Today, the Responsible Mica Initiative (RMI) and the blockchain-based traceability platform Tilkal announced a solution to enhance the traceability of mica, a mineral dust that is found in makeup products, insulation cables and cement.
RMI has been mapping the mica supply chain in India since 2017, but the process has been manual and thus labor-intensive. The Paris-based NGO – which includes Sephora, H&M, L’Oreal, BASF and Porsche among its 70 active members – aims to combat this transparency issue by using Tilkal’s blockchain technology to create an end-to-end, real-time traceability platform.
For workers involved in mica sourcing, long term inhalation of the mineral can be a severe health risk. The primary regions in India that produce mica, known as the ‘mica belt’, are poor and prone to child labor.
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