AWARD YEAR
2017
CATEGORY
Play & Learning
GOALS
Responsible Consumption & Production
KEYWORDS
blockchain, transparency, Empowerment
COUNTRY
United Kingdom
DESIGNED BY
Jessi Baker, CEO and Provenance Team
WEBSITE
https://www.provenance.org
Provenance.org
a platform offering greater transparency by tracing the origins of products using blockchain
Provenance is building a traceability system for materials and products using a new kind of data system called a blockchain. It is a data system for securely storing information - inherently auditable, unchangeable and open. We are working towards an open traceability protocol - that anyone can use to track the provenance of anything from coffee beans to a roll of fabric.
Provenance data can be linked to any physical product - through labelling, smart tags and through embeds for websites or apps. Bring provenance to wherever products are - online and on product.
Until now centralised data systems were the only way to power a traceability system for materials to ensure data was trustworthy. Blockchain technology changes this fundamentally, it can disrupt how the attributes and journey of every material thing can be tracked - powering a system everyone in the supply chain can be part of.