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Good afternoon.

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Welcome.

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Welcome back.

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And for some of you, I think welcome.

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Some of you, I think, arrived
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And we're happy to have you.

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That, I think, also goes for folks

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that are tuned in online.

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I know that for some of our guests, it's

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getting very,
very late in the evening online.

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But those are hanging
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Thank you.

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I have the pleasure now of introducing

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and another panel this time

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focused on inter-agency investments
in global sustainability.

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And that takes many forms,
as you will hear.

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The moderator for this panel is David
Alexander, Dr.

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David Alexander,
and he is the senior science adviser

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for resilience within the Office
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We're extremely,
very proud that we have this

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wonderful outfit in the form
of the Department of Homeland Security,

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Science and Technology Directorate.

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And that I think, as you've heard
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they are an engine for innovation
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the homeland security milieu,

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and that includes resilience
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So you will hear from David
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about the ways that they are moving
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in building resilience and sustainability
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global supply chains and thinking
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and all of our private sector
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So with that, I will turn it over to Dr.

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Alexander.

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All right.

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Thank you, Liane,
for that delightful introduction.

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I don't know
if I even need to go through my bio.

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I think it's usually commensurate
with the government panels,

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but with the
I think we'll defer on on that for now.

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What I'd like to do
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and really introduce to the panel
in the scope of the panel to the audience.

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And we appreciate you sticking with us.

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You know, one of the benefits of being in
the afternoon is we get to learn

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and hear from the earlier panels
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And I think what you'll see is
we've got an enthusiastic set of panelists

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here with me to really discuss
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The areas that we're really trying
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is a collaboration across the interagency
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I think you heard some private sector
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This is your opportunity to hear
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And we've got four key agencies that have
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and in both green trade,
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innovation across the ecosystem.

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So without further ado, I'll introduce
my my fellow panelists here.

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So I have hope.

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Big Peyton from International Affairs

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at the Office of Chief Scientist
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Department of Agriculture.

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I have Todd Johnson, senior
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I have Carlos Ochoa,

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one of my colleagues here
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as branch chief of the Customs
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against Terrorism and Trusted
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that was going to join us
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Unfortunately, Mayor Ramirez
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He had a last minute
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But I do want to acknowledge that,
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to play both in green trade
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negotiator at the U.S.

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Department of State
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So fortunately, he's not here to join us,
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in some further conversations
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So with that being said,
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and she'll kick us off,
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so much and really appreciate
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on behalf of USDA
as work to motivate investments

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in climate, smart agriculture
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And we have the challenge
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But I'll try to get everyone
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private sector investments in innovation
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I'm hoping to Payton International Affairs
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Office of the Chief Scientist
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on the Agriculture Innovation Innovation
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how public and private sector partners
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and then also some early outcomes
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of the initiative.

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The Agriculture Innovation Mission
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was launched by President Biden
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this is the first initiative
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internationally to be launched by a US
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and the intention is to enable
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and solutions at the intersection
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It's a big year for the initiative,
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by and for climate co-lead
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that climate will be a leading platform
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initiative is to motivate public
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to increase
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in agriculture and food systems,
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We heard this morning about upstream
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poor climate is really aiming at that
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So research development to demonstration
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we're aiming to motivate partners
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to green their own supply chains.

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The objectives again,
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enable coordination and collaboration,
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We just hosted the climate
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and there were over 42 government
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all working together to increase their own

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public sector investments
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as well as over 260 partners
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It was a great event and we aim
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The metric, the scope of the initiative,
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agricultural innovation,
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and private applied research
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demonstration and development, deployment
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And I'll just give some background on our
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This comes from the U.N.,
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is to sustainably increase
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Smart agriculture includes adaptation
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So how to join the initiative?

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sector representatives are here today

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and are not yet members,
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There are these three types of partners
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sector partners and knowledge
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those who announce an increase
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and innovation spending over this
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As of now, there are 51 government partner
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and created new innovations over this time
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We now have 51 innovation sprints,
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bold ideas to green supply chains
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I'll give you some examples.

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in this capacity
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One a couple of case studies are here.

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In the interest of time,
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which is the enteric fermentation
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on feed additives to reduce methane
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which is one of the biggest

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low hanging fruit kind of mitigation
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how do we ensure that it can cross borders
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as it would need to be to achieve
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we are really excited to share that.

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And USDA Secretary Vilsack pictured here,
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and Climate Change, here to announce
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that the initiative had mobilized
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including private sector as well as public
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So we'd love to issue this challenge
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and share their own investments
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and food systems innovation
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as we heard earlier this morning
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And we have now over 500 partners
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another announcement we shared at
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AI and machine Learning grand Challenge
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This was a group called Enterprise
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of in-kind animal resources to a good idea
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AG The good idea was a startup called Agro
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So a great case study of the outcomes
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and we're proud to have a global reach
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that climate currently partners with

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on the road to COP 28.

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We invite partners to join us
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as government partners
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and to host events on the road to COP 28
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And you can connect with us
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the Innovation Hub,
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So if you're interested in joining
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please do get in touch with me
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Thank you so much.

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Thank you, David, for, uh,

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thank you, David,
for moderating this panel.

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And I want to take this opportunity
to thank CBP and everyone involved in

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putting on the forum today,
making it possible.

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I'm honored to be invited to participate
alongside interagency colleagues

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in what I hope is the first of many
similar conversations on ways

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to incentivize green trade
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This afternoon, I will briefly highlight
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that USAID operates to increase the volume
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of sustainable supply chains
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I'll specifically touch on examples
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support to encourage innovation
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within the Asia-Pacific region
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First, under the category of doing
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The first example or highlight is from
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The Green Investor
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Regional Office in Bangkok
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but spent six years working with Project
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to shift investments
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to produce the agro commodities
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Understanding why financial institutions
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as well as why companies with good ideas
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The team worked with businesses
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to have each come closer
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By the time they closed
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Asia had brokered
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without providing grants,
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We did that by both financing green
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Deep understanding
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without masking it through subsidies
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with private sector partners, governments
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investment in other sectors,
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Management, the supporting producers,
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and multinational traders such as IKEA
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material used in the $11 billion furniture
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kind of doing the right things
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This program called Align Asia's Linear
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to increase the adoption
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environmental and social safeguards
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roads, railways and power lines.

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A line is currently active in India,
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Building on previous work
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to conserve their landscapes
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resilience for the infrastructure itself
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Align works on policies and practices
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Safeguards for linear infrastructure
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and standards

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promotes planning, development
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that incorporates natural resource
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knowledge and training products
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natural resource safeguards into linear
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Infrastructure, or KDR, AI through
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with the Civil Rights Secretariat
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who serves as co-chair of the Governing
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Aid. India's Director who serves as
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Steering is an India based international
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agencies, multilateral development
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of infrastructure systems
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Risks, or what I call proactive positives,

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we're moving beyond risks and looking at
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on proactive, positive for resilient trade
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is supporting the Task Force on Nature
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as they field test their draft
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that enables organizations to report
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TANF This framework
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and assess necessary data and information
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our particular interest
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can inform the opportunity to channel
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Positive investments in green trade,
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or other nature
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their nature related risks,
they can learn valuable information

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to not only reduce nature negative
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that build resilience of their companies,
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And with that, back to you, David.

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Thank you very much.

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You can find more on those links.

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Thank you, David.

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And good afternoon, everyone.

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First, let me just say thank you
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for inviting us.

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not just to participate, but also to learn

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how we've done so.

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We've learned quite a bit so far.

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I have colleagues in the back as well
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to some of the presenters this morning.

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Let me start by saying that we in City
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we're not climate experts,
but we do recognize that all of us

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have a responsibility and a role to play
because it will take all of us

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working together
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by all of us.

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I mean governments, academia,
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and partners, those countries.

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We have signed mutual recognition
arrangements with concerned individuals

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such as yourselves and of course,
the trade community at large,

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the owners and operators
of most of the international supply

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chain, and unfortunately,
the source of much of the world's

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total greenhouse gas emissions.

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And yes,
where some of the greatest innovations

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taking place to address sustainability.

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And yes, global
warming is a national threat

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not only to the United States
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It is a threat to our economic viability
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As we heard today,
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are certified certified companies.

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So we have some leverage over
these companies based on the relationship

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and partnership that we have built over
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this is why CBP has recognized

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and I don't see the slide anywhere,

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that the program has a role to play

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in improving climate resilience
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We have very dedicated members
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and we can use that collected

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leverage to lead the rest of the world
in the right direction towards green trade

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from a supply chain
security program perspective.

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As you will see in
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we have actually been exploring
how we can leverage the city program

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to support the CBP green trade strategy.

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But before I go into those details,
I know that some members of the audience

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may not be very familiar
with what we do in city by city,

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but stands for Customs Trade Partnership
Against Terrorism, and is the U.S.

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version of the Authorized
Economic Operator Program,

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a key component of the World Customs
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framework of standards
to secure and facilitate global trade,

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a key instrument
based on international standards

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that guides customs administrations
from all over the world as to how and why

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they need to do in order to secure trade
so it can be facilitated

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through CTP.

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CBP works with the trade community
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the international supply chain
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border security.

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layered cargo enforcement strategy
that CBP implemented as a result

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following the attacks of September
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We have close to 11,000 members

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representing the entire supply chain
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importers and exporters,
sea carriers, highway

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carriers, US licensed customs brokers
and so forth.

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By implementing and following citywide
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CBP affords these companies
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including less inspections at the border
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the land borders, ports of entry,

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what we call the fast lanes,
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imports
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And we have partnered with many nations
through our mutual recognition arrangement

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program.

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So far, we have signed 18 of them.

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being with the European Union,
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So we're actually working very closely
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many of them
some of our main trading partners.

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So with that background in mind,
let me tell you what we have done

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internally to address climate change
and what we're currently exploring

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in order to support CBP's green trade
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any proposal or any change to the program
that we think is needed

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which will impact the trade.

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Operation Advisory Committee or Co.uk
for a full discussion.

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The first thing we did was to look

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at the strategy,
study its goals and opportunities

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and see where we can leverage
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We've met with Director

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Bigelow
and her staff to the course, discuss

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where the program with the program
has proactively done and

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where we can go
in terms of powered operations

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and ideas that we can explore

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to implement in the future.

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We have also been busy learning
what other U.S.

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government entities
and international organizations

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like the WCO and the IMO
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And most importantly,
learning what the trade is

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already doing to address global warming

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so that we can

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be aware of the challenges that you face

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and at the same time understand

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the best practices
that have already been implemented

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so that perhaps
we can adopt those best practices in

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some of the areas where City Park
can strengthen the program to address

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climate change is by looking
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Those are

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preconditions that companies must meet
before they even apply to city.

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But by strengthening
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When a company applies on a yearly basis,

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all companies
go through a vetting process.

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And finally,
by expanding our security requirements

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and I have an example here
that has to do with the FTC,

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we need to reach out to other partner
government agencies.

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An example is the FTC.

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They have developed what they call
green guides to help companies

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avoid making environmental claims
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What is commonly known as greenwashing.

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The FTC has several open enforcement cases
and dozens of companies,

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some of them in city,
but who the FTC believes

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have been involved
in greenwashing practices.

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So to what extent can we use these
information that the FTC

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already has publicly available

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on their website
to leverage the same type of program?

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We've been working with the our colleagues
at the WCO

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to support

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a proposal submitted

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by the European Union
that has to deal with green trade.

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We're working with our mutual recognition
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so that they support that proposal
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And finally,
we have conducted our own analysis

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internally to determine
to what extent we have been able to

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diminish, decrease our carbon footprint.

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We use calculation
methodologies and statistics

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from the Federal Aviation Administration
and the International Council

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on Clean Transportation,
and we were able to determine that

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by implementing virtual validations,
the program has been able to save

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over 650,000 kilograms of carbon emissions

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through virtual validations,
which is the equivalent to the jet

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fuel consumed by a fully fueled
Boeing's 3737 600 airliners.

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We will
continue to learn which are all doing

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adopt some of your best practices
and see where we can leverage

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the CTA program once again
to support the CBP Green Trade strategy.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Carlos.

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So here we go.

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Can you.

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Ah, cue my music, please.

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We don't have any music,
but at one point we did have a.

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EPA Smart way country song.

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So you got to know your stakeholders.
It's on a CD.

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I'm sure somewhere
if you can find a CD player to to play it.

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So thank you, Dr.

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Alexander, for organizing this panel
and to the entire grain

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Trade Office team
for the invitation to join this discussion

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now. So it's complicated.

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I mastered it,

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so I'm going to skip ahead

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and go to the diagram.

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And I'm going to begin by zooming out and
discuss sort of why a smart way exists.

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Well, our industry, government partnership
grew out of a need for more reliable,

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more credible
and more accessible information.

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So those in the supply chain could make
greener decisions with greater confidence.

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When we started 20 or so years
ago, claims of greenness

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and fuel savings from technologies
abound, often

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without a credible basis
and sometimes with less noble intent.

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For the economists among us.

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This would be known
as less than perfect market information.

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So in a broad sense, smart way exists
to support market based solutions

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by informing the supply chain
at key points

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regarding the greenness of other links,
as well as individual informing

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individual links how they can genuinely
improve their greenness.

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And in general, we think of ourselves
as debunking the myth that companies

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can't simultaneously improve their triple

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bottom line
people, planet and prosperity or profit.

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So that is,

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it is possible to act in ways that advance
your corporate social responsibility,

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meet your environmental obligations
and financially prosper.

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Free to efficiency done properly
inherently reduces your social

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and environmental footprint
and improves improves your profitability.

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So how do we do it?

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Well, at our foundation,
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and I'll refer to the diagram here

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to get a bit into the nuts and bolts.

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So we have three primary stakeholders,
our shippers, carriers and logistics.

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Of course, shippers, you can think of
those in the retail business might be

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people selling cars, electronics,
potato chips, whatever it might be.

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Carriers trucking fleets, people that move
stuff and logistics and third party

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logistics providers, those that might use
multimodal multimodal techniques,

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whether it be rail, air,
road to move things as well.

484
00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:57.520
So the center of gravity of the program
is depicted in the middle of this diagram.

485
00:28:57.520 --> 00:28:59.760
It's really our smart way data.

486
00:28:59.760 --> 00:29:02.440
So all of our
all of our shippers, carriers

487
00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:05.760
and logistics organizations
submit data to us.

488
00:29:05.760 --> 00:29:07.680
It used to be a spreadsheet.

489
00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:12.360
Now it's an online portal
and with that, with that activity data

490
00:29:12.560 --> 00:29:17.920
on fuel used what they've
what they moved in terms of tonnes volume,

491
00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:19.800
how they've gone about it
with different modes, time

492
00:29:19.800 --> 00:29:24.080
they've spent on the road at different
speeds, all kinds of valuable information.

493
00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:28.320
We, we develop a set of metrics,
a grams per ton mile,

494
00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:31.800
so a sort of a freight efficiency for CO2.

495
00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:35.800
Of course NOx and PPM,
nitrogen oxides and particulate matter.

496
00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:40.000
And these metrics, as well as developing
emissions, projected emissions

497
00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:45.320
using peer review
methodologies, emissions that can be

498
00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:47.840
that can be used as a credible source
of how green

499
00:29:47.840 --> 00:29:50.640
the movement truly, truly is.

500
00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:51.520
So these metrics

501
00:29:51.520 --> 00:29:56.160
and this data informs the gray lines
on the outside of the smart way ecosystem.

502
00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:59.600
It informs these decisions
we hope and informs the transactions.

503
00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:00.720
Using this information.

504
00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:04.720
We rank how we rank the carriers,
we build them,

505
00:30:04.800 --> 00:30:09.480
and with some care to not give away
too much of the secret sauce for that.

506
00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:13.000
For each of the individual entities
respecting their privacy, we provide

507
00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:16.400
information
that allows hopefully shippers to a

508
00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:20.000
to steer their
their work in their contracts

509
00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:25.120
towards people who are genuinely greener,
demonstrated greener.

510
00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:27.600
So we also also program elements

511
00:30:27.600 --> 00:30:32.800
that directly support individual nodes
within this ecosystems.

512
00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:36.600
So that comes in a variety
of of of mechanisms.

513
00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:40.120
We have a smart way technology
verification center.

514
00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:44.200
And this center has developed
standard test protocols

515
00:30:44.280 --> 00:30:47.760
that manufacturers
use for a variety of equipment.

516
00:30:47.760 --> 00:30:52.440
It could be aerodynamic excuse
to retrofit tractor trailers.

517
00:30:52.520 --> 00:30:55.240
It could be
if the idle reduction equipment, low

518
00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:57.600
rolling resistance
tires, these kinds of things.

519
00:30:57.600 --> 00:31:01.480
And we have developed standard protocols
that they use, submit to us.

520
00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:05.160
We review it and we list by product

521
00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:08.520
devices and technology
that our stakeholders

522
00:31:08.520 --> 00:31:11.840
can use to to go out there
and reduce emissions.

523
00:31:12.080 --> 00:31:16.480
And again, not relying upon manufacturer
claims, but relying upon tested

524
00:31:16.560 --> 00:31:19.200
tested products,

525
00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:20.520
education.

526
00:31:20.520 --> 00:31:24.640
So we have a variety of ready
to ready to use

527
00:31:24.800 --> 00:31:28.800
education programs from driver
training to idle reduction webinars.

528
00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:30.280
And of course, we have several

529
00:31:30.280 --> 00:31:34.000
sets of best practices
that we share across our stakeholders.

530
00:31:34.080 --> 00:31:38.560
And overarching all of this are incentives
that we hopefully have.

531
00:31:38.560 --> 00:31:42.120
We provide for our for our
our stakeholders.

532
00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:45.680
That includes the Smart Way
Excellence awards list of high performers

533
00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:49.080
on our website,
and also access to our logo and brand

534
00:31:49.320 --> 00:31:58.040
that we hope is a shorthand for for folks
finding the greenest of the green.

535
00:31:58.120 --> 00:31:58.920
So some results.

536
00:31:58.920 --> 00:32:00.520
We have about 4000 partners.

537
00:32:00.520 --> 00:32:03.000
We started with 15 charter partners.

538
00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:06.760
About 3400 of those are trucking fleets.

539
00:32:06.840 --> 00:32:09.760
And you can review these at your
at your leisure.

540
00:32:09.760 --> 00:32:13.200
There's a lot of great information
on our benefits, baked and baked in there.

541
00:32:13.280 --> 00:32:16.440
But suffice to say, we are very proud
of the commitment and achievements

542
00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:20.040
of our partners because they're the ones
that are reducing the emissions.

543
00:32:20.120 --> 00:32:25.480
We are along for the ride and hopefully
providing providing incentives.

544
00:32:25.560 --> 00:32:28.480
So I'll finish with a couple of key,
key components

545
00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:31.480
that we believe are part of our success
and things that we've learned.

546
00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:36.160
So first and foremost, this program is
within for the freight sector.

547
00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:39.760
We have to listen and evolve at a pace
that serves the communities

548
00:32:39.840 --> 00:32:42.520
and the markets
that we're attempting to influence.

549
00:32:42.520 --> 00:32:45.120
And this is really critical
because by our very nature,

550
00:32:45.120 --> 00:32:46.440
we're trying to align

551
00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:50.400
with those that are on the leading edge,
the leading edge of best practices

552
00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:56.640
of corporate social responsibility
and reporting and overall innovation.

553
00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.960
Second engagement.

554
00:32:57.960 --> 00:33:01.320
We've invested significantly in mechanisms
for engaging our stakeholders

555
00:33:01.320 --> 00:33:05.760
that not only make our program accessible,
but if I dare say, even a bit human.

556
00:33:05.840 --> 00:33:08.200
We have a partner, account managers.

557
00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:12.680
Every partner is assigned a real,
a real person that they can talk to.

558
00:33:12.760 --> 00:33:15.080
You have to invest in something like this.

559
00:33:15.080 --> 00:33:18.760
So while we're a great supporter
of digital efficiency,

560
00:33:18.840 --> 00:33:21.760
we are also committed
to this other perspective,

561
00:33:21.760 --> 00:33:24.760
this other prong of how we can engage

562
00:33:24.760 --> 00:33:28.000
and interact with our our stakeholders.

563
00:33:28.080 --> 00:33:31.840
Balancing competing forces, of course,
where we might strive for simplicity,

564
00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:35.120
but we also need to provide
as much flexibility as possible,

565
00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:37.920
informing and facilitating transparency.

566
00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:41.640
But know that you'll need to protect
sensitive business information.

567
00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:45.200
And I'll conclude by just emphasizing
you have to show the value proposition.

568
00:33:45.280 --> 00:33:47.400
We're a voluntary program.

569
00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:50.960
If we don't demonstrate
a value proposition for the stakeholders

570
00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:55.000
and for our community,
they won't be with us for for very long.

571
00:33:55.080 --> 00:33:57.600
So just emphasizing again, that triple
bottom line

572
00:33:57.600 --> 00:34:02.560
that we've heard discussed
throughout several sessions here today.

573
00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:05.840
And with
that, I'll conclude without music.

574
00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.880
It was great.

575
00:34:06.880 --> 00:34:08.960
So thanks for all those opening salvos.

576
00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:12.639
I think one of the most interesting themes
that you probably

577
00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:16.440
picked up on across
all the the statements here is that

578
00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:20.840
everyone talked about human centric
and use inspired approaches.

579
00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:25.639
And I think that's an important aspect
that often is underappreciated

580
00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:26.960
and overlooked.

581
00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:29.639
It's not just about the technology,

582
00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:33.000
although the the scientists
and the technologists would like to say

583
00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:37.760
that it's about the humans that you're
trying to motivate action from.

584
00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:39.679
So well done.

585
00:34:39.679 --> 00:34:41.080
Here's where it gets fun, right?

586
00:34:41.080 --> 00:34:44.080
So I get to challenge
you with some questions.

587
00:34:44.120 --> 00:34:48.440
So I do have a few general questions,
but I also have some

588
00:34:48.520 --> 00:34:52.639
some targeted questions
for for each one of the panelists.

589
00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:55.679
So, you know, the general question
I'll start with

590
00:34:55.679 --> 00:35:00.720
is what innovation
opportunities do you see in green trade?

591
00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:03.800
And then maybe make that a reflection
of how

592
00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:08.840
that how your your program is
and maybe an example from your program.

593
00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:11.400
So, hope, why don't we start with you?

594
00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:12.840
Sure. Happy to.

595
00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:14.000
To get started,

596
00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:17.640
I think I would really highlight
the economic opportunities that we see

597
00:35:17.640 --> 00:35:21.560
in green trade for those in the food
and agriculture sector.

598
00:35:21.640 --> 00:35:22.840
USDA, for example,

599
00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:26.480
is making historic investments
in our climate smart commodities program.

600
00:35:26.680 --> 00:35:28.800
So that's producing commodities

601
00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:31.480
that are more productive
using less natural resources.

602
00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:36.480
And we hope that these sort of pilot
programs USDA is funding

603
00:35:36.560 --> 00:35:40.040
private sector partners can pick those up
and run with them, and that there

604
00:35:40.040 --> 00:35:43.880
will be preferential consumer demand
for more sustainable products.

605
00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:46.240
So we think looking upstream
at the production side,

606
00:35:46.240 --> 00:35:49.320
there's a lot of economic opportunities
for partners

607
00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:52.800
and then getting more
into the trade side of things.

608
00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:57.160
I think we expect that there will be
an increasing number

609
00:35:57.160 --> 00:36:01.760
of voluntary standards, for example,
regarding climate smart commodities

610
00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:05.600
and, that there will be additional
opportunities internationally for U.S.

611
00:36:05.600 --> 00:36:08.400
producers, for example, in that market.

612
00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:11.400
There are specific innovation
opportunities, as I mentioned,

613
00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:14.520
food additives for enteric fermentation
earlier.

614
00:36:14.720 --> 00:36:17.560
We've seen and I don't want
to jump the gun on challenges,

615
00:36:17.560 --> 00:36:18.840
but we've seen some challenges

616
00:36:18.840 --> 00:36:23.120
to adoption of new technologies,
including biotechnologies, for example.

617
00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:29.080
So we're hoping to increase the acceptance
of new technologies through openness

618
00:36:29.080 --> 00:36:32.600
to innovation, through campaigns
such as the agriculture Innovation

619
00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:33.720
Mission for Climate.

620
00:36:33.720 --> 00:36:34.080
So really,

621
00:36:34.080 --> 00:36:37.960
I think I would highlight those
potential economic opportunities in trade,

622
00:36:38.040 --> 00:36:40.520
and we'd love to engage
more with private sector partners

623
00:36:40.520 --> 00:36:43.800
working on the transportation
and emissions side of this.

624
00:36:44.040 --> 00:36:47.000
For example,
DHL spoke this morning about SRF

625
00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:49.680
using more sustainable aviation fuels,

626
00:36:49.680 --> 00:36:52.920
and the USDA would love to continue
to partner with the private sector

627
00:36:53.120 --> 00:36:56.960
on the roll out of
how do we work on the transportation

628
00:36:56.960 --> 00:37:01.240
side of these more sustainably produced
agricultural commodities as well.

629
00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:02.440
Thanks.

630
00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:07.160
So so maybe I'll follow up hope QUESTION
So what what is most surprised

631
00:37:07.160 --> 00:37:13.200
you as an outcome of the the agricultural
mission Innovation Mission

632
00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:14.360
surprised me.

633
00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:17.640
I think potentially the enthusiasm

634
00:37:17.640 --> 00:37:20.640
that different countries
have shown for this.

635
00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:23.960
Relating back
to my example of biotechnologies, the U.S.

636
00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:26.760
has been a longtime supporter
and investor of these technologies.

637
00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:30.840
Our science and research institutions
do a lot of incredible work in this space,

638
00:37:31.080 --> 00:37:34.080
which is critical
for climate resilient crops, etc.

639
00:37:34.240 --> 00:37:37.800
But I think one of the reasons there
hasn't been as much acceptance globally is

640
00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:41.800
there wasn't a lot of awareness
of how this technology could be utilized.

641
00:37:41.880 --> 00:37:45.280
So really bringing partners together
to increase acceptance

642
00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:48.680
of innovations and new technologies
has been a critical outcome.

643
00:37:48.680 --> 00:37:49.480
And it surprised me.

644
00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:51.480
I think the openness to, innovation

645
00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:55.920
we were excited to see
at the climate summit, over 42 partner

646
00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:58.000
countries in attendance
and everyone working

647
00:37:58.000 --> 00:38:02.280
to share their specific innovations,
whether that be for smallholder farmers

648
00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:06.720
in Southeast Asia or large scale
agricultural commodity groups.

649
00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:10.840
Everyone's working on different sectors
and there's innovation opportunities,

650
00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:13.560
food and agricultural supply chain.

651
00:38:13.560 --> 00:38:17.440
So ranging from the R&D side of things,
the production side of things

652
00:38:17.640 --> 00:38:21.560
to the transportation
we are seeing a lot of enthusiasm

653
00:38:21.560 --> 00:38:25.600
for this approach, which has allowed us
to mobilize that 13 billion pool

654
00:38:25.640 --> 00:38:27.640
to fund over the five year period.

655
00:38:27.640 --> 00:38:30.360
And we hope that this momentum continues
to increase.

656
00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:34.520
Of course, we're nowhere near where
we need to be in terms of investments.

657
00:38:34.520 --> 00:38:38.560
And we see the energy sector, for example,
having historic investment

658
00:38:38.560 --> 00:38:40.200
in clean energy technologies.

659
00:38:40.200 --> 00:38:43.840
We need to get closer to that in the food
and agricultural sector to ramp up

660
00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:48.520
and to really make our food systems
and agricultural supply chains greener.

661
00:38:48.600 --> 00:38:51.480
So I think I would say what surprised
me, the enthusiasm,

662
00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:54.480
although we still have a long way to go,
right.

663
00:38:54.560 --> 00:38:57.440
It's a thought maybe for you.

664
00:38:57.440 --> 00:39:00.560
You speak to the innovation
opportunities, particularly

665
00:39:00.560 --> 00:39:04.440
that you may have learned from your
your Green Asia initiative and

666
00:39:04.680 --> 00:39:09.960
and then maybe comment
on how a lesson learned or some aspect

667
00:39:09.960 --> 00:39:14.760
that surprised you as an outcome
of what you've been driving forward.

668
00:39:14.840 --> 00:39:16.640
Sure. Thanks, David.

669
00:39:16.640 --> 00:39:20.000
In terms of opportunities,
I think there's probably a couple.

670
00:39:20.080 --> 00:39:21.880
One is that

671
00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:24.800
because we've got 80 different offices

672
00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:28.640
around the world
working in more than 100 countries,

673
00:39:28.720 --> 00:39:31.080
you know, we have that on the ground

674
00:39:31.080 --> 00:39:35.280
presence to really understand
different contexts and different places

675
00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:40.840
and adjust and adapt
to what makes the most sense for the

676
00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:42.120
I'll speak about the agriculture

677
00:39:42.120 --> 00:39:45.120
forestry field, because that's
what I'm most comfortable with.

678
00:39:45.160 --> 00:39:47.560
And following hope,

679
00:39:47.560 --> 00:39:51.880
you know, how can smallholders
participate in the global economy

680
00:39:52.080 --> 00:39:57.000
and not be left at the side of the road
as far as sort of large industries

681
00:39:57.000 --> 00:40:01.320
start moving towards lower
emission practices and,

682
00:40:01.400 --> 00:40:05.760
you know, reducing their vulnerabilities
to the impacts of climate change,

683
00:40:05.840 --> 00:40:09.480
that it's not coming at the expense
of those who

684
00:40:09.560 --> 00:40:14.520
maybe aren't able to participate in forums
such as this or get on Zoom calls, etc..

685
00:40:14.600 --> 00:40:17.600
Um, you know,
we have the ability to really

686
00:40:17.720 --> 00:40:22.480
include them in the work
that we do throughout the world.

687
00:40:22.560 --> 00:40:24.680
Maybe one of the other

688
00:40:24.760 --> 00:40:27.760
opportunities is

689
00:40:27.840 --> 00:40:30.680
markets
that are sending a strong enough signal

690
00:40:30.680 --> 00:40:36.160
that this is what's needed, that
the middle man

691
00:40:36.240 --> 00:40:40.080
not to be pejorative about that,
but the middlemen in the entire trade

692
00:40:40.320 --> 00:40:45.320
ecosystem are recognizing
they need that better data.

693
00:40:45.400 --> 00:40:49.960
And as people are getting that better data
about where are they sourcing from,

694
00:40:50.040 --> 00:40:54.520
what are the practices that are being used
to produce a certain commodity.

695
00:40:54.600 --> 00:40:58.080
They're finding inefficiencies
in the system that they can then reduce

696
00:40:58.280 --> 00:41:03.080
because they've now got better information
about all of the production aspects.

697
00:41:03.160 --> 00:41:06.760
And so you don't need as much pesticide,
you don't need as much fertilizer.

698
00:41:06.760 --> 00:41:10.960
You can still have the same yields without

699
00:41:11.040 --> 00:41:13.680
applying over applying pesticides,

700
00:41:13.680 --> 00:41:18.600
which then have knock on effects,
of course, with water quality, etc., etc..

701
00:41:18.680 --> 00:41:20.120
In terms of surprises, I was

702
00:41:20.120 --> 00:41:25.480
surprised that in the Green investigation
programs documented that one.

703
00:41:25.560 --> 00:41:30.840
Some of the industries that we're working
with, the different commodity chains

704
00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:34.200
were really early adopters of,
say, coffee.

705
00:41:34.280 --> 00:41:36.960
We ended up having 80%

706
00:41:36.960 --> 00:41:40.360
of the largest roasters in the world.

707
00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:43.440
Name brands
that you see on any supermarket shelf

708
00:41:43.560 --> 00:41:48.040
get involved in pre competitive benchmark

709
00:41:48.120 --> 00:41:51.120
and using common tools to be able to then

710
00:41:51.200 --> 00:41:55.560
when they're competing against one
another, at least know that you know,

711
00:41:55.640 --> 00:42:00.640
my data and your data are being used
or being gathered in the same way.

712
00:42:00.720 --> 00:42:05.560
And so reducing the greenwashing
that we just heard about

713
00:42:05.640 --> 00:42:08.760
other industries weren't
and I think that's what surprised me, is

714
00:42:08.760 --> 00:42:10.000
some industries were just like,

715
00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:13.440
yeah, no, we're not going to sit down
with our competitors

716
00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:16.440
and talk about these things
and get a common benchmark.

717
00:42:16.680 --> 00:42:22.200
And I was a little surprised that the more
industries did not Cocoa, for example,

718
00:42:22.280 --> 00:42:28.000
didn't recognize that as an opportunity
for them to change their practices,

719
00:42:28.240 --> 00:42:32.920
but at the same time
also improve their own bottom lines.

720
00:42:33.000 --> 00:42:34.160
Interesting

721
00:42:34.160 --> 00:42:37.400
and definitely interesting comment
about the the need to engage

722
00:42:37.400 --> 00:42:43.240
more at the local level and take advantage
of their knowledge and expertise.

723
00:42:43.320 --> 00:42:47.240
So so, Carlos,
maybe I'll I'll the question on to you.

724
00:42:47.240 --> 00:42:49.520
So what do you see, particularly in this

725
00:42:49.520 --> 00:42:53.760
the city pad program
in terms of innovation opportunities?

726
00:42:53.840 --> 00:42:56.560
And then you mentioned the Coke and

727
00:42:56.560 --> 00:43:00.200
and authorized Economic operator program.

728
00:43:00.200 --> 00:43:04.200
So maybe talk a little bit in terms of
maybe some of the challenges

729
00:43:04.200 --> 00:43:08.800
that you around those programs

730
00:43:08.880 --> 00:43:10.920
or from a city

731
00:43:10.920 --> 00:43:15.640
from a city perspective, I think
I'm going to follow leads, hopefully.

732
00:43:15.720 --> 00:43:21.440
Maybe talk a little bit about the economic
opportunity through growing trade.

733
00:43:21.520 --> 00:43:26.280
So continue to explore
how we can internally

734
00:43:26.360 --> 00:43:34.680
reduce
our carbon footprint in the work we do,

735
00:43:34.760 --> 00:43:36.000
how we can continue to

736
00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:39.880
achieve efficiencies for CBP

737
00:43:39.960 --> 00:43:42.120
without obviously

738
00:43:42.120 --> 00:43:45.360
forgetting about the security side.

739
00:43:45.440 --> 00:43:47.760
So once again, continue to expand

740
00:43:47.760 --> 00:43:52.800
perhaps on the work that we do
through virtual validations.

741
00:43:52.880 --> 00:43:56.400
So once again, lower our carbon footprint,
do our job better,

742
00:43:56.480 --> 00:44:00.280
and even more important,
be able to concentrate a little bit more

743
00:44:00.360 --> 00:44:04.080
on those companies
that were not virtually validating

744
00:44:04.160 --> 00:44:07.520
to be virtually validated by city, by

745
00:44:07.600 --> 00:44:09.400
the company.

746
00:44:09.400 --> 00:44:11.720
The member cannot have any type

747
00:44:11.720 --> 00:44:16.320
of security incident,
any customs compliance issues.

748
00:44:16.400 --> 00:44:19.200
So when we conduct
these virtual validations

749
00:44:19.200 --> 00:44:23.440
on these companies that we trust the most,
we can concentrate our efforts

750
00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:27.520
on those companies
that perhaps need a little bit more help

751
00:44:27.600 --> 00:44:32.280
now from the city parties, a partnership
we need to work with the trade.

752
00:44:32.360 --> 00:44:35.400
The trade is actually the ones that are

753
00:44:35.400 --> 00:44:38.400
leading in terms of innovation.

754
00:44:38.520 --> 00:44:42.000
So we're going to be learning
what they're doing and hopefully

755
00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:45.720
be able to apply
some of those best practices into city.

756
00:44:45.720 --> 00:44:51.640
But whether it's through a new eligibility
requirement, a security requirement,

757
00:44:51.720 --> 00:44:53.640
maybe evolving

758
00:44:53.640 --> 00:44:57.160
our fast lane and aqua lane requirements

759
00:44:57.240 --> 00:45:01.440
in the future, fossil rain,
our dedicated lanes,

760
00:45:01.640 --> 00:45:05.520
the southern border
and the northern borders.

761
00:45:05.600 --> 00:45:08.880
Right now, you don't have to have any

762
00:45:08.960 --> 00:45:13.400
credential rules when it comes to green
trade to be able to use these lanes.

763
00:45:13.480 --> 00:45:17.880
But I suspect that as time goes by
and this becomes a bigger

764
00:45:17.880 --> 00:45:21.920
and bigger issue, events, really
some of the eligibility requirements

765
00:45:21.920 --> 00:45:26.560
to be eligible to participate in up
lane in the fast lanes

766
00:45:26.640 --> 00:45:30.040
is going to include something
related to green trade

767
00:45:30.120 --> 00:45:33.960
to incentivize companies,
but also to reward companies, Right?

768
00:45:34.040 --> 00:45:34.960
Yeah, that's great.

769
00:45:34.960 --> 00:45:39.720
And I think that and I'm sorry,
you mentioned that core

770
00:45:39.800 --> 00:45:41.040
and yes, sure.

771
00:45:41.040 --> 00:45:44.880
The site and I tried to stress that point

772
00:45:44.960 --> 00:45:49.080
during my introduction,
whatever we decide to do

773
00:45:49.080 --> 00:45:53.640
is going to be done in cooperation,
collaboration with the private sector,

774
00:45:53.720 --> 00:45:55.240
our own members,

775
00:45:55.240 --> 00:45:59.800
trade associations and of the stations
that we work very closely with,

776
00:45:59.880 --> 00:46:01.680
eventually present

777
00:46:01.680 --> 00:46:06.040
something to the Coke
for a full discussion.

778
00:46:06.120 --> 00:46:08.400
We went through this process
about five years ago

779
00:46:08.400 --> 00:46:12.160
when we updated our minimum
security criteria.

780
00:46:12.240 --> 00:46:15.200
It took us about three and a half years,
lots of meetings,

781
00:46:15.200 --> 00:46:18.560
lots of phone calls,
lots of email exchanges.

782
00:46:18.640 --> 00:46:23.080
But it was a successful process
and I think we were able

783
00:46:23.080 --> 00:46:28.240
to eventually arrive at the
the criteria that we have in place.

784
00:46:28.440 --> 00:46:32.400
So once again, collaboration,
collaboration with the ultimate

785
00:46:32.560 --> 00:46:33.720
owners and operators

786
00:46:33.720 --> 00:46:37.040
of the supply chains, a partnering,
partnering and more partnering.

787
00:46:37.120 --> 00:46:40.160
And I love that
that use of the term reward.

788
00:46:40.200 --> 00:46:43.400
I think that's a very astute observation.

789
00:46:43.480 --> 00:46:45.600
Sam, maybe I'll carry it on to you.

790
00:46:45.600 --> 00:46:49.040
You've heard your colleagues, particularly
talk a little bit about benchmarking

791
00:46:49.040 --> 00:46:50.920
in the role of benchmarking
and helping them

792
00:46:50.920 --> 00:46:53.640
accomplish some of their mission goals
and objectives.

793
00:46:53.640 --> 00:46:58.320
You know, the Smart Way program you
you articulated has has a unique role and

794
00:46:58.480 --> 00:47:02.280
and provides a lot of value
in terms of measuring and benchmarking.

795
00:47:02.360 --> 00:47:05.080
So maybe I'll I'll I'll rephrase
the question.

796
00:47:05.080 --> 00:47:08.800
Talk a little bit about the innovation
opportunity is related to smart way.

797
00:47:08.880 --> 00:47:12.160
And then maybe if you could share
an example

798
00:47:12.240 --> 00:47:15.240
of of the most creative

799
00:47:15.280 --> 00:47:20.360
use of smart way data or tools that I know
you had plenty of stuff

800
00:47:20.360 --> 00:47:26.760
in your desk, but maybe you didn't
get to share with the audience.

801
00:47:26.840 --> 00:47:27.160
Yeah.

802
00:47:27.160 --> 00:47:27.960
Thanks.

803
00:47:27.960 --> 00:47:30.760
So opportunities

804
00:47:30.760 --> 00:47:33.760
like some of this
may have been covered a bit already,

805
00:47:33.760 --> 00:47:37.720
but I just wanted to really emphasize it,
which is I think first really this

806
00:47:37.800 --> 00:47:42.760
the opportunities exist for additional
connection in pathways between programs.

807
00:47:42.840 --> 00:47:46.320
So we're essentially as a government
programs, you're a system of

808
00:47:46.320 --> 00:47:47.640
systems, right?

809
00:47:47.640 --> 00:47:50.400
But we have entities
that have various touch points.

810
00:47:50.400 --> 00:47:53.320
They might come in through something that

811
00:47:53.320 --> 00:47:55.000
is compliance focused.

812
00:47:55.000 --> 00:47:58.000
They may come in through
an environmental pathway.

813
00:47:58.040 --> 00:48:00.840
But I feel like it's
sort of like Chutes and Ladders, right?

814
00:48:00.840 --> 00:48:04.600
There's opportunities to connect across
not only for our programs to

815
00:48:04.680 --> 00:48:08.120
to collaborate, but also maybe
even for our for our systems.

816
00:48:08.120 --> 00:48:08.400
Right.

817
00:48:08.400 --> 00:48:12.840
We touched upon one of the fundamentals
in the very, you know, very first session

818
00:48:12.840 --> 00:48:17.040
this morning, which was the education
and climate literacy.

819
00:48:17.240 --> 00:48:18.040
Right.

820
00:48:18.040 --> 00:48:21.320
So I think there's some definitely
some opportunities there.

821
00:48:21.400 --> 00:48:24.400
As far as the linking the programs,

822
00:48:24.400 --> 00:48:27.720
connecting and providing opportunities

823
00:48:27.720 --> 00:48:32.160
for our stakeholders
to have sort of the fewest touches,

824
00:48:32.240 --> 00:48:36.680
but get to all of the programs
and the resources there.

825
00:48:36.760 --> 00:48:40.040
Second, you know, just opportunities
for for data.

826
00:48:40.040 --> 00:48:41.840
Data data, Right.

827
00:48:41.840 --> 00:48:46.880
I think one of the key things that seen is
there is a lot of data out there.

828
00:48:46.920 --> 00:48:50.640
There are a lot of data systems and
a lot of them because they were designed

829
00:48:50.640 --> 00:48:53.640
with some of their original intent
or their original organization.

830
00:48:53.760 --> 00:48:56.200
They're close, they're similar,
but they're not exact. Right.

831
00:48:56.200 --> 00:49:01.240
So these interfaces
and this ability to get them to cross

832
00:49:01.320 --> 00:49:04.960
pollinate
their data is really, really critical.

833
00:49:05.040 --> 00:49:09.680
You know, we've looked quite a bit
at real time visibility of platforms.

834
00:49:09.760 --> 00:49:13.080
So our data is on the timescale of a year.

835
00:49:13.280 --> 00:49:17.000
We're looking at broader grams per ton
mile metrics for on the scale of a year.

836
00:49:17.080 --> 00:49:20.720
So we we see this opportunity
more and more of

837
00:49:20.720 --> 00:49:24.320
our stakeholders are using these real time
data visibility platforms.

838
00:49:24.400 --> 00:49:27.640
They want to know where the ship
or the shipment is right now.

839
00:49:27.720 --> 00:49:29.040
That's a lot of data.

840
00:49:29.040 --> 00:49:33.520
We don't have the cloud space for it,
but maybe some way to connect in there.

841
00:49:33.520 --> 00:49:38.240
So again, at these these organizations
and entities that don't have unlimited

842
00:49:38.240 --> 00:49:42.480
resources can collect information in ways
that really sort of multiple purposes.

843
00:49:42.720 --> 00:49:45.640
So some opportunities there.

844
00:49:45.720 --> 00:49:47.280
It's one example of the most creative use.

845
00:49:47.280 --> 00:49:48.560
I mean, I mentioned the country song.

846
00:49:48.560 --> 00:49:51.240
I mean, I don't know how much
more creative that was.

847
00:49:51.240 --> 00:49:52.800
That was us.
We get someone to sign off on.

848
00:49:52.800 --> 00:49:54.480
It wasn't me

849
00:49:54.480 --> 00:49:57.880
early on, but

850
00:49:57.960 --> 00:50:01.880
I think so
many so many examples to to think of.

851
00:50:02.080 --> 00:50:03.240
I'm going to touch upon one.

852
00:50:03.240 --> 00:50:07.120
One study we did that
I think was creative in its in its scope,

853
00:50:07.200 --> 00:50:10.120
which was a study that we, we,

854
00:50:10.120 --> 00:50:14.560
we collaborated with with an NGO.

855
00:50:14.640 --> 00:50:16.280
And it looked

856
00:50:16.280 --> 00:50:20.040
at the Home Depot supply
chain and value chain all the way

857
00:50:20.040 --> 00:50:23.880
from where the materials and the products
were being produced in China,

858
00:50:23.960 --> 00:50:27.440
across road
through ports, across the ocean, into U.S.

859
00:50:27.440 --> 00:50:31.000
ports, etc.,
and all the way to to the US customer.

860
00:50:31.080 --> 00:50:34.680
And I think that's an example,
maybe an example of how

861
00:50:34.680 --> 00:50:38.640
we can think more creatively
and how they were certainly had the vision

862
00:50:38.640 --> 00:50:42.400
and insight to see this as a real value
and participate in the study.

863
00:50:42.480 --> 00:50:45.280
And I think these things
will be really critical

864
00:50:45.280 --> 00:50:49.600
because there's along along
that entire chain and with broad kind of

865
00:50:49.640 --> 00:50:54.840
spectrum research like this, a lot of
of opportunities pop up or made visible.

866
00:50:55.080 --> 00:50:55.680
Right.

867
00:50:55.680 --> 00:50:57.840
So we sometimes can target in
we have an idea.

868
00:50:57.840 --> 00:51:00.800
We know there might be some inefficiencies
at one point.

869
00:51:00.800 --> 00:51:03.560
But I think these
these are kind of continuous spectrum

870
00:51:03.560 --> 00:51:05.520
and really a broad vision.

871
00:51:05.520 --> 00:51:07.880
Studies really have some some potential.

872
00:51:07.880 --> 00:51:10.880
There are creative uses. That's great.

873
00:51:10.960 --> 00:51:14.240
So we've got a few minutes left
and I'm going to pass

874
00:51:14.240 --> 00:51:20.760
the question off to you
and I'd like you to answer it in an

875
00:51:20.840 --> 00:51:23.080
direct way to the audience.

876
00:51:23.080 --> 00:51:26.080
So this is your chance to ask the audience

877
00:51:26.080 --> 00:51:28.920
or charge the audience, you know,

878
00:51:28.920 --> 00:51:34.320
in terms of what you would like them to do
for you as a federal agency

879
00:51:34.400 --> 00:51:39.400
in driving the green trade, ecosystem
and economy.

880
00:51:39.480 --> 00:51:42.280
So I hope I'll start with you, sir.

881
00:51:42.280 --> 00:51:44.560
Thank you.

882
00:51:44.560 --> 00:51:49.840
For me, that's a that's an easy answer,
which would be to invest in climate,

883
00:51:49.840 --> 00:51:53.960
smart agriculture and food systems
innovation and work with your partners

884
00:51:53.960 --> 00:51:59.200
to also create those new investments
that could be government partners.

885
00:51:59.200 --> 00:52:01.960
If you work with governments,
that could be private sector partners.

886
00:52:01.960 --> 00:52:05.160
If you work with the private sector,
we really need to increase

887
00:52:05.160 --> 00:52:08.880
this investment
in order to meet our climate goals.

888
00:52:08.960 --> 00:52:11.280
And the need really is pressing.

889
00:52:11.280 --> 00:52:15.440
Innovation is the largest
contributing factor to total vector

890
00:52:15.520 --> 00:52:19.080
productivity,
and yet public funding for innovation

891
00:52:19.080 --> 00:52:21.400
and research has been declining
in the past decade

892
00:52:21.400 --> 00:52:24.280
in high income countries
as well as around the world.

893
00:52:24.280 --> 00:52:28.320
So we need to from the public sector
these investments, but also have

894
00:52:28.320 --> 00:52:29.360
the private sector

895
00:52:29.360 --> 00:52:33.040
make these ambitious investments
in order to get where we need to go

896
00:52:33.160 --> 00:52:38.480
to feed a growing population
on the same or less land and increasing

897
00:52:38.480 --> 00:52:42.800
productivity while reducing emissions
and meeting adaptation goals.

898
00:52:42.880 --> 00:52:44.880
So really it would be to to invest.

899
00:52:44.880 --> 00:52:45.720
And to do that

900
00:52:45.720 --> 00:52:49.360
you can join in for climate and work
with us to mobilize those investments

901
00:52:49.560 --> 00:52:53.720
as a innovation partner, as a government
partner, as a knowledge partner.

902
00:52:53.920 --> 00:52:56.960
And if you want to learn more about how
to do that, it's a pretty simple process.

903
00:52:57.000 --> 00:53:01.160
Come and speak with me after the panel
and I'd be happy to to chat more.

904
00:53:01.280 --> 00:53:04.800
Thank you, Todd.

905
00:53:04.880 --> 00:53:06.200
I guess two things.

906
00:53:06.200 --> 00:53:10.440
One, if you have a business,
please let your suppliers know

907
00:53:10.440 --> 00:53:15.040
that this is important to you
and pass the word along that you know,

908
00:53:15.120 --> 00:53:19.640
the more we know about where
everything that we consume comes from,

909
00:53:19.720 --> 00:53:24.520
then the faster
we can get to genuinely green.

910
00:53:24.600 --> 00:53:28.280
And so then for all of you
who are consumers, which I think

911
00:53:28.280 --> 00:53:32.640
is everybody in the room, consume
something somewhere, sometime

912
00:53:32.720 --> 00:53:35.400
pay attention to what you're buying,

913
00:53:35.400 --> 00:53:37.920
you should use your purchasing power

914
00:53:37.920 --> 00:53:42.040
to send that signal to the people
who are producing and trading.

915
00:53:42.040 --> 00:53:45.840
Whatever it is that you buy.

916
00:53:45.920 --> 00:53:46.120
Okay.

917
00:53:46.120 --> 00:53:47.880
I got three things.

918
00:53:47.880 --> 00:53:51.640
Number one, for those of you
who are keypad,

919
00:53:51.720 --> 00:53:54.480
are any any of you really

920
00:53:54.480 --> 00:53:58.080
if you have any ideas as to what I can do

921
00:53:58.160 --> 00:54:02.280
to support the CBP green strategy,
please send it to me.

922
00:54:02.360 --> 00:54:05.520
I'm Sure that at some point we're going
to get together with some city board

923
00:54:05.520 --> 00:54:10.720
members, some type of a working group,
and talk about ideas and so forth.

924
00:54:10.800 --> 00:54:12.960
Number two, make sure that

925
00:54:12.960 --> 00:54:17.840
if you do not have done that already
to include sustainability training

926
00:54:17.920 --> 00:54:21.480
as part of your regular training
for your employees, contractors.

927
00:54:21.480 --> 00:54:23.280
And so forth.

928
00:54:23.360 --> 00:54:25.880
And finally,
I think we need to begin to think

929
00:54:25.880 --> 00:54:30.400
about the security of the supply chain
from a wider perspective.

930
00:54:30.480 --> 00:54:33.480
It's not just the container
and the conveyance,

931
00:54:33.600 --> 00:54:37.000
but it's also the roads, the bridges,
the oceans

932
00:54:37.080 --> 00:54:41.280
that make it possible for that cargo
to go from point A to point B.

933
00:54:41.360 --> 00:54:46.920
And third, to ensure that our natural
resources are available for the future.

934
00:54:47.000 --> 00:54:50.360
And those are the types of messages
that we need to convey

935
00:54:50.440 --> 00:54:53.120
to our employees, to our business

936
00:54:53.120 --> 00:54:56.600
partners, to our contractors.

937
00:54:56.680 --> 00:54:59.240
And and following on what you just said.

938
00:54:59.240 --> 00:55:00.120
Right.

939
00:55:00.120 --> 00:55:04.440
Make sure that this is being discussed
at every level of the organization

940
00:55:04.520 --> 00:55:09.760
like,

941
00:55:09.840 --> 00:55:10.040
you know,

942
00:55:10.040 --> 00:55:14.840
I think from our perspective
and that with the Smart Way program,

943
00:55:14.920 --> 00:55:17.320
I think it is just a call

944
00:55:17.320 --> 00:55:20.320
to to really participate.

945
00:55:20.400 --> 00:55:24.080
And if there's one thing I think
we've heard through throughout today

946
00:55:24.160 --> 00:55:26.200
is that there are a lot of organizations,

947
00:55:26.200 --> 00:55:29.800
there are a lot of government
agencies, departments and programs

948
00:55:29.880 --> 00:55:34.040
that are very genuinely
trying to influence in a positive way

949
00:55:34.120 --> 00:55:38.480
the supply chain
and in ways that are that really,

950
00:55:38.480 --> 00:55:43.040
you know, support their triple
bottom line to overuse a term in my talk.

951
00:55:43.120 --> 00:55:45.000
But but it makes a big difference.

952
00:55:45.000 --> 00:55:49.160
And one thing I really want to underscore
here is don't underestimate

953
00:55:49.240 --> 00:55:53.360
the the influence
that you can have on these programs.

954
00:55:53.440 --> 00:55:56.000
All of these programs
are very genuinely interested.

955
00:55:56.000 --> 00:55:58.200
And we really need input.

956
00:55:58.200 --> 00:56:02.640
If you go to the Smart Way website,
which I know you will all do tonight,

957
00:56:02.720 --> 00:56:05.680
if you see something on our program,
if you like it, great.

958
00:56:05.680 --> 00:56:08.400
If you see something that's a near
miss or something you might want changed,

959
00:56:08.400 --> 00:56:09.720
give us a call.

960
00:56:09.720 --> 00:56:10.280
Give us a call.

961
00:56:10.280 --> 00:56:11.360
Send us a note.

962
00:56:11.360 --> 00:56:14.880
Every one of the programs that you've
heard about today and on this panel are

963
00:56:15.000 --> 00:56:18.840
trying to genuinely improve and influence
and make a difference.

964
00:56:18.840 --> 00:56:21.520
That's why we saw
you come to work each day.

965
00:56:21.520 --> 00:56:24.840
So really, just don't underestimate your
your ability to influence

966
00:56:24.840 --> 00:56:30.240
the programs here
and hopefully the long term outcomes.

967
00:56:30.320 --> 00:56:30.800
All right.

968
00:56:30.800 --> 00:56:32.920
So again, thank you to my panelists.

969
00:56:32.920 --> 00:56:36.400
I think we had a very compelling
discussion here.

970
00:56:36.480 --> 00:56:40.080
I think we lived up to the
to the titling of the of the panel

971
00:56:40.080 --> 00:56:42.920
and that we left you
with a call to action.

972
00:56:42.920 --> 00:56:47.760
And I think we'd appreciate if you
if you take that and a deep consideration.

973
00:56:47.840 --> 00:56:53.240
And as my fellow panelists here said,
engage, engage not just amongst yourselves

974
00:56:53.320 --> 00:56:59.080
and with your consumers, but also engage
with the with the government programs.

975
00:56:59.160 --> 00:57:02.040
We will learn as much from you
as as we hope

976
00:57:02.040 --> 00:57:05.040
that we can advance
the knowledge of others. So.

977
00:57:05.040 --> 00:57:08.200
So again, thank you very much for the
for the time today.

978
00:57:08.200 --> 00:57:11.920
And and to my fellow panelists
and I think we had a

979
00:57:12.000 --> 00:57:15.400
we had a task
as moderator to finish up on time.

980
00:57:15.400 --> 00:57:19.720
So we hit the mark there
and I'll I'll turn it over.

981
00:57:19.800 --> 00:57:23.080
I think

982
00:57:23.160 --> 00:57:25.080
the executive assistant

983
00:57:25.080 --> 00:57:28.800
commissioner, Anne Marie Highsmith,
I'll turn it over to you.

984
00:57:28.880 --> 00:57:31.880
You want to announce the next speaker?

985
00:57:31.920 --> 00:57:32.480
Thank you.