9 Results for: supply chain

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ForestGuard: An Open Source Blockchain for Deforestation-Free Coffee Supply Chains

How can we prove that grain, coffee or cocoa come from deforestation-free supply chains? The Fraunhofer IML team has developed a solution.

Fresher and More Sustainable: 4 Tips on How to Shorten Your Shopping Supply Chains

Short supply chains are more sustainable and lead to fresher food! RESET presents 6 digital solutions for shorter supply chains.

Sustainabill: The Cloud Platform Making Supply Chains More Transparent

As international supply chains grow longer, it also becomes harder to identify human rights and environmental abuses. Now, a cloud platform is incentivising transparency by helping companies track their suppliers.

Blockchain-Based Platform Textile Trust Aims to Make Industry Supply Chains More Transparent

Consumers are rarely given information about where their clothes come from and how they were made. In Germany, a new platform aims to bring more transparency into textile supply chains.

Interview: How MineSpider is Using Blockchain to Keep Conflict Minerals Out of Our Supply Chains

MineSpider, a Berlin-based startup, is using distributed ledger technology to tackle the tricky problem of how to track where minerals come from and where they end up.

The Blockchain Paradox: Can Its Potential for Digital Solutions Outweigh Its Carbon Footprint?

Can energy-intensive blockchain really help solve the climate crisis? Or will it end up doing more harm than good?

DIBIChain: Putting a Product’s Entire Life Cycle on the Blockchain

A life cycle assessment reveals a product's ecological impact from before it is produced, through its use, and until its disposal. The DIBIChain is designed to make this process easier and more transparent.

Threadcounts: Sustainable Fashion With the Help of the Blockchain

The Berlin startup Threadcounts is tracking and tracing the journey of fairtrade textiles - from farm, to consumer, to recycling centre. All with the help of the blockchain and a product passport that shows just how sustainable your clothing really is.

More Transparency, Less Corruption, “Better” Bureaucracy: How Can Blockchain Help?

Blockchain isn't only set to shake up our financial system – it could also help reduce bureaucracy, make supply chains more transparent and fight corruption around the world.