Circularise partners with 4 organisations to develop a Blockchain based Circular system for Assessing Rare Earth Sustainability

Circularise partners with BEC GmbH, Grundfos, Minviro, and the global Rare Earth Industry Association (REIA) to lead a three-year EIT RawMaterials funded innovation project to build a blockchain based Circular System for Assessing Rare Earth Sustainability (CSyARES). This will help companies improve transparency and sustainability of their supply chains when it comes to critical and rare earth materials. Demand for rare earth metals is skyrocketing and by 2030 it is projected to reach 315,000 tonnes (1). These rare-earth metals are irreplaceable in wind turbines, electric vehicles, mobile phones, computers and…

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Costa Coffee trials innovative reusable cup scheme powered by blockchain

Costa Coffee,  has launched a trial of a new blockchain technology-powered reusable cup scheme called BURT. BURT – which stands for ‘Borrow, Use, Reuse, Take Back’ – builds on Costa Coffee’s work to improve the sustainability of its cups and packaging by utilising innovative digital technology, seeking to shift consumer behaviour towards reuse. The trial launches today across 14 stores in Glasgow, the home of COP26, and will last for six months. Costa Coffee will be using the trial to gain feedback from customers and learn about uptake and behaviour…

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Nestlé breaks new ground with open blockchain pilot

Nestlé will break new ground in supply chain transparency through a collaboration with OpenSC – an innovative blockchain platform that allows consumers to track their food right back to the farm. Through this collaboration, Nestlé becomes the first major food and beverage company to announce that it will pilot open blockchain technology in this way. This is part of Nestlé’s journey towards full transparency. Founded by WWF-Australia and The Boston Consulting Group Digital Ventures, OpenSC has developed a platform that will give anyone, anywhere access to independently verifiable sustainability and…

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FF Los Angeles introduces “Ocean Miner” Tara Foundation: a new system to generate Bitcoins and finance ocean research

FF Los Angeles unveiled the “Ocean Miner” project for the Tara Expéditions Foundation: an innovative system somewhere between blockchain and land art that gives the ocean the opportunity to produce Bitcoin to finance its own preservation. The Tara Expéditions Foundation travels the world’s seas with scientists on board its schooner, Tara. For 15 years, Tara has been proactively studying and understanding the ocean to better preserve it from climate change. Its mission is essential but is often confronted with the difficulty of engaging the general public, politicians or the investors…

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