Yesterday the WWF and the Boston Consulting Group Digital Venture arm (BCGDV) announced the OpenSC food provenance blockchain, where SC stands for supply chain. The purpose of the platform is to ensure products are ethically sourced. Hence they shouldn’t be illegal or unethical, and they should be environmentally friendly.
By scanning a QR code, consumers will be able to trace the source of any product: where and how it was produced and the path through the supply chain. Digital tags such as RFID will be attached to food such as fish or beef and stored on a tamper-proof blockchain. Additional data will be recorded at each step on the supply chain including data like storage temperature in transit.
“Through OpenSC, we will have a whole new level of transparency about whether the food we eat is contributing to environmental degradation of habitats and species, as well as social injustice and human rights issues such as slavery. OpenSC will revolutionise how we all buy food and other products as well, enabling more informed decision making by consumers, businesses, governments, and industry bodies” said Dermot O’Gorman, WWF-Australia CEO.
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