedness and response toolkit to help developing countries better prepare for and respond to crises
- Navigating Digital Compliance: Mastering the Art of Handling Non-Compliant Electronic Records
- Promoting International Investment by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
c. Sustainability & ESG
- IFRS (ISSB) Universal Sustainability Disclosure Standards
- Logistics giant A.P. Moller - Maersk, leads the charge towards sustainability, with methanol-fueled vessels, aiming for net-zero emissions by 2040. Recognized by the Science-Based Targets initiative, they target a 35% reduction in Scope 1 emissions by 2030.
- Can cleaner energy providers access cheaper capital?
- Bridging the Gap in Global Sustainable Finance: Lessons from the EU's Ambitious Journey
- Accountability for Nature
- BlueTransformation
- BYD, the Chinese EV maker, is breaking into shipping. It’s a gamble—but as sales of its EVs soar overseas, it could pay off big time.
- Peace, Conflict, and National Adaptation Plan Processes
- A SUPERVISORY FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING NATURE-RELATED FINANCIAL RISKS
- Navigating the Crossroads: The Quest for Sustainable Finance Amidst Growing Political Resistance
- Global Cooling Watch 2023 by UN Environment Programme
- COP28 Resilience Hub Synthesis Report
- Estimating seed demand in the presence of market frictions: Evidence from an auction experiment in Nigeria
Events:
- Feb 19-22: GS1 Global Forum (Brussels, Belgium and online)
- Feb 22: Hyperledger Supply Chain & Trade Finance SIG - Leanne Kemp of Everledger
- Feb 29: MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics Webinar AI Driven Supply Chains: 3 Cases
- Mar 7: Hyperledger Supply Chain & Trade Finance SIG - Jeff Pribich, SIG CoChair will give a technical demonstration
- Apr 3-5: NFT-NYC
- Apr 18: Hyperledger Supply Chain & Trade Finance SIG - Farm to Plate
- May 2: Hyperledger Supply Chain & Trade Finance SIG - SIG Member & The Giving Chain CEO Bobbie Muscara will present on how they use NFTs
- May 16 Hyperledger Supply Chain & Trade Finance SIG - Alexander Style of Vinturas
- June 4-5: Freightwaves Future of Supply Chain, Atlanta, GA