Speakers

As a member of the Australian delegation to United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT), Steve has been contributing to digital standards for trade facilitation for around 20 years. In that capacity he is currently working on a recommendation to nations on implementation of supply chain transparency at scale. This project includes some detailed implementation guidance in the form of the UN Transparency Protocol (UNTP).

UNTP is an open standard that provides practical solutions to challenges like due-diligence, corporate scope 3 disclosures, mass-balance, greenwashing, data privacy, paper compatibility, and commercial incentives. UNTP is designed for scalability and allows every value chain actor to take simple steps towards a value-based participation in transparent and sustainable supply chains without any dependency on other actors in the value chain.

When not working on UN/CEFACT projects, Steve runs a boutique consultancy in Canberra, Australia that provides digital strategy and implementation services to Australian government agencies including the Australian Border Force, the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment & Water, and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry.

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