The adoption of blockchain technology in green supply chain networks

The demand for acting sustainable across companies has gained increasing importance. With the goal set by the European Commission to reach a climate neutral economy by 2050,the mission of acting green and lower the carbon footprint will becomea significant challengefor firms across industries.In thi...

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Main Author: Humpert, Diego Andreas Bailon (author)
Format: masterThesis
Language:eng
Published: 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/107187
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/107187
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Summary:The demand for acting sustainable across companies has gained increasing importance. With the goal set by the European Commission to reach a climate neutral economy by 2050,the mission of acting green and lower the carbon footprint will becomea significant challengefor firms across industries.In this paper,a blockchain-based theoretical framework will be proposedas an implementation guidelinefor companies to provide immutable and trusted data towards supply chain partners, customers and thirdparties.As a result, a systematic architecture is introduced reflecting a permission-based distributed ledgerconnected via four additional layersto optimize green supply chain designs and improve transparency.