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WEBINAR: LEVERAGING LKSG LEARNINGS FOR EU CSDDD - GERMAN INDUSTRY INSIGHTS FOR CSDDD REGIONAL PREPAREDNESS GLOBALLY   ♻ As the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) officially entered into force on 25 July 2024, companies worldwide are navigating the complexities of new compliance requirements. This webinar, hosted by the German Chambers of Commerce Abroad (AHKs), will provide invaluable insights into how companies can prepare for the CSDDD by leveraging the extensive experience gathered from implementing the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG).   🚩 Highlights: ✦  Country-specific due diligence regulations and EU CSDDD alignment, ✦  Regional challenges in due diligence implementation, ✦  Best practices for supplier collaboration across the value chain, ✦  Practical insights from AHKs on local and international supply chain compliance.   📅 Thursday, 12 September 2024 🕒 Time Zones: 17:00 – 18:30 Vietnam time (12:00 – 13:30 CEST) 🧐 Speakers: ✦ Ute Brockmann– Deputy Director General, AHK India (IGCC) ✦ Hanna Dittmeyer – Head of the Competence Centre Energy, Environment and Sustainable Economy, AHK Services Eastern Africa Ltd ✦ Raymond Wai Lam CHUNG – Director, Market Entry & Training Services, AHK Hong Kong ✦ Huyen Nhu Lanh – Project Coordinator for Sustainable and Climate Resilient Supply Chains, AHK Vietnam ✦ Carlos Fernandez – Director, Santa Cruz Regional Office, AHK Bolivia ✦ Indras Ghosh – Head, Sustainability, AHK India (IGCC) 👉 Don’t miss this opportunity to gain expert insights and prepare your business for the evolving regulatory landscape! We look forward to your participation. Register here: https://lnkd.in/ducYZtHg #Webinar #CSDDD #Sustainability #DueDiligence #SupplyChainCompliance #EURegulations #LkSG #GermanIndustry #GlobalPreparedness #SustainableBusiness #AHKInsights #CorporateResponsibility #SustainableSupplyChains #ComplianceStrategies #RegulatoryUpdates

📅 Hot topic for European and Japanese companies...Join the webinar tomorrow 15h Tokyo time to find out how this EU funded project can help you

📢 New Policy Brief: Environmental Impact Assessments of Trade Agreements A new policy brief from Thi Thuy Linh Bui, Ruben Dewitte, Simon Happersberger, Nidhi Nagabhatla, and Glenn Rayp, explores how environmental impact assessments (EIAs) of trade agreements, a key instrument to align trade practices with the Sustainable Development Goals, are designed and implemented, focusing on the role of actors, agencies, and EIAs agendas globally. This in-depth study offers key insights into the effectiveness of EIAs, emphasizing their critical importance for policymakers, environmental advocates, and trade negotiators in integrating environmental standards into trade policies. By establishing a benchmark for future assessments, it highlights the essential role of international organizations and governments in promoting sustainable trade practices. This policy brief was published as part of the T20 Brasil policy brief series. The T20 is a G20 Brasil 2024 engagement group that brings together think tanks and research centres from G20 members and guest countries and organisations. 📄 Read more about this insightful analysis through this link: https://lnkd.in/dEHtjVMb #SustainableDevelopment #TradePolicy #EnvironmentalImpact #EIAs #GlobalTrade #PolicyResearch #Sustainability #UNUCRIS

Want to build stronger, more durable businesses? The OECD and European Union are teaming up with businesses and policymakers across Australia, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand and Singapore to build supply chain due diligence within the private sector. Read more below ⬇️ Vangelis Vitalis | Sarah Salmond Elliott | BusinessNZ | Kirk Hope | Katherine Rich | Brad Olsen JP | John Ballingall | David Skilling | The New Zealand Initiative | Motu Economic and Public Policy Research | thinkstep-anz

"The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has unveiled a significant expansion to its guidelines on sustainable trade, including by extending them to all sectors for the first time. The ICC’s Principles for Sustainable Trade (PST) programme aims to provide a framework for companies to score the environmental impacts of their trade activities, and assess how they align with the Paris Agreement and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals." via Global Trade Review (GTR)

🌱 Don't miss an enlightening discussion at the 11th SWR with Mr. Paolo Vergano, Partner at FratiniVergano-European Lawyers, a firm specialising in #trade #law. Mr. Vergano believes that "Sustainability can only be negotiated, not imposed, and #standards are the best instruments to achieve greater sustainability through trade." At the SWR, he will share his insights as part of the panel on 'Trade Regulations And Sustainability Standards – #Challenge Or #Opportunity?'. Key questions to be discussed: • What impact will the European Union’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and other rules being introduced by major markets have on trade with ASEAN? • How are companies and smallholders navigating different sustainability standards, including both trade rules and product certifications? • Are these requirements a burden or do they present opportunities, such as granting market access and giving financiers more confidence to invest in ASEAN’s resource sectors? 🔗 Register now: http://bit.ly/SWR2024 🌎 Theme: Next Economy and the Future of Resources 📅 Date: Thursday, 9 May 2024 🕝 Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm 📍 Venue: Fullerton Hotel, Singapore For more information, visit our website at: https://lnkd.in/gNjX92Y 👤 For membership enquiries: membership@siiaonline.org 📰 For media-related enquiries: media@siiaonline.org #SWR2024 #11SWR #ASEAN #sustainability #SIIA

🌍🌿 Are you ready for the World Trade Organization’s annual #AidforTrade Global Review? Make sure to join UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), WTO, and the Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs (TESS) on 26 June at 13:00 CET for a crucial session on “Nationally Determined Contributions 3.0, Trade, Finance, and Investment Gaps and the role of international cooperation and Aid for Trade.”    Trade, investment, and green industrial policies can drive carbon emission reductions set forth in National Determined Contributions (NDCs) and sustainable development trade-related policies and measure. But, NDCs can also create trade barriers and impact the competitiveness and sustainable development priorities of economies. Against this backdrop, coherent trade and investment policies are important for economies to design and meet their NDCs 3.0. 🌐💼   This session will: ➡️ explore views from WTO Members on how economies can leverage trade and investment to achieve NDCs ➡️ examine how climate objectives can offer new trade and investment opportunities for sustainable development ➡️ consider capacity gaps to be addressed for developing economies to reflect trade, finance and investment considerations, priorities, and policies in their NDCs ➡️ discuss UNCTAD’s recent research on Investment in Sustainable Energy for All (see here: https://lnkd.in/dJ8uQZ6n) ➡️ present a range of trade policy options that can be used by Members to enhance their climate mitigations and adaptation strategies to meet their climate objectives under the Paris Agreement   Speakers include: 🔹 PEDRO MANUEL MORENO, Deputy Secretary-General, UN Trade and Development  🔹 Chantal Line Carpentier, Head, Trade, Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, UN Trade and Development  🔹 Matthew Wilson, Ambassador, Barbados  🔹 Kimberley Botwright, Head of Sustainable Trade, World Economic Forum  🔹 Sok Sopheak, Secretary of State of Commerce, Cambodia 🔹 Pimchanok Pitfield, Ambassador, Thailand  🔹 Jimmy Rantes, Director General, Ministry of Trade and Commerce, Vanuatu  🔹 Aik Hoe Lim, Director, Trade and Environment Division, WTO   Learn more: here: https://lnkd.in/ePS2XXCX

🌏 Tulip Consulting is excited to share a recent publication titled "Emerging Trade Opportunities for LDCs from the Green Transition," authored by Colette van der Ven. It was featured in the WTO's policy note 'LDC Trade Priorities—Looking Forward' launched at the 9th Global Review of Aid for Trade. 💡 This publication emphasises ensuring that the #greentransition does not create a green divide. It calls for a narrative shift at the WTO. Developed countries must acknowledge the negative implications of green trade measures and adopt an approach aligned with environment and development objectives. #LDCs must identify mechanisms to leverage trade rules to help them achieve green development objectives. 💡 This publication outlines key strategies for implementing this shift, covering environmental goods and services, technology transfer, non-tariff barriers, and technical and financial assistance. It also underscores the need for new institutional arrangements to address the #trade-#environment-#development nexus. Tulip is grateful to the World Trade Organization, especially Taufiqur Rahman for this opportunity.

Tonight is the next seminar on "EU Trade Policy, Sustainability and Private Parties". I am very excited to speak about possibilities for Sustainable Development and Corporate Responsibility through the African Free Trade Agreement AfCFTA. If you are interested, please join us tonight remote or in person! I am eager to hear your thoughts on this important topic