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ICC Digital Standards Initiative transitions to its next phase in order to address increasing fragmentation in the digital trade ecosystem and to accelerate the delivery of interoperability at scale.
ICC will assume sole management of its Hearing Centre in Brazil following an eight-year partnership with Brazil’s National Confederation of Industry (CNI). The transition will enable ICC to provide seamless, purpose-built facilities and complements ICC’s state-of-the-art Hearing Centre in Paris.
In this episode, Amy Brachio and Karthik Ramanna, Co-Chairs of ICC’s Technical Expert Panel, make the case for a ledger-based carbon accounting system where emissions – like money – are tracked, allocated and never lost. Drawing on real pilots, they explore what it will take to build a standard the world can actually trust – and finally turn better data into real emissions reductions.
As global challenges become more complex and interconnected, the need for effective international cooperation has never been greater. At the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, ICC called for a more effective model of collaboration – one that brings governments, business and international organisations together to turn shared priorities into practical solutions.
Speaking at a high-level gathering of nearly 50 government and international organisation representatives at the United Nations, ICC Secretary General John W.H. Denton AO warned that disruption to critical trade routes is placing already fragile food systems under growing strain.
The ICC Global Trade Intelligence Report is the leading industry benchmark and analytical resource for trade finance, providing banks, regulators and market participants with robust data and insights on the performance and resilience of trade finance products.
ICC and Carbon Measures have announced that Iván Duque Márquez, former President of Colombia, will serve as Chair of the newly created Technical Expert Panel Advisory Group established to complement the work of the Technical Expert Panel (TEP) on Carbon Accounting.
Critical minerals are at the heart of the energy transition. Yet, meeting the growing demand, securing supply and ensuring responsible production will require complex and interconnected policy measures. From standards and traceability to investment, circularity and biodiversity, this policy paper explores the policy priorities that can help create responsible, resilient and future-ready mineral value chains.
Competition policy and industrial policy are often portrayed as competing approaches to economic policymaking. Yet in an era of geopolitical uncertainty, supply chain disruptions and rapid technological change, both are essential. This policy paper examines how policymakers can align these frameworks to strengthen competitiveness, encourage investment and innovation, and support sustainable economic growth.
Geopolitical shocks can disrupt food, fertiliser and other critical agricultural input markets, but history has taught us that export restrictions often make a bad situation even worse. This ICC policy paper examines how export restrictions amplify shortages, raise prices and undermine food security, while offering practical recommendations to keep global agricultural trade flowing in times of crisis.
What does it take to build a career across different legal systems and cultures? For Samy Ayoub, it has meant continuous learning and exploring opportunities for growth. As Deputy Counsel with ICC Dispute Resolution Services in Abu Dhabi, Samy helps businesses navigate complex cross-border disputes while ensuring proceedings run efficiently and in line with ICC's gold standard Arbitration rules and MENA laws.
The 2026 edition of the ICC Framework for Responsible Alcohol Marketing Communications updates long-standing guidance on how to apply the ICC Advertising and Marketing Communication Code's principles to alcohol marketing and alcohol-free brand extensions. It supports effective global self-regulation and responsible practices that protect children and teens.
Recycled plastics need a market. In this interview with Catalynx and Wang On Fibres, we explore how a South African circular economy venture is creating demand for recycled materials by connecting collectors, recyclers, manufacturers and retailers into a single value chain. This story offers insight into why investment, collaboration and policy certainty are essential to scaling circular business models and what negotiators can learn as work continues on a future Global Plastics Treaty.
The ICC Young Arbitration and ADR Forum (ICC YAAF) has announced its new regional representatives. Elected for a two-year mandate, the representatives will be responsible for promoting and developing the dynamic global network.
‘Digital sequence information’ – which can be interpreted as genetic sequence data – is helping drive innovation across sectors. As governments discuss the new global mechanism to share the benefits arising from the use of publicly available digital sequence information at the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17), ICC is calling for a practical, proportionate mechanism that supports research and innovation and provides the clarity and legal certainty needed to encourage broad business engagement.
Ahead of COP17, the UN biodiversity summit, ICC calls on governments to shift from setting ambition to creating the conditions needed to scale delivery of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). With more than half of global GDP dependent on nature and a finance gap running into hundreds of billions, accelerating progress now hinges on clear policy signals, coherent metrics, investable frameworks and supportive enabling conditions from governments.
Targeted clarifications and reforms to the Basel Framework could unlock significant volumes of private investment in high-impact, infrastructure and energy transition projects in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs), while ensuring the continued soundness of the global financial system.
Chambers of commerce are invited to explore four distinct opportunities to host the renowned World Chambers Congress or Regional Summit in 2028-2029 and submit and Expression of Interest by 14 October 2026.
Tackling plastic pollution will require more than better waste management. In this interview, Alfa Laval shares why innovation in alternative materials must be matched by industrial scale-up, investment and cross-value chain collaboration. Drawing on its partnership with RWDC Industries, the discussion explores how businesses can bridge the gap between promising technologies and commercial deployment, and why harmonised frameworks under a future Global Plastics Treaty can help accelerate the transition to a more circular economy.
ICC-commissioned modelling finds that severe and sustained disruption could also contribute to around one million additional diet-related deaths in 2030 and leave 67 million more people underweight. Coordinated public and private sector action is needed to keep fertilisers and agricultural inputs flowing and prevent disruptions from deepening food insecurity.
