Method for monitoring environmental impact of chemical products

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to the field of sustainable industrialization, in particular to monitoring environmental effects in industrial manufacturing processes. The present disclosure relates to methods, apparatuses, systems, input materials, output materials, network nodes, data services, confirmation services, and computer elements for monitoring the environmental impact of chemical production and / or one or more chemical products, where the chemical product (s) are to be produced based on the one or more input materials provided to the chemical production.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This disclosure pertains to the field of sustainable industrialization, particularly the monitoring of environmental impacts during industrial manufacturing processes. Specifically, it relates to methods, apparatus, systems, input materials, output materials, network nodes, data services, verification services, and computer elements for monitoring the environmental impacts of chemical production and / or one or more chemical products, wherein the chemical product(s) will be produced based on one or more input materials provided to the chemical production. Background Technology

[0002] This disclosure generally concerns environmental impact monitoring of production or manufacturing processes. Regarding the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, various standards for monitoring greenhouse gas emissions have emerged. One example is the Enterprise Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard (September 2011 version). Summary of the Invention

[0003] In one aspect, a method for monitoring the environmental impact of chemical production and / or one or more chemical products, particularly a computer-implemented method, is disclosed, wherein the chemical product(s) will be produced based on input materials provided to the chemical production, the method comprising:

[0004] - Provide input environmental characteristics associated with the input material, wherein the input environmental characteristics relate to one or more environmental characteristics generated through the production of the input material;

[0005] - Provide at least one production data characteristic associated with the input production data used to generate the input environment characteristic, wherein the input production data is associated with one or more production processes used to produce the input material;

[0006] - The input environment characteristic is confirmed by determining at least the technical relevance, geographical relevance and / or temporal relevance of the input production data used to generate the input environment characteristic from the at least one production data characteristic;

[0007] - Based on the confirmation of the input environment characteristics, the input material for production is provided to the chemical production process and / or the confirmed input environment characteristics are provided to generate output environment characteristics associated with the (multiple) chemical products produced based on the input material.

[0008] On the other hand, an apparatus for monitoring the environmental impact of chemical production and / or one or more chemical products is disclosed, wherein the chemical products are produced based on input materials provided to the chemical production, the apparatus comprising:

[0009] - A feature providing interface configured to provide an input environment feature associated with the input material, wherein the input environment feature relates to one or more environmental features generated through the production of the input material, and the feature providing interface is configured to provide at least one production data feature associated with input production data used to generate the input environment feature, wherein the input production data is associated with one or more production processes used to produce the input material;

[0010] - A verification engine configured to verify the input environmental characteristic by determining at least the technical, geographical, and / or temporal relevance of the input production data used to generate the input emission characteristic from the at least one production data characteristic, and configured to provide the input material for production to the chemical production based on the verification of the input environmental characteristic and / or provide the input environmental characteristic based on the verification of the input environmental characteristic to generate an output environmental characteristic associated with the (multiple) chemical products produced based on the input material.

[0011] In another aspect, a method for producing a chemical product associated with an output environmental characteristic is disclosed, wherein the chemical product is produced by chemical production, wherein the chemical production and / or the chemical product is monitored according to the method disclosed herein or by the apparatus disclosed herein, wherein the output environmental characteristic is generated based on at least one confirmed input environmental characteristic associated with one or more input materials used to produce the chemical product.

[0012] On the other hand, a system for producing a chemical product associated with an output environmental characteristic is disclosed, the system comprising chemical production and means configured to monitor environmental impacts according to the methods disclosed herein or by means of the means disclosed herein, including generating the output environmental characteristic based on at least one confirmed input environmental characteristic associated with one or more input materials used to produce the chemical product.

[0013] On the other hand, the use of input environmental characteristics and at least one production data characteristic for monitoring environmental impact according to the methods or apparatus disclosed herein is disclosed.

[0014] On the other hand, an input material is disclosed that is associated with an input environmental characteristic and at least one production data characteristic for monitoring environmental impacts according to the methods or apparatus disclosed herein.

[0015] On the other hand, a chemical product associated with an output environmental characteristic is disclosed, wherein the chemical product is monitored according to the method disclosed herein or by means of the apparatus disclosed herein, wherein the output environmental characteristic is generated based on confirmed input environmental characteristics associated with one or more input materials used to produce the chemical product, and / or generates production data characteristics associated with output production data used to generate the output environmental characteristic.

[0016] In another aspect, a network node, data service, confirmation service, and / or computer element associated with confirmation instructions is disclosed, which execute the methods disclosed herein when executed by the network node, data service, confirmation service, and / or computer element.

[0017] Any disclosures, embodiments, and examples described herein relate to the methods, apparatuses, systems, input materials, output materials, network nodes, data services, verification services, and computer elements listed above and below. Advantageously, the benefits provided by any embodiment and example also apply to all other embodiments and examples. Example

[0018] Embodiments of this disclosure will be outlined below through examples and / or embodiments. It should be understood that this disclosure is not limited to the embodiments and / or examples described.

[0019] This disclosure pertains to the field of sustainable industrialization, particularly the monitoring of environmental impacts in industrial manufacturing processes. Production networks undergo dynamic changes to mitigate their environmental impact. Chemical production networks face dynamic changes regarding the input materials fed to them. Monitoring environmental impacts is challenging because input materials contribute to both the chemical production network and the chemical products produced by it, as well as their environmental impact.

[0020] Chemical production networks are large-scale production processes that generate thousands of chemical products through chemical conversion. To reduce the environmental impact of operating such networks, they are undergoing dynamic changes. This particularly concerns the input materials used in these networks. Because chemical production networks are integrated networks with interconnected production chains and encompass various types of production processes for producing multiple chemical products from multiple input materials, monitoring the impact of input material flows on the environmental performance of both the chemical production network and the chemical products produced by it is challenging.

[0021] To reliably monitor the environmental impact of chemical production and the chemical products produced, the environmental impact of the input materials supplied to such chemical production can be provided. This can be done by summarizing the environmental impacts of the production input materials. However, it is necessary to ensure the quality and reliability of such summarized values, as low quality or low reliability can negatively impact the quality and reliability of monitoring the environmental impact of the production and the chemical products produced using such input materials.

[0022] By confirming input environmental characteristics through determining the technical, geographical, and / or temporal relevance of input production data used to generate input emission characteristics from production data characteristics, the environmental impact of input material flows in a chemical production network on (multiple) chemical products can be reliably monitored. By controlling input material flows based on confirmed input environmental characteristics, input materials fed into the chemical production network and used to produce chemical products can be reliably monitored. By controlling the generation of output environmental characteristics based on confirmed input environmental characteristics, input environmental characteristics and their impact on the chemical production network and / or chemical products can be reliably monitored.

[0023] By verifying the input environmental characteristics of input materials through at least one production data characteristic, and by controlling the input material flow and associated input environmental characteristics based on this verification, the environmental impacts associated with the input materials used in production can be reliably monitored. Verification enhances control over the input material flow in terms of input environmental characteristics. Verification further enhances control over the output environmental characteristics of chemical products produced through chemical production, because it ensures that the input environmental characteristics used to generate the output environmental characteristics possess sufficient quality, reliability, and / or integrity.

[0024] By verifying the input environmental characteristics of input materials via at least one production data characteristic, the use of a complete dataset associated with the generation of input environmental characteristics based on the production of the input materials can be avoided. Instead, verification is performed using (multiple) production data characteristics related to the quality of the complete dataset used to generate environmental impact data and the generation of environmental impact data itself. Since (multiple) production data characteristics are related to the quality of the complete dataset used to generate environmental impact data and the generation of environmental impact data itself, verification remains meaningful without the need to transfer (multiple) large datasets used to generate environmental impact data. This further reduces the environmental impact of computational resources required to verify environmental impact data while allowing for meaningful verification. Additionally, this avoids transferring confidential data included in the complete dataset to the verification entity while still achieving reliable and meaningful verification. In this way, transparency regarding the quality of environmental impact data associated with input materials can be achieved because sharing confidential data about the production of input materials is avoided. For example, transparency allows for control of the flow of input materials into production based on the quality of environmental impact data associated with such input materials, and allows for control of the environmental impact associated with the production of (multiple) output materials based on the quality of the environmental impact associated with the input materials.

[0025] Verifying the input environment characteristics provided in connection with (multiple) input materials may include determining the accuracy and / or quality and / or completeness of the provided input environment characteristics. The accuracy and / or quality and / or completeness of the provided environmental characteristic data may involve and / or be reflected in at least one determined technical relevance, geographical relevance, and / or temporal relevance of the input production data used to generate the input environment characteristics.

[0026] The input environmental characteristics associated with input materials intended for use in the production of one or more chemical products can involve any measure of the environmental impact of the input materials. Input environmental characteristics can involve one or more environmental properties of the input materials.

[0027] Environmental characteristics can indicate the environmental performance of input materials. Environmental characteristics can relate to the characteristics of how the input material was produced. Environmental characteristics can relate to the product carbon footprint, bio-based content, recycled content, bio-derived carbon content, or other suitable measures of environmental impact listed below, or any combination thereof. Environmental characteristics can relate to one or more features that can assign an environmental impact to the input material. Environmental characteristics can include (multiple) environmental, technological, recyclability, or circularity characteristics associated with the environmental impact of the input material.

[0028] For example, environmental characteristics may include carbon footprint, greenhouse gas emissions, resource use, air emissions, ozone depletion potential, water pollution, noise pollution, or eutrophication potential. Environmental characteristics may include, for example, material characteristics related to the production of materials (e.g., those made from bio-based or recycled inputs). Technical characteristics may specify or quantify product performance that is at least indirectly related to environmental impact. Technical characteristics may include, for example, product composition data, bill of materials, product specification data, product component data, product safety data, application characteristic data, application instructions, or product quality data. Circularity characteristics may specify or quantify product lifecycle characteristics associated with recycling. Circularity characteristics may include, for example, recycling data, reuse rate, recovery rate, recycling cycles, reuse performance of reused products, quality of reused products, etc. Recyclability characteristics may specify or quantify material or product lifecycle characteristics associated with recycling. Recyclability characteristics may include the composition of the material, which includes components specifically tailored to make the material suitable for recycling. Recyclability characteristics may include, for example, recycling data, recyclability data, etc.

[0029] In one embodiment, at least one input environmental characteristic is generated from input production data, which includes process data collected from the production of the input material, energy data related to energy use in the production of the input material, and / or at least one environmental characteristic of one or more materials used in the production of the input material. The environmental characteristic may be the product carbon footprint associated with the input material. The product carbon footprint may be generated based on process data collected from the production of the input material, energy data related to energy use in the production of the input material, and / or at least one environmental characteristic of one or more materials used in the production of the input material.

[0030] In another embodiment, the at least one production data characteristic relates to one or more quality metrics of the input production data, which represent the relevance of the input production data to the input material supplied to the chemical production. The production data characteristic may at least involve the technical relevance, geographical relevance, and / or temporal relevance of the input production data to the input material supplied to the chemical production. The one or more quality metrics of the input production data may at least include technical quality metrics, geographical quality metrics, and / or temporal quality metrics.

[0031] In another embodiment, the at least one production data characteristic relates to a technical quality indicator. Among other things, the production data characteristic may relate to or indicate input production data collected from one or more production processes used to produce input materials supplied for chemical production, input production data collected from one or more production processes of the same or different technical types used to produce the input materials, and / or input production data collected from one or more production processes used to produce (multiple) different input materials. The production data characteristic may relate to or indicate any combination of example indicators, which should not be considered limiting, and additional indicators may be used. Technical relevance can be determined depending on the technology used to collect the input production data used to generate the input environment characteristics.

[0032] In another embodiment, the at least one production data characteristic relates to a geographic quality indicator. Among other things, the production data characteristic may relate to or indicate input production data collected from one or more production locations used to produce input materials supplied to chemical production, input production data collected from one or more production locations different from those used to produce input materials supplied to chemical production, and / or input production data collected from one or more production locations producing input materials under different production conditions than those used to produce input materials supplied to chemical production. The production data characteristic may relate to or indicate any combination of example indicators, which should not be considered limiting, and additional indicators may be used. Geographic relevance can be determined depending on the location where the input production data used to generate the input environmental characteristics is collected.

[0033] In another embodiment, the at least one production data characteristic relates to a time quality metric. Among other things, the production data characteristic may relate to or indicate the time period and / or point in time from which the input production data is generated. For example, at least one production data characteristic may relate to the time period from which input production data for determining environmental impact data is collected. The time period may represent the duration of existence of the input production data. For example, at least one production data characteristic may relate to the time range covered by the input production data. The time range may represent the scope of the collection of input production data. Time relevance can be determined depending on the duration or point in time and / or time range or time period from which the input production data used to generate the input environmental characteristics exists.

[0034] In another embodiment, the at least one production data characteristic relates to or indicates the share of input material quantity covered by at least one input environment characteristic. The production data characteristic may relate to or indicate any combination of example metrics, which should not be considered limiting, and additional metrics may be used.

[0035] In another embodiment, confirmation includes accepting the provided input environmental characteristics and assigning the provided input environmental characteristics to the confirmed input environmental characteristics, wherein confirmation includes providing the input material. The relevance to the input materials provided for chemical production can be determined depending on the proportion of input production data used to generate input environmental characteristics suitable for the quantity of input material.

[0036] In another embodiment, confirmation includes rejecting the provided input environment characteristics and / or assigning predefined input environment characteristics to input materials. In yet another embodiment, confirmation includes rejecting the provided input environment characteristics and / or rejecting input materials. A trigger signal may be generated that rejects the request to provide input materials associated with the input environment characteristics.

[0037] In another embodiment, the method further includes the step of producing (multiple) chemical products using input materials associated with verified input environmental characteristic data. In another embodiment, the method further includes the step of generating output environmental characteristics based on verified input environmental characteristics. In yet another embodiment, the method further includes the step of assigning the generated output environmental characteristics to (multiple) chemical products.

[0038] In another embodiment, the input material may be associated with a digital asset. The digital asset may include one or more decentralized identifiers associated with the input material. The digital asset may include one or more decentralized identifiers linked to or associated with at least one input environment characteristic and / or at least one production data characteristic. The digital asset may include one or more digital representations linked to or pointing to at least one input environment characteristic and / or at least one production data characteristic. At least one input environment characteristic and / or at least one production data characteristic may be stored in a database associated with the production of the input material for access by the input material user. At least one input environment characteristic and / or at least one production data characteristic may be stored in a database associated with the production of the input material to be transmitted to the input material user, for example, upon access or when the input material is provided.

[0039] The distributed identifier may include any unique identifier that is uniquely associated with the input material and at least one input environment characteristic and / or at least one production data characteristic. The distributed identifier may include at least one Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) or at least one Digital Identifier (DID). The distributed identifier may be linked to authentication and / or authorization information. Through the distributed identifier and its unique association with the input material, access to at least one input environment characteristic and / or at least one production data characteristic can be controlled by the input material manufacturer.

[0040] A distributed identifier can be uniquely associated with an input material or the physical entity of the input material, for example, after packaging and shipping to the user of the input material. A distributed identifier can be uniquely associated with at least one input environment characteristic and / or at least one production data characteristic. Digital assets can include, be connected to, or be linked to one or more digital representations pointing to at least one input environment characteristic and / or at least one production data characteristic. Multiple digital representations pointing to at least one input environment characteristic and / or at least one production data characteristic can be uniquely associated with a distributed identifier. Digital representations can include representations used to access at least one input environment characteristic and / or at least one production data characteristic. Digital assets can include or be connected to data associated with at least one input environment characteristic and / or at least one production data characteristic, authentication information, and a distributed identifier. Data associated with at least one input environment characteristic and / or at least one production data characteristic can include digital representations of at least one input environment characteristic and / or at least one production data characteristic.

[0041] In another embodiment, multiple input materials will be provided to the chemical production process. Input environmental characteristics and production data characteristics for each input material can be provided. The input environmental characteristics of each input material can be confirmed, and based on the confirmed input environmental characteristics of each input material, the corresponding input material can be provided to the chemical production process and / or output environmental characteristics can be generated associated with multiple chemical products produced based on one or more of the provided input materials.

[0042] In another embodiment, the output environment characteristic associated with the chemical product(s) is generated based on the input materials(s) provided to the chemical production, wherein the output environment characteristic is generated based on the quantity of each input material and the corresponding confirmed input environment characteristic associated with the input materials(s) used to produce the chemical product(s). In other embodiments, the chemical product(s) may be associated with digital assets as described in the context of input materials, and the digital assets may relate to output environment characteristics and / or at least one production data characteristic associated with the output production data used to generate the output environment characteristics.

[0043] In another embodiment, the input environmental characteristics and / or production data characteristics are provided by a network node associated with the production of the input material to a network node associated with the production of the chemical product. In another embodiment, the input environmental characteristics and / or the production data characteristics are provided from a network node associated with the production of the input material to a confirmation instruction provided by a network node associated with a confirmer configured to confirm the input environmental characteristics, wherein the confirmed input environmental characteristics are provided by a network node associated with the confirmer to a network node associated with the chemical production of (multiple) chemical products. Attached Figure Description

[0044] The disclosure will be further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings and the disclosure, the same reference numerals are intended to refer to the same or similar elements, components and / or portions. Detailed Implementation

[0045] Figure 1 An example of a production station with connections to multiple input and output material flows is shown.

[0046] Figure 2 This illustration demonstrates an example of generating and providing environmental impact data at one stage of the value chain.

[0047] Figure 3 This illustration demonstrates an example of retrieving and verifying environmental impact data at one stage of the value chain.

[0048] Figure 4a , Figure 4b An example is shown of providing confirmation inputs associated with environmental impact data to the confirmation engine.

[0049] Figure 5 An example flowchart is shown for a method of verifying environmental impact data based on one or more verification inputs.

[0050] Figure 6 A sample flowchart is shown for a method used to verify input data.

[0051] Figure 7 This shows an example result of confirming based on the confirmation input category.

[0052] Figure 8 Example data structures for different confirmation categories are shown.

[0053] Figure 9 An example flowchart is shown for a method of confirming environmental impact data based on a summary confirmation score.

[0054] Figure 10 Another example flowchart is shown for a method to identify environmental impact data based on the identified input category.

[0055] Figure 11 An example flowchart is shown for methods used to monitor the environmental impact of chemical production and / or one or more chemical products.

[0056] Figure 12 An example distributed network environment with network nodes is shown, which are configured to provide environmental impact data, validation inputs, or validated environmental impact data in association with the provision of (multiple) input materials.

[0057] The following embodiments are merely examples for implementing the methods, apparatus, and services disclosed herein in conjunction with the production process, and should not be considered limiting.

[0058] Figure 1 An example of a production station with connections to multiple input and output material flows is shown.

[0059] Figure 1 The production sites 100, 102, and 104 shown may include a chemical production network 100 and upstream production systems 102 and 104 that produce multiple input materials for the chemical production network 100. Upstream production systems 102 and 104 may produce input materials for the chemical production network 100 through recycling processes, refining processes, or other chemical and / or physical processes suitable for producing multiple input materials for the chemical production network 100. The chemical production network 100 may produce multiple output materials 118, 120, and 122 from multiple input materials 114 and 116 provided to the chemical production network 100. The chemical production network 100 may form part of a discrete product supply chain, wherein the discrete product is produced from one or more chemical outputs, chemical final products, or chemical output materials provided by the chemical production network 100. The chemical production network 100 may include multiple chemical processes 100 that may be connected to form a network with multiple production chains interconnected via their material flows.

[0060] To produce input materials 114 and 116 to be supplied to chemical production network 100, upstream production systems 102 and 104 may use input materials 106-112 and associated production processes. The production processes using input materials 106-112 and upstream production systems 102 and 104 may be associated with environmental impacts. A non-limiting example is the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the associated production processes using input materials 106-112 and upstream production systems 102 and 104. Therefore, the environmental impacts of the input materials 114 and 116 to be supplied to chemical production network 100 are associated with the production processes using input materials 106-108 and upstream production systems 102 and 104.

[0061] Similarly, the use of input materials 114, 116 provided to the chemical production network 100 may affect the environmental impact of the chemical production network 100 and its output materials 118, 120, 122. To monitor the environmental impact of each producer participating in the value chain, the environmental impact associated with the input materials 114, 116 provided to the chemical production network 100 can be provided to the operating system of the chemical production network 100 in the form of environmental impact data. Environmental impact data may include one or more aggregated values ​​representing the environmental impact. A non-limiting example is greenhouse gas emissions associated with the associated production processes using input materials 106-112 and upstream production systems 102, 104. Such aggregated values ​​may include the product carbon footprint of the input materials 114, 116 to be provided to the chemical production network 100. Based on the environmental impact data provided to the operating system of the chemical production network 100, the environmental impact of input materials 114, 116 can be considered or incorporated when determining the environmental impact data of the output materials 118, 120, 122 produced by the chemical production network 100. Therefore, providing reliable environmental impact data from one producer of input materials 114, 116 to another producer 100 that uses such input materials 114, 116 is crucial for further monitoring the environmental impact of output products produced across supply chain participants.

[0062] In particular, the input material flows of the chemical production network 100 can play a crucial role in monitoring the environmental impact of the network or the output materials 118, 120, and 122 produced by the chemical production network 100. This becomes more challenging as the input material flows of the chemical production network 100 diversify. The environmental impact of input materials 114 and 116 can depend on the production processes and raw materials used to produce them. Therefore, different input materials 114 and 116 may have different environmental impacts. Similarly, similar input materials 114 and 116 produced by different production processes may therefore have different environmental impacts. To monitor the environmental impact of the chemical production network 100 or the output materials 119, 120, and 122 produced by the chemical production network 100, it is necessary to consider the environmental impact of each type of input material entering the network. The environmental impact can be provided by the producers of input materials 114 and 116. Environmental impacts can be quantified through environmental impact data, which includes, but is not limited to, one or more emission characteristics such as product carbon footprint, recycled content, bio-based content, bio-derived carbon content, or any other suitable metric. Therefore, recipients of input materials (such as chemical production network 100) may require reliable environmental impact data to reliably monitor the environmental impacts of chemical production network 100 and / or output materials 118, 120, 122 produced by chemical production network 100. The embodiments and examples described below illustrate measures for ensuring the reliability of environmental impact data associated with (multiple) input materials. Furthermore, the embodiments and examples described below enable reliable monitoring of input materials 114, 116 entering chemical production network 100, particularly regarding their environmental impacts. This, in turn, allows for reliable monitoring of the environmental impacts of chemical production network 100 and / or output materials 118, 120, 122 produced by chemical production network 100.

[0063] Figure 2 This illustration demonstrates an example of generating and providing environmental impact data at one stage of the value chain.

[0064] As in Figure 1 As described in the context, producers at each stage of the value chain can determine environmental impact data to track the environmental impact of input material production and pass this impact on to the next participant in the value chain (e.g., downstream participants). Environmental impact data can be generated at each stage of production in the value chain. For example, refer to [reference]. Figure 1 Upstream producers operating upstream production systems 102 and 104 can generate environmental impact data and provide this data, along with (multiple) input materials, to chemical producers operating chemical production network 100. Figure 2 The presentation can involve environmental impact data generated by any participant in the value chain.

[0065] For the sake of simplicity, the following description focuses on Figure 1 The upstream production systems 102 and 104 are shown in the diagram. Furthermore, for simplicity, the following description focuses on the product carbon footprint as an environmental impact data point. This should not be considered limiting. The concepts described are similarly applicable to other participants and / or other environmental impact data.

[0066] Upstream producers can operate production systems 102 and 104, including production facility 200 and production operating system 202. When input material 204 enters the upstream production facility (represented by system boundary 205), environmental impact data associated with input material 204 can be provided to production operating system 202. The environmental impact data Co2e may involve a numerical identifier ID1 associated with input material 204.

[0067] For output material 206 to be produced by production facility 200, input material 204 may be processed to produce output material 206 through, for example, recycling processes, refining processes, or other chemical and / or physical process settings of production facility 200. Such a process requires processing input material 204 into output material 206, requires an energy supply to operate the production process, and requires production process conditions to convert input material 204 into output material 206.

[0068] The inbound distributor 208 can be configured to retrieve environmental impact data of the input material 204 and provide such data to the carbon footprint (CF) generator 210. The process data provider 212 can be configured to collect process data associated with processing (multiple) input materials 204 to produce (multiple) output materials 206. Process data can be collected from one or more production processes in which the (multiple) output materials 206 are produced by the production facility 200. The process data provider 212 can be configured to collect energy data associated with the energy consumption of the processing. The process data provider 212 can be configured to provide both process data and energy data to the CF generator 210. The CF generator 212 can be configured to determine the carbon footprint of the output material 206 produced by the production facility 200. The carbon footprint of the output material 206 can be determined based on process data, energy data, and the carbon footprint of the (multiple) input materials 204 used to produce the (multiple) output materials 206.

[0069] CF generator 210 can be configured to determine the carbon footprint of output material 206 produced by production facility 200. The carbon footprint of output material 206 can be determined based on process data, energy data, and the carbon footprints of (multiple) input materials 204 used to produce output material 206. The carbon footprint can be generated from process data, energy data, and the carbon footprints of (multiple) input materials 204 collected over a certain time frame for a specific output material 206. Therefore, the carbon footprint can be a summarized time value determined from historical data. Such a time-summarized carbon footprint can be provided for all output materials 206. In other words, the carbon footprint may not be obtained from real-time data for each output material, but rather from historical data and summarized over a certain time frame. The summarized carbon footprint can be stored in a database and provided for each output material 206 leaving the system boundary of production facility 200.

[0070] In addition to the carbon footprint, multiple verification inputs can be generated during the generation of the carbon footprint. For example, verification input generator 214 can provide multiple verification inputs associated with the carbon footprint generated by CF generator 210. These multiple verification inputs can be provided to CF generator 210 and can be linked to the generated CF. Verification input generator 214 can be configured to generate and provide multiple verification inputs of different categories. For example, verification inputs can relate to the technical data generation scheme upon which CF generator 210 generates the carbon footprint CF. Further, for example, verification inputs can relate to technical relevance data indicating the relevance between the production process from which process data, energy data, or input material data used to generate the carbon footprint originates and the production process used to produce output material 206. Further, for example, verification inputs can relate to geographic relevance data indicating the relevance between the location of the production process from which process data, energy data, or input material data used to generate the carbon footprint originates and the location of the production process used to produce output material 206. Furthermore, for example, the validation inputs may involve time-dependent data indicating the duration and / or time range of the existence of process data, energy data, or input material data used to generate the carbon footprint. Furthermore, for example, the validation inputs may involve the correlation of the carbon footprint of the output materials, indicating the total amount or quantity share of the (multiple) input materials to be used in the downstream production where the carbon footprint is applied. Furthermore, for example, the validation inputs (multiple) may involve validation and / or certification schemes applied to carbon footprint generation.

[0071] When output material 206 leaves the production facility, identifier provider 218 can be configured to provide an output material identifier ID2 associated with the output material produced by production facility 200 and provided at the exit point of production facility 200. Outbound assigner 216 can be configured to assign the determined carbon footprint to output material identifier ID2. At least one production data characteristic can be assigned to at least one output material identifier ID2. Further, environmental impact data including the product carbon footprint can be assigned to at least one output material identifier ID2. Outbound assigner 216 can be configured to provide environmental impact data associated with the output material, particularly the carbon footprint, to another operating system, such as... Figure 3 , Figure 4a and Figure 4b This will be described in more detail in the context of [the relevant information]. The outbound assigner 216 can be further configured to provide at least one production characteristic along with input production data used to generate the input environment characteristic to another operating system, such as [the specific example provided]. Figure 3 , Figure 4a and Figure 4b More detailed description in the context.

[0072] Figure 3 This illustration demonstrates an example of retrieving and verifying environmental impact data at one stage of the value chain.

[0073] As in Figure 1 and Figure 2 As described in the context, the chemical production network 100 and its operation can be monitored and / or controlled by the production operating system 202. Input materials 204, such as pyrolysis oil, bio-naphtha, or biogas, can be provided to the chemical production network 100. Input materials 204 can be used in the chemical production network 100 to produce one or more output materials 206. Multiple input materials can be produced by upstream producers as multiple output materials, such as... Figure 2 As shown in the document.

[0074] When input material 204 enters, environmental impact data (e.g., product carbon footprint) associated with input material 204 can be provided to the computing interface of production operating system 202 via a communication network. The environmental impact data may include at least one input environmental characteristic associated with the input material. A data provider can be configured to provide environmental impact data associated with one or more input materials 204 to the computing interface, which is configured to verify the environmental impact data associated with input material 204, particularly the input environmental characteristics included in the environmental impact data. The environmental impact data may include an input material identifier ID2 and the product carbon footprint associated with input material 204. The input material identifier ID2 may be associated with the physical entity of input material 204 entering chemical production network 100. The input material identifier ID2 may be linked to the carbon footprint of input material 204 as an input environmental characteristic. The environmental impact data may be provided at, before, or after the entry point of chemical production network 100 when one or more input materials 204 are provided.

[0075] The inbound distributor 208 can be configured to retrieve environmental impact data and provide such data to the verification engine 220. The inbound distributor 208 can be configured to retrieve environmental impact data based on the input material identifier ID2. The verification engine can be configured to verify environmental impact data based on one or more production data characteristics. These production data characteristics can form or correspond to multiple verification inputs. These production data characteristics can be provided to the verification engine 220, as in... Figure 4a and Figure 4b As described in the context of Figure 4 to [the following text is missing]. Figure 10 The configuration and functionality of the verification engine 220 are further described in detail within the context. If the provided environmental impact data (such as carbon footprint) passes verification, the verification engine can be configured to provide the retrieved environmental impact data (such as carbon footprint) as verified environmental impact data to the CF generator 212. If the provided environmental impact data (such as carbon footprint) fails verification, the verification engine can be configured to reject the environmental impact data (such as carbon footprint) and may not provide such data to the CF generator 212 for further processing. For example, a reference value may be provided to the CF generator 212 for further processing, or the input material 204 may be rejected and may not enter the chemical production network 100 or any chemical processes(s) performed within the chemical production network 100.

[0076] Process data provider 212 can be configured to collect process data associated with processing (multiple) input materials 204 to produce (multiple) output materials 206. Process data provider 212 can be configured to collect energy data associated with energy consumption during processing. Process data provider 212 can be configured to provide process data and energy data to CF generator 210.

[0077] CF generator 210 can be configured to determine the carbon footprint of output material 206 produced by chemical production network 100. The carbon footprint of output material 206 can be determined based on process data, energy data, and the carbon footprints of input materials 204 used to produce (multiple) output materials 206. The carbon footprints of the (multiple) input materials 204 can at least partially correspond to the (multiple) carbon footprints confirmed by verification engine 220. The carbon footprint can be generated from process data, energy data, and the carbon footprints of (multiple) input materials 204 collected over a certain time frame for a specific output material 206. Therefore, the carbon footprint can be a summarized time value determined from historical data. Such a time-summarized carbon footprint can be provided for all output materials 206. In other words, the carbon footprint may not be obtained from real-time data for each output material, but rather from historical data and summarized over a certain time frame. The summarized carbon footprint can be stored in a database and provided for each output material 206 leaving the system boundary of the production facility.

[0078] As output material 206 leaves the chemical production network, identifier provider 218 can be configured to provide an output material identifier ID3 associated with the output material produced by chemical production network 100 and provided at the exit point of chemical production network 100. Outbound assigner 216 can be configured to assign the determined carbon footprint to output material identifier ID3. Further, environmental impact data, including product carbon footprint, can be assigned to at least one output material identifier ID3. Outbound assigner 216 can be configured to provide environmental impact data associated with the output material, particularly the carbon footprint, to another operating system. The operating system can be associated with downstream production that uses output material 206 as input material to produce one or more other output materials.

[0079] Figure 4a , Figure 4b Examples of providing verification inputs associated with environmental impact data to the verification engine are shown. Multiple verification inputs may be associated with at least one input environmental characteristic related to the input material. Multiple verification inputs may include or correspond to multiple production data characteristics associated with the input production data used to generate the multiple input environmental characteristics.

[0080] Figure 4a , Figure 4bThe simplified system line output shown in the diagram can correspond to Figure 2 and Figure 3 The system circuit outputs are shown in more detail in the diagram. Figure 4a , Figure 4b Two production operating systems, 1 and 2, are shown. Production system 1 may include a confirmation input generator 214, such as in... Figure 2 As shown in the context. Production system 2 may include confirmation engine 220, such as in, for example, in Figure 3 As shown in the context, the confirmation input generator 214 can be configured to generate confirmation inputs and provide them to the confirmation engine 220. Confirmation inputs can be provided along with environmental impact data (such as PCF) associated with the input material identifier.

[0081] exist Figure 4a In this embodiment, the verification engine 220 can be configured to generate a verification input data structure 224, which can be used as a template for relevant environmental impact data. The verification engine 220 can be configured to request verification input from the verification input generator 214. The verification engine 220 can be configured to provide the verification input data structure to the verification input generator 214. The verification input generator 214 can be configured to generate verification input based on the verification input data structure 224. The verification input generator 214 can be configured to provide verification input to the verification engine 220 based on the verification input data structure 224. The verification input generator 214 can be configured to provide (multiple) input environmental characteristics and associated (multiple) verification inputs to the verification engine 220 based on the verification input data structure 224 filled with (multiple) input environmental characteristics and associated (multiple) verification inputs provided by the verification input generator 214. The verification engine 220 can be configured to verify the environmental impact data 224 based on the verification input data structure 224 filled with (multiple) input environmental characteristics and associated (multiple) verification inputs provided by the verification input generator 214.

[0082] exist Figure 4b In this embodiment, the confirmation input generator 214 can be configured to generate and provide confirmation input according to the confirmation input data structure 224. The confirmation engine 220 can be configured to request confirmation input from the confirmation input generator 214. The confirmation input generator 214 can be configured to generate confirmation input according to the confirmation input data structure 224. The confirmation input generator 214 can be configured to provide confirmation input to the confirmation engine 220 according to the confirmation input data structure 224. The confirmation input generator 214 can be configured to provide environmental impact data and associated confirmation input(s) to the confirmation engine 220 according to the confirmation input data structure 224. The confirmation engine 220 can be configured to confirm the environmental impact data 224 based on the confirmation input data structure 224 populated with the (multiple) input environmental characteristics and associated confirmation input(s) provided by the confirmation input generator 214.

[0083] Other embodiments for generating and providing confirmation input data are possible, and Figure 4a , Figure 4b The examples shown should not be considered limiting. For instance, environmental impact data may be provided separately from the confirmation inputs associated with the environmental impact data.

[0084] Figure 5 An example flowchart is shown for a method of verifying environmental impact data based on one or more verification inputs. Environmental impact data may include at least one input environmental characteristic. Environmental impact data may be associated with input materials to be provided for chemical production of one or more output materials (such as (multiple) chemical products).

[0085] To be used, for example, via Figures 1 to 3 The input materials for the chemical production network 100, which produces output materials, can be associated with numerical identifiers. These identifiers represent the physical identity of the input materials, such as the manufacturer, material type, batch number, flow of input materials within a specific time frame, name, production location, and / or target location for the input materials to be used. This information can be provided as data entries to a digital user interface (such as a display or computing interface), and the provided information can be associated with the numerical identifiers. In this way, input materials can be characterized and uniquely linked to numerical identifiers.

[0086] Multiple numerical identifiers, environmental data, and one or more verification inputs associated with the input material may be provided. The verification inputs may include or relate to at least one production data characteristic associated with the input production data used to generate the input environmental characteristics. The environmental data and one or more verification inputs may be linked to or associated with the numerical identifiers. Environmental impact data may relate to any measure of the environmental impact of the input material. Environmental impact data may include one or more environmental characteristics of the input material. Environmental characteristics may indicate the environmental performance of the input material. Environmental characteristics may relate to characteristics of the production of the input material. Environmental characteristics may relate to one or more features that can impart an environmental impact to the input material. Environmental characteristics may include multiple environmental, technical, recyclability, or circularity characteristics associated with the environmental impact of the input material.

[0087] Multiple environmental characteristics can specify or quantify ecological standards associated with the environmental impact of a product. These characteristics can be or can be generated from measurements taken during the life cycle of one or more products. Environmental characteristics can be determined at any stage of the product's life cycle and can characterize the product's environmental impact during or up to that stage. For example, multiple environmental characteristics may include carbon footprint, greenhouse gas emissions, resource use, air emissions, ozone depletion potential, water pollution, noise pollution, or eutrophication potential. Multiple environmental characteristics may include, for example, product characteristics related to the production of the product, such as bio-based, vegetarian, halal, kosher, palm oil-free, natural, etc.

[0088] (Multiple) technical features can specify or quantify product performance that is at least indirectly related to environmental impact. (Multiple) technical features can be or can be generated from measurements taken during the life cycle of one or more products. Technical features can be determined at any stage of the product life cycle and can characterize the product's performance during or up to that stage. (Multiple) technical features can include, for example, product composition data, bill of materials, product specification data, product component data, product safety data, application characteristic data, application instructions, or product quality data.

[0089] Multiple cyclical characteristics can specify or quantify the product lifecycle characteristics associated with recycling. Multiple cyclical characteristics can be or can be generated from measurements performed during the lifecycle of one or more products. Multiple cyclical characteristics can be or can be generated from recycling data recorded in one or more previous lifecycles (including reuse). Cyclical characteristics can be determined at any stage of the product lifecycle and can characterize reuse or recycling performance within or up to that stage. Multiple cyclical characteristics can include, for example, recycling data, reuse rate, recovery rate, recycling cycles, reuse performance of reused products, quality of reused products, etc.

[0090] Multiple recyclability characteristics can specify or quantify the lifecycle characteristics of a material or product associated with recycling. Multiple recyclability characteristics can include the composition of the material, containing components specifically tailored to make the material suitable for recycling. Multiple recyclability characteristics can be or can be generated from measurements taken during the lifecycle of one or more materials or products. Multiple recyclability characteristics can be or can be generated from recycling data recorded in one or more previous lifecycles. Recyclability characteristics can be determined at any stage of the material or product lifecycle and can characterize recycling performance within or up to that stage. Multiple recyclability characteristics can include, for example, recycling data, recyclability data, etc.

[0091] Environmental characteristics may involve the carbon footprint of the product, bio-based content, recycled content, bio-derived carbon content, or other suitable measures of environmental impact as listed above, or any combination thereof.

[0092] (Multiple) confirmed inputs may involve generating environmental impact data associated with the input materials, such as, for example, in Figure 2 and Figure 3 The context described herein. (Multiple) confirmatory inputs may relate to the technical data generation scheme upon which the environmental impact data is based. If the environmental impact data includes the carbon footprint of at least one byproduct of the input material, the scheme may relate to standards such as ISO 14067, ISO 14040 / 44, PAS 2050, or GHG Protocol product standards. Depending on the environmental impact data, the scheme may relate to other standards or certifications.

[0093] One or more validation inputs may involve input production data associated with the production of the input material. Input production data may be associated with one or more production processes used to produce the input material. One or more validation inputs may involve input production data, including process data collected from the production of the input material, energy data related to energy use in the production of the input material, and / or the environmental characteristics of the materials used to produce the input material. One or more validation inputs may involve the technical, geographical, and / or temporal relevance of the input production data used to generate environmental impact data to the production of the input material.

[0094] Technology relevance can involve the relationship between the production processes(s) used to produce the input materials and the input production data(s) used to generate environmental impact data and these production processes(s). For example, environmental impact data can be generated based on input production data collected from:

[0095] ○ One or more production processes used to produce input materials supplied to a chemical production network.

[0096] ○ One or more production processes using the same technology type as the input materials.

[0097] ○ One or more production processes using different technological types for producing input materials.

[0098] ○ One or more production processes used to produce input materials for another production entity.

[0099] ○ One or more production processes used to produce different input materials.

[0100] ○ Laboratory measurements corresponding to one or more production processes used to produce the input materials.

[0101] ○ Model one or more production processes used to produce input materials.

[0102] The technology relevance can be determined based on the input production data used to generate environmental impact data. The higher the technology relevance, the higher the quality of the environmental impact data.

[0103] Geographic relevance can involve the location and / or conditions of (multiple) production processes used to produce input materials, as well as the relationship between the input production data used to generate environmental impact data and these (multiple) production processes (processes). For example, environmental impact data can be generated based on input production data collected from:

[0104] ○ One or more production locations used to produce input materials for the chemical production network.

[0105] ○ Multiple production locations for producing input materials, including locations for producing input materials supplied to the chemical production network.

[0106] ○ Different production locations used to produce the input material under production conditions corresponding to the production conditions of the production location used to produce the input material supplied to the chemical production network.

[0107] ○ One or more production locations used to produce the input material under different production conditions than one or more production locations that supply the input material to the chemical production network.

[0108] ○ One or more production locations that are different from one or more production locations that provide input materials to the chemical production network.

[0109] Geographic relevance can be determined by the location where the input production data used to generate environmental impact data is collected. The higher the geographic relevance, the higher the quality of the environmental impact data.

[0110] Temporal relevance can refer to the duration of existence of input production data and / or the time range covered by the input production data. For example, one or more validated inputs can refer to the time period during which input production data is collected to determine environmental impact data. A time period can represent the maximum duration of existence of input production data. Similarly, one or more validated inputs can refer to the time range covered by the input production data. A time range can represent the scope of where input production data is collected. Temporal relevance can be determined based on the duration of existence and / or the time range covered. Shorter duration of existence and / or larger time range covered generally result in higher statistical temporal relevance and higher quality environmental impact data.

[0111] One or more validating inputs may relate to the share of the quantity of input materials covered by the environmental impact data. For example, a share may relate to how much of the production or quantity supplied to a chemical production network is represented or associated with the input production data. Depending on the share, the relevance between the input materials produced and the input production data used to generate the environmental impact data can be determined. A higher share generally indicates higher quality environmental impact data. One or more validating inputs may relate to temporal relevance and the share of the quantity of input materials covered by the environmental impact data.

[0112] One or more validation inputs may involve input production data that is at least partially collected or validated from measurements. One or more validation inputs may involve the validation of environmental impact data. One or more validation inputs may involve verification and / or certification mechanisms for environmental impact data. One or more validation inputs may involve data types that generate environmental impact data, such as validated, measured, calculated, or approximate data. Validation inputs may involve input production data, including environmental impact data associated with raw materials used to produce the input materials. Validation inputs may involve allocation schemes used to generate environmental impact data.

[0113] This information can be provided as entries to a digital user interface (such as a display or computing interface), and the provided information can be associated with a digital identifier for the input material. To reliably track the environmental impact of the input material, the digital identifier associated with the input material can be linked or associated with environmental impact data and one or more verification inputs. In this way, environmental impact data and associated verification inputs can be characterized and uniquely linked to the digital identifier.

[0114] A set of verification rules can be provided, comprising one or more verification rules configured to verify environmental impact data based on the generation of environmental impact data associated with input materials. Multiple verification rules can be configured to verify environmental impact data based on one or more verification inputs. Verification rules may correspond to or include executable logic or computer-executable instructions. The logic or instructions can be configured to verify environmental impact data based on the generation of environmental impact data. The generation of environmental impact data may be represented by, associated with, or related to one or more verification inputs. The logic or instructions can be configured to verify environmental impact data based on at least one of the verification inputs. Verification rules can be configured to generate verification scores. Multiple verification rules may include computer-executable instructions or executable logic for mapping multiple verification inputs to one or more verification scores. One or more verification rules may relate to mapping verification inputs to a verification score for each verification input.

[0115] At least one confirmation rule can be selected from the confirmation rule set for each confirmation input category. Confirmation categories may include checks on the provided input data, the technical solutions upon which the environmental impact data is generated, technical relevance, geographical relevance, temporal relevance, data integrity, verification and / or authentication mechanisms used for data generation of environmental impact data, and one or more references to the environmental impact data. The confirmation rule set may include one or more confirmation rules for each confirmation category. This selection can be dynamic and / or static based on the confirmation input and confirmation rule pair. For example, the confirmation input and confirmation rule pair may be predefined. One or more confirmation rules can be configured to generate a confirmation score for each confirmation input. Confirmation rules can be configured to generate a pass or fail for each confirmation input and / or confirmation rule, as shown in [the following text is missing from the original] Figure 6 The example is described further.

[0116] At least one confirmation score can be generated by applying at least one confirmation rule to at least one confirmation input in the confirmation input. For example... Figure 7 As shown, confirmation rules can be applied to confirmation input data. Depending on the confirmation score, each confirmation input and its associated confirmation rule can be assigned a failure or success. For example, one or more confirmation rules can be configured to generate a confirmation score for each confirmation input based on:

[0117] ○ Input production data, which includes process data collected from the production of input materials, energy data related to energy use in the production of input materials, and emission characteristics of materials used in the production of input materials.

[0118] ○ Time period for collecting input production data used to determine environmental impact data

[0119] ○ The share of input materials covered by environmental impact data

[0120] Furthermore, for example, one or more verification rules can be configured to generate verification scores based on one or more production data characteristics associated with the input materials. Further, for example, one or more verification rules can be configured to generate verification scores based on the technical relevance, geographical relevance, and / or temporal relevance of the input production data used to generate environmental impact data to the input materials provided for chemical production of one or more chemical products.

[0121] Depending on the confirmation score, the environmental impact data may be valid or invalid. If the confirmation score indicates success, the confirmed environmental impact data can be assigned to the identifier associated with the input material. For example, the confirmed environmental impact data can be provided to the CF generator 212 for further processing, and the input material 204 can be fed into the chemical production network. If the confirmation score indicates failure, the environmental impact data may not be assigned to the identifier associated with the input material. For example, a reference value can be provided to the CF generator 212 for further processing, or the input material 204 can be rejected and may not be provided to the chemical production network 100, particularly not to any production process(s) performed within the chemical production network 100.

[0122] By verifying environmental impact data, the quality of the generated data and thus its reliability can be assessed. This improves the reliability of monitoring the environmental impact of chemical production network 100 or the output materials 118, 120, and 122 produced by chemical production network 100. By using verified inputs (e.g., various production data characteristics) associated with the generation of environmental impact data, the use of a complete dataset (e.g., input production data) for generating the environmental impact data can be avoided, while allowing meaningful and reliable verification of this environmental impact data. This avoids transferring confidential data included in the complete dataset to the verification entity, while still achieving reliable and meaningful verification. This allows for transparency regarding the quality of environmental impact data associated with input materials, as the sharing of confidential data about the production of input materials is avoided. For example, transparency allows for control of the flow of input materials into production based on the quality of the environmental impact data associated with these input materials, and allows for control of the environmental impact associated with the production of the (various) output materials based on the quality of the environmental impact data associated with the input materials.

[0123] Figure 6 An example flowchart illustrating a method for verifying input data is provided. Input data may be associated with input materials. Input data may include input material identifiers(s), environmental impact data associated with the input data, and one or more verification inputs associated with the generation of environmental characteristic data. Environmental impact data may include at least one input environmental characteristic. Verification inputs(s) may include at least one production data characteristic.

[0124] Based on at least one of the multiple confirmation inputs, at least one confirmation rule can be selected from the set of confirmation rules, such as in Figure 5The selected confirmation rule can be applied to the corresponding confirmation input. A status flag can be set for each applied confirmation rule, indicating whether the corresponding confirmation input passed or failed. The status flag can include the confirmation score for each applied confirmation rule.

[0125] Figure 7 This section presents example results of validating environmental impact data based on validating input categories. Environmental impact data may include at least one input environmental characteristic.

[0126] exist Figure 7 In the example, the input categories include the technical solutions on which the environmental impact data is based, technical relevance, geographical relevance, temporal relevance, data integrity, verification and / or certification mechanisms used to generate the environmental impact data, and one or more references to the environmental impact data.

[0127] exist Figure 7 The example demonstrates the application of confirmation rules to the corresponding confirmation inputs for multiple input materials in each confirmation input category. Here, each row can represent an input material, such as row 1 representing input material 1, row 2 representing input material 2, and so on. The results are indicated by status flags associated with the PCF value. Status flags can indicate whether confirmation is in progress, passed, or failed. Status flags can be displayed as follows: Figure 5 and Figure 6 The update is performed within the scope of the confirmation process described in the context. Status flags may include a confirmation score indicating the confirmation status. For example, a confirmation score can be determined based on each confirmation rule, and confirmation may be based on various scores (such as...). Figure 7 The PCF value in the last line shown in the image failed.

[0128] Figure 8 Example data structures for different confirmation input categories are shown.

[0129] The input data structure may include confirmation inputs that correspond to confirmation rules. Confirmation rules may include a scoring system that assigns a score to each confirmation input.

[0130] Confirmation input can be structured based on the confirmation input category. Figure 8The document illustrates one possible data structure for carbon footprint. Validation input categories can relate to quality indicators of environmental impact data, particularly those concerning the underlying primary input production data and computational mechanisms used to generate the data. Validation input categories may include the technological means upon which the environmental impact data is generated, technological relevance, geographical relevance, temporal relevance, data integrity, verification and / or authentication mechanisms (including reliability and review mechanisms) used to generate the data, and / or one or more references to the data. Other data structures and validation input categories can be similarly applied. Other data structures and validation input categories can be applied to other environmental characteristics, such as recycled or bio-based content.

[0131] Figure 9 An example flowchart is shown for a method of confirming environmental impact data based on aggregated scores. Environmental impact data can be associated with input materials to be provided for chemical production used to produce one or more chemical products as output materials (multiple). Environmental impact data may include at least one input environmental characteristic.

[0132] Figure 9 The method shown in the middle corresponds to the one in Figure 5 and Figure 6 The method is presented and described within the context of [the relevant information]. Identifiers associated with input materials can be provided. A set of verification rules configured to verify environmental impact data can be provided. Environmental impact data and verification input(s) can be provided. Verification input(s) may include at least one production data characteristic. At least one verification rule can be selected for each verification input, and a verification score can be generated.

[0133] As Figure 5 and Figure 6 As a supplement or alternative, the confirmation scores for each confirmed input can be aggregated. For example, the total confirmation score can be provided by a weighted or unweighted sum. Based on the aggregated score, the environmental impact data can be confirmed as passed or failed. Upon passing, the confirmed environmental impact data associated with the input material can be assigned to an identifier associated with the input material. For example, confirmed environmental impact data can be provided for processing to monitor the environmental impact of chemical production network 100 or output materials produced by chemical production network 100. Further, for example, the input material associated with the confirmed environmental impact data can be provided to chemical production network 100. Upon failure, unconfirmed environmental impact data associated with the input material or its unconfirmed portion can be ignored. Reference data can be assigned to an identifier associated with the input material, or the input material can be rejected (e.g., the input material can not be provided to chemical production network 100).

[0134] Figure 10Another example flowchart is shown for a method of identifying environmental impact data based on the category of identified input. Environmental impact data can be associated with input materials to be provided for chemical production used to produce one or more chemical products as output materials (multiple). Environmental impact data may include at least one input environmental characteristic.

[0135] For example, in Figure 2 As described in the context of Figure 4, environmental impact data and one or more verification inputs are provided. The verification inputs (multiple) may include at least one production data characteristic. To verify the environmental impact data, a set of verification rules may be provided. The set of verification rules may include one or more verification rules for each verification input category. Verification categories may include checks on the provided input data, the technical means upon which the environmental impact data is generated, technical relevance, geographical relevance, temporal relevance, data integrity, verification and / or authentication mechanisms for the generation of the environmental impact data, and one or more references to the environmental impact data.

[0136] As shown in Figure 4, Figure 5 and Figure 6 The input data shown includes input material identifier data, environmental impact data, and one or more verification inputs that can be provided for verification. Verification flags can be set based on the provided input data. For example, verification may fail if the input material identifier data is incomplete. Further, for example, verification may fail if the environmental impact data is empty. Further, for example, verification may fail if no verification input data is provided. Further, for example, verification may still pass if incomplete input data is provided, depending on whether the missing input data is mandatory or optional. Input data verification flags can be set to pass.

[0137] Environmental impact data can be verified based on additional input categories. The technical solutions used to generate the environmental impact data can be examined. These technical solutions can be predefined solutions with algorithmic rules used to generate the environmental impact data. Technical solutions can refer to standards such as ISO 14067 or ISO 14040 / 44. Technical solutions for verification can be preset. If a technical solution corresponds to a preset technical solution, the verification flag can be set to "pass".

[0138] Technology relevance can involve the production(s) used to produce the input material and the relationship between the input production data used to generate the environmental impact data and these production(s). This allows for a scoring of the extent to which the environmental impact data represents the technological processes used to produce the input material. The score can be defined by the extent to which the environmental impact data represents the technological processes used to produce the input material. For example, if the score matches or at least corresponds to the production technology(s) used to produce the input material, a score can indicate a pass. If the score differs from the production technology(s) used to produce the input material, a score can indicate a failure if the score is based on process simulation or laboratory-scale production, or if the score is based on the technology(s) used to produce the input material (but from a third party). The scoring can include different score levels for each option.

[0139] Geographic relevance can involve the location and / or production conditions of (multiple) production processes used to produce input materials, and the relationship between the input production data used to generate environmental impact data and these (multiple) production processes (multiple) processes. This allows for a scoring of the degree to which the selected data represents the geographic nature of the processes used to produce the input materials. The score can be defined by the degree to which the selected data represents the geographic nature of the processes used to produce the input materials. For example, if the generated data was collected at (multiple) locations or (multiple) regions where the input materials are produced, the score can indicate a pass. If the generated data was collected at (multiple) locations or (multiple) regions where the production conditions correspond to the production conditions at (multiple) locations or (multiple) regions where the input materials are produced, the score can indicate a pass. If the generated data was collected at (multiple) locations or (multiple) regions where the production conditions differ from the production conditions at (multiple) locations or (multiple) regions where the input materials are produced, or if the (multiple) locations where the generated data was collected are unknown, the score can indicate a failure.

[0140] Temporal relevance can involve the duration of existence of the input production data and / or the time range covered by the input production data. This allows for scoring of how well the selected data represents actual time. For example, a score can indicate a pass if the dataset covers no more than 3, 6, or 10 years relative to the time period covered by the input production data. A score can indicate a failure if the dataset covers more than 10 years relative to the time period covered by the input production data or if the duration of existence is unknown. Additionally, the time period for which process data was collected to calculate the environmental impact data of the input materials can be scored. For example, a score can indicate a pass if the dataset covers more than one year. A score can indicate a failure if the dataset covers less than one year or 6 months.

[0141] Data integrity allows for scoring of how statistically representative the data is of the relevant activity and also addresses seasonal and other normal fluctuations in the data. This can be combined with a small fraction of the production or quantity of input materials supplied, represented by data used to calculate environmental impact data. For example, relevant production or quantities of 100%, >=50%, <50%, or <25% can be considered. Relevant production can refer to the total amount or quantity of input materials supplied. Combined with the time range covered by the input production data, the score can indicate failure or pass. For example, for any value of <50% or <25% of relevant production or quantity and a time range of less than one year, the score can indicate failure. For other cases, the score can indicate pass.

[0142] The validity of the input production data used to generate environmental impact data allows for a scoring of the validity of the environmental impact data. Input production data can be validated data based on measurements or calculations, validated data partially based on assumptions, unvalidated data based on measurements or calculations, or unvalidated data partially based on assumptions, estimates, or approximations (reliability). Validated data based on measurements or calculations, validated data partially based on assumptions, and unvalidated data based on measurements or calculations can indicate a pass. Unvalidated data partially based on assumptions, estimates, or approximations can indicate a failure.

[0143] The validation and / or certification scheme used to generate environmental impact data may indicate the existence of such a scheme. A score may indicate the presence of a validation and / or certification scheme. One or more references to the environmental impact data may be provided further to score the validity of the provided environmental impact data. A deviation of + / - 20% may indicate a pass.

[0144] The results of the confirmation rules for each confirmation input category can be provided to determine the overall confirmation result based on individual confirmation results or based on the aggregated confirmation results, such as in... Figure 5 , Figure 6 , Figure 7 or Figure 9 As described in the context. For example, for different input materials, a score can be provided for each validation input category. The score can correspond to a pass or fail for each category. The scores can be aggregated to determine the total score. The validation result can depend on either the aggregated total score or the individual scores.

[0145] Figure 11 An example flow chart is shown for methods used to monitor the environmental impact of chemical production and / or one or more chemical products. (Multiple) chemical products can be produced through chemical production. (Multiple) chemical materials can be produced from one or more input materials provided to the chemical production process.

[0146] To monitor the environmental impact of chemical production and / or the production of one or more chemical products based on input materials provided to the chemical production, input environmental characteristics associated with the input materials can be provided. Input environmental characteristics can relate to the environmental characteristics generated through the production of the input materials. Input environmental characteristics can be input emission characteristics, such as the product carbon footprint. Input environmental characteristics can be generated from process data collected from the production of the input materials, energy data related to the energy used in the production of the input materials, and / or the environmental characteristics of the materials used in the production of the input materials.

[0147] As a supplement or alternative to input environment characteristics, production data characteristics associated with the production data used to generate the input environment characteristics may be provided. Production data characteristics associated with the input material production data may involve one or more quality metrics of the production data, representing the quality of the input material production data relative to the input materials supplied to one or more output materials. Quality metrics may involve identifying input categories. Identifying input categories may involve technical, geographical, and / or temporal characteristics of the input production data used to generate the input environment characteristics. Identifying input categories may involve at least the technical relevance of the input production data used to generate the input environment characteristics, the geographical relevance of the input production data used to generate the input environment characteristics, the temporal relevance of the input production data used to generate the input environment characteristics, the share of the quantity of input materials covered by the input environment characteristics, or any combination or selection thereof. Identifying input categories may involve technical, geographical, and / or temporal characteristics of the input production data used to generate the input environment characteristics. Identifying input categories may involve characteristics of the generation process used to generate the input environment characteristics.

[0148] Input production data can be associated with one or more production processes used to produce the input material. Input production data may include process data collected from the production of the input material, energy data related to energy use in the production of the input material, and / or the environmental characteristics of the materials used to produce the input material.

[0149] Input environment characteristics can be identified by determining at least the technological, geographical, and / or temporal relevance of the input production data used to generate the input environment characteristics to the production of the input materials. Based on the identified input environment characteristics,

[0150] ○ Input materials can be supplied to chemical production networks, and / or

[0151] ○ Validated input emission characteristics can be provided for generating output emission characteristics associated with (multiple) chemical products produced based on input materials. Validation may include, for example, in... Figures 2 to 10The methods for verifying environmental impact data are described in the context of [the relevant context]. Verification may include accepting provided input environmental characteristics and assigning the provided environmental characteristics as verified environmental characteristics to input material identifiers(multiple). Verification may include rejecting provided input environmental characteristics and assigning predefined environmental characteristics as verified environmental characteristics. Verification may include rejecting provided input environmental characteristics and rejecting input materials.

[0152] Depending on the validation, input materials associated with validated input environment characteristics can be used to produce (multiple) output products using the input materials. The output products can be produced through chemical processes, such as, for example, in... Figures 1 to 3 As shown and described in the context of.

[0153] Output environment characteristics can be generated, at least in part, based on verified input emission characteristics. Output environment characteristics can be, for example, in... Figure 2 and Figure 3 The generated output environment characteristics can be assigned to the produced output products as shown and described in the context. The generated output environment characteristics can be assigned to those associated with the output material and, for example, in... Figure 3 The numeric identifier ID3 is described in the context of this document.

[0154] Figure 12 An example distributed network environment with network nodes is shown, which are configured to provide environmental impact data associated with (multiple) input materials, confirmed inputs, or confirmed environmental impact data in association with the provision of (multiple) input materials.

[0155] A distributed network environment may include one or more network nodes associated with upstream production, chemical production, and / or verification engines configured to verify environmental impact data, such as input environmental characteristics associated with input materials. Input materials can be produced through input material production. Network nodes may be associated with data consumption services that include computer-executable instructions for accessing and / or processing data associated with a data owner of the data accessed via the data consumption service. Network nodes may be associated with data service provisioning that includes computer-executable instructions for providing and / or processing data associated with a data owner of the data provided for access to and / or processing by the data consumption service. In this example, the data owner associated with the data service provisioning may be an input material producer. Data owners may include any entity that generates the data. Data generation nodes may be coupled to a data owner or to an entity that owns or produces a physical product from which data is generated. The data may be generated by a third-party entity representing an entity that owns a physical product from which data is generated.

[0156] Environmental impact data may include, for example, input environmental characteristics of the input materials, such as input emission characteristics, like the carbon footprint of the products. Validation inputs may include one or more production data characteristics related to the input production data used to generate the input environmental characteristics. Input production data may include process data collected from the production of the input materials, energy data related to the energy use used in the production of the input materials, and / or the environmental characteristics of the materials used in the production of the input materials. Input environmental characteristics may be generated from process data collected from the production of the input materials, energy data related to the energy use used in the production of the input materials, and / or the environmental characteristics of the materials used in the production of the input materials.

[0157] Input materials produced through upstream production lines 102 and 104 can be provided in association with digital assets, such as in... Figure 2 and Figure 3 As described in the context. Input materials can be associated with physical identifiers linked to the input materials. Physical identifiers can be associated with digital assets associated with the input materials. Digital assets can include input material identifiers. Digital assets can include environmental impact data or a portion thereof, such as one or more environmental characteristics, such as byproduct carbon footprint, recycled content, or bio-based content. Digital assets can include a digital representation of environmental impact data or a portion thereof (such as one or more environmental characteristics, such as byproduct carbon footprint, recycled content, or bio-based content). The digital representation can include a representation for accessing the digital asset or a portion thereof. This representation can point to a database storing the digital asset or a portion thereof. This representation can point directly or indirectly to the database. For example, the representation can point to a data provider node associated with the database. This can enhance security because access to the database is controlled via a data provider node associated with the data owner of the digital asset.

[0158] Digital assets may further include or involve authentication and / or authorization information linked to input material identifiers. Authentication and / or authorization information may be provided for authenticating and / or authorizing data providers and / or data consumers. Input material identifiers may include or involve decentralized identifiers uniquely associated with the input material. Decentralized identifiers may be linked to a digital representation of the environmental impact data. The digital representation may include a representation for accessing the environmental impact data or a portion thereof. Decentralized identifiers may include Universally Unique Identifiers (UUIDs) or Digital Identifiers (DIDs). Decentralized identifiers may include any unique identifier uniquely associated with the data owner and / or the input material. The data owner may be the producer of the input material. Access to the environmental impact data may be controlled by the data owner through the decentralized identifier and its unique association with the data owner and / or the input material.

[0159] Digital assets that include digital representations of environmental impact data can be stored in a decentralized database. This environmental impact data may include one or more environmental characteristics, such as product carbon footprint, recycling content, or bio-based content. The environmental impact data can be stored in a database associated with the data owner, such as the producer of the input materials.

[0160] Environmental impact data (such as input environmental characteristics) can be provided from distributed network nodes associated with the production of input materials to one or more distributed network nodes and / or verification engines associated with the production of output materials. Environmental impact data can be provided under the control of the data owner.

[0161] Input materials can be physically delivered to chemical manufacturers. The input materials can be linked to a QR code that has been encoded with an input material identifier. The chemical manufacturer using the input materials can read the QR code using a QR code reader. The input material identifier can be provided to a database associated with the chemical manufacturer. In other embodiments, the chemical manufacturer using the input materials can retrieve the input material identifier through a distributed infrastructure database. The input material identifier can be used to collect distributed identifiers associated with such input material identifiers from the distributed infrastructure database.

[0162] Based on the received input material identifier, data consumption services associated with (multiple) network nodes of the chemical production process and / or verification engines configured to verify environmental impact data can trigger requests to access environmental impact data associated with the input material identifier. The input material identifier can be provided to the data service of the input material's producer. Alternatively, a distributed identifier can be provided to the data service of the input material's producer. Additionally, authentication and / or authorization information can be provided.

[0163] The request can be authenticated and / or authorized to access environmental impact data associated with the input material identifier and / or distributed identifier. Based on successful authorization and / or authentication, access to environmental impact data, or a portion thereof, associated with the input material identifier and / or distributed identifier can be granted.

[0164] For access purposes, input material identifiers and / or distributed identifiers can be provided to the data service provider of the input material. The data service provider can use the received input material identifiers to retrieve environmental impact data, or a portion thereof, associated with the input material from a database associated with the input material's manufacturer. The environmental impact data, or a portion thereof, associated with the input material and provided to the data service provider can be provided to data consumption services associated with multiple network nodes of the chemical production process and / or configured as a verification engine to confirm the environmental impact data. The environmental impact data, or a portion thereof, associated with the input material can be stored in a database and / or verification engine associated with the chemical production process.

[0165] By using input material identifiers and / or decentralized identifiers, environmental impact data, or portions thereof, can be uniquely associated with the input material. Through a decentralized network, environmental impact data, or portions thereof, can be transferred between the input material's producer and chemical producers and / or verification engines. In this way, environmental impact data can be shared directly among value chain participants through a unique association with the input material, without the need for a central intermediary. This achieves transparency of environmental impact data, or portions thereof, across the value chain and allows for the tracking of the positive environmental impacts of output materials from the chemical production network.

[0166] Based on the received input material identifier, the data consumption service associated with (multiple) network nodes of the chemical production and / or the verification engine configured to verify environmental impact data can trigger a request to provide (multiple) verification inputs. This request can be provided to the verification input generator via the data providing node associated with the input material producer. The verification input generator can be configured to generate (multiple) verification inputs, such as in... Figure 4a and Figure 4b As described in the context.

[0167] Input environment characteristics can be identified by determining at least the technical, geographical, and / or temporal relevance of the input production data used to generate the input environment characteristics from the production data characteristics. Based on the identified input environment characteristics,

[0168] ○ Input materials can be supplied to chemical production networks, and / or

[0169] ○ Verified input emission characteristics can be provided to generate output emission characteristics associated with output materials produced based on input materials. Verification may include, for example, in... Figures 2 to 10The methods for verifying environmental impact data described in the context of [the relevant context] can include: accepting provided input environmental characteristics and assigning the provided environmental characteristics as verified input environmental characteristics to input material identifiers(multiple). Verification can also include rejecting provided input environmental characteristics and assigning predefined environmental characteristics as verified environmental characteristics. Furthermore, verification can include rejecting both provided input environmental characteristics and input materials.

[0170] The validation engine can be configured to validate input environment characteristics. The validation engine can be part of a network node associated with a chemical producer and / or a validater. In the latter case, the input environment characteristics can be provided from a distributed network node associated with the production of the input material to a validation instruction configured to validate the input environment characteristics, and provided by a distributed network node associated with the validater. The validated input environment characteristics can be provided from a distributed network node associated with the validater to a distributed network node associated with the production of the chemical product.

[0171] A decentralized setup allows for more efficient monitoring of the environmental impacts of chemical production and / or these output materials based on the input materials provided for production of (multiple) output materials. Specifically, when multiple input materials are to be supplied to a chemical production network, the input environmental characteristics of each input material can be provided. Based on the validated input environmental characteristics of each input material, the corresponding input material can be supplied to the chemical production network, and / or output emission characteristics associated with output materials produced based on one or more of the provided input materials can be generated, such as in... Figure 10 As described in the context, output emission characteristics associated with output materials can be generated based on the input materials provided to the chemical production network, the corresponding quantity of each input material, and the corresponding confirmed emission characteristics associated with the input materials used to produce the chemical product.

[0172] This disclosure has also been described in conjunction with various preferred embodiments and examples. However, by studying the accompanying drawings, this disclosure, and the claims, those skilled in the art, as well as those who practice the claimed invention, will understand and implement other variations.

[0173] Any steps presented in this document can be performed in any order. The methods disclosed herein are not limited to a specific order of these steps. Nor is it required that different steps be performed in a particular place or on a particular computing node in a distributed system; that is, each step can be performed on different computing nodes using different devices / data processing.

[0174] As used herein, "determine" also includes "initiating or causing determination," "generate" also includes "initiating and / or causing generation," and "provide" also includes "initiating or causing determination, generation, selection, sending, and / or receiving." "Initiating or causing an action" includes any processing signal that triggers a computing node or device to perform a corresponding action.

[0175] In the claims and specification, the word "comprising" or "including" or similar wording does not exclude other elements or steps and should not be construed as limiting oneself to the listed elements or steps. The indefinite article "a" or "an" does not exclude multiple. A single element or other unit may perform the function of several entities or items recited in the claims. The fact that certain measures are recited only in mutually different dependent claims does not indicate that a combination of these measures cannot be used in advantageous implementations or that additional elements may be included.

[0176] Within the scope of this disclosure, provision may include any interface configured to provide data. This may include application programming interfaces, human-machine interfaces (such as displays), and / or software module interfaces. Provision may include transmitting or submitting data to the interface, particularly displaying data to a user or having data used by a receiving entity.

[0177] Any disclosures and embodiments described herein relate to the methods, systems, devices, apparatuses, chemicals, materials, services, uses, and computer program elements listed above, and vice versa. Advantageously, the benefits provided by any embodiments and examples also apply to all other embodiments and examples, and vice versa.

[0178] All terms and definitions used in this article are to be understood in a broad sense and have their general meaning.

Claims

1. A method for monitoring the environmental impact of chemical production and / or one or more chemical products, wherein, The (multiple) chemical products will be produced based on the input materials provided to the chemical production, and the method includes: - Provide input environmental characteristics associated with the input material, wherein the input environmental characteristics relate to one or more environmental characteristics generated through the production of the input material; - Provide at least one production data characteristic associated with the input production data used to generate the input environment characteristic, wherein the input production data is associated with one or more production processes used to produce the input material; - The input environment characteristic is confirmed by determining, from the at least one production data characteristic, at least the technical relevance, geographical relevance, and / or temporal relevance of the input production data used to generate the input environment characteristic; - Based on the confirmation of the input environment characteristics, the input material for production is provided to the chemical production process and / or the confirmed input environment characteristics are provided to generate output environment characteristics associated with (multiple) chemical products produced based on the input material.

2. The method as described in claim 1, wherein, At least one input environmental characteristic is generated from input production data, which includes process data collected from the production of the input material, energy data related to energy use in the production of the input material, and / or at least one environmental characteristic of one or more materials used in the production of the input material.

3. The method as described in any of the preceding claims, wherein, The at least one production data characteristic relates to one or more quality indicators of the input production data, which represent the correlation between the input production data and the input material supplied to the chemical production.

4. The method as described in any of the preceding claims, wherein, The at least one production data characteristic relates to input production data collected from one or more production processes used to produce the input material supplied to the chemical production, input production data collected from one or more production processes of the same or different technology types used to produce the input material, or input production data collected from one or more production processes used to produce (multiple) different input materials.

5. The method as described in any one of the preceding claims, wherein, The at least one production data characteristic relates to input production data collected from: one or more production locations for producing the input material supplied to the chemical production; one or more production locations different from the one or more production locations for producing the input material supplied to the chemical production; or one or more production locations for producing the input material under production conditions different from the one or more production locations for producing the input material supplied to the chemical production.

6. The method as described in any of the preceding claims, wherein, The at least one production data characteristic relates to the time period and / or point in time during which the input production data was generated, wherein the at least one production data characteristic relates to the share of the quantity of input materials covered by at least one input environmental characteristic.

7. The method as described in any of the preceding claims, wherein, Confirmation includes accepting the provided input environment characteristics and assigning the provided input environment characteristics to the confirmed input environment characteristics, wherein confirmation triggers the provision of the input material.

8. The method as described in any of the preceding claims, wherein, Confirmation includes rejecting the provided input environment characteristics and / or assigning predefined input environment characteristics to the input material, wherein confirmation includes rejecting the provided input environment characteristics and / or rejecting the input material.

9. The method as described in any of the preceding claims, wherein, The method further includes the step of producing the (multiple) chemical products using the input material associated with the confirmed input environmental characteristic data, wherein the method further includes the step of generating the output environmental characteristic based on the confirmed input environmental characteristic, wherein the method further includes the step of assigning the generated output environmental characteristic to the (multiple) chemical products.

10. The method as described in any of the preceding claims, wherein, Multiple input materials will be provided to the chemical production, wherein the input environmental characteristics and the production data characteristics are provided for each input material, wherein the input environmental characteristics of each input material are confirmed, and wherein, based on the confirmed input environmental characteristics of each input material, the corresponding input material is provided to the chemical production and / or output environmental characteristics associated with the (multiple) chemical products produced based on the provided input materials are generated.

11. The method as described in any of the preceding claims, wherein, The output environmental characteristics associated with the chemical product are generated based on the input materials provided to the chemical production, wherein the output environmental characteristics are generated based on the quantity of each input material and the corresponding confirmed input environmental characteristics associated with the input materials used to produce the chemical product.

12. The method as described in any of the preceding claims, wherein, The input environment characteristics are provided by the network nodes associated with the production of the input material to the network nodes associated with the production of the chemical product.

13. The method as described in any of the preceding claims, wherein, The input environment characteristics and / or the production data characteristics are provided from the network node associated with the production of the input material to a confirmation instruction provided by a network node associated with a confirmer configured to confirm the input environment characteristics, wherein the confirmed input environment characteristics are provided by the network node associated with the confirmer to the network node associated with the chemical production.

14. An apparatus for monitoring the environmental impact of chemical production and / or one or more chemical products, wherein, The (multiple) chemical products will be produced based on the input materials provided to the chemical production process, and the apparatus includes: - A feature providing interface configured to provide an input environment feature associated with the input material, wherein the input environment feature relates to one or more environmental features generated through the production of the input material, and the feature providing interface is configured to provide at least one production data feature associated with input production data used to generate the input environment feature, wherein the input production data is associated with one or more production processes used to produce the input material; - A verification engine configured to verify the input environmental characteristic by determining at least the technical, geographical, and / or temporal relevance of the input production data used to generate the input emission characteristic from the at least one production data characteristic, and configured to provide the input material for production to the chemical production based on the verification of the input environmental characteristic and / or provide the input environmental characteristic based on the verification of the input environmental characteristic to generate an output environmental characteristic associated with the (multiple) chemical products produced based on the input material.

15. An input material associated with input environmental characteristics and at least one production data characteristic for monitoring chemical production and / or one or more chemical products, or a chemical product associated with output environmental characteristics, according to the method of any one of claims 1 to 13 or by the apparatus of claim 14, wherein... The chemical product is monitored according to the method of any one of claims 1 to 13 or by the apparatus of claim 14, wherein the output environmental characteristics are generated based on verified input environmental characteristics associated with one or more input materials used to produce the chemical product.

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