Your insider look at global trade transparency, sustainability breakthroughs, including innovative applications of the game-changing United Nations Transparency Protocol (UNTP).
Six questions to work through before committing to a DPP approach — because the more you ask, the more you realise you’re really choosing an interoperability strategy.
Zachary Zeus: achieve EU DPP compliance if you need it — but don’t mistake the passport for the strategy. Build the capability to exchange trusted information first.
The Digital Product Passport may be the immediate requirement, but the real challenge is interoperability — how trusted information moves between organisations, systems and jurisdictions.
UNTP 0.7 is out for public review — the prerelease of 1.0. That signals a shift from building the protocol to helping industries, sectors and ecosystems organise around it.
A Trust Architecture lens on UN/CEFACT Rec 49 — what the policy sets out, why it matters now, and how Trust Architects translate it into commercial and technical reality.
Six questions to work through before committing to a DPP approach — because the more you ask, the more you realise you’re really choosing an interoperability strategy...
Zachary Zeus: achieve EU DPP compliance if you need it — but don’t mistake the passport for the strategy. Build the capability to exchange trusted information first...
The Digital Product Passport is the output — the real challenge is interoperability. How to think about DPPs strategically before committing to an implementation approach...
UNTP 0.7 is out for public review — the prerelease of 1.0. The work is shifting from building the protocol to helping industries, sectors and ecosystems organise around it...
A Trust Architecture lens on UN/CEFACT Rec 49 — what the policy sets out, why it matters now, and how Trust Architects translate it into commercial and technical reality...
The AgTrace Australia Summary Report captures UNTP-aligned thinking tested under real-world conditions across red meat, cherry, and canola export pilots...
A year on from v1.0, the Pyx IDR has evolved to handle real-world UNTP deployment: per-link versioning, role-based disclosure, structured vocabularies, and dynamic resolution...
Rec 49 doesn't demand a single system — it delivers the conditions to inspire an ecosystem. Here's what's currently in play and in progress across UNTP, UNVTD, and GRID...
UNVTD applies W3C Verifiable Credentials and DIDs to international trade documents, enabling tamper-evident, cryptographically verifiable formats...
As 2025 turned into 2026, policy intent collided with the reality of real-world delivery and pushback. Frameworks may be delayed or diluted, but transparency requirements are still increasing...
A progress update on the UN/CEFACT Global Trust Registry Project. The GRID will support verifiable trust at the source for supply chain participants worldwide...
Large-scale pilots of a UN Transparency Protocol extension are now underway in the US (October 2025–February 2026)...
A practical overview for businesses looking to address digital product passport requirements with future-ready infrastructure.
The September UNTP meetings covered a range of updates and discussions on governance, technical progress, and sector engagement...
Four regulatory flashpoints driving transparency demands and three developments showing UNTP gaining traction as core infrastructure...
If you want to see what verifiable trade looks like in practice, there are now multiple entry points for developers, analysts and policymakers alike.
The Global Battery Alliance (GBA) is the latest global industry body to register the development of a UNTP extension...
2025 has brought a fresh round of tariff talk, some politicised, weaponised, and loudly opinionated...
The June 2025 UNTP meetings focused on critical developments in release governance, interoperability...
Every few years, businesses refresh their sustainability ambitions. More recycled content. Fewer flights...
For years, businesses have been able to say pretty much anything they like about how "green" or "ethical"...
The idea of providing traceability through digital information across supply chains isn't new...
If you've ever tried to verify the origin of a product, part, or ingredient in a supply chain...
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