Chemical Material Passports for Environmental Data Traceability
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Solution Overview
Problem
In complex supply chains, achieving transparency and efficient sharing of environmental impact data between participants is challenging, particularly in the field of chemistry where output materials are used across diverse value chains.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for producing output materials with associated digital assets, using decentral identifiers to link environmental attributes of input materials and chemical processes, enabling secure data exchange and tracking across value chains.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional supply chain data sharing methods are used, then data exchange occurs between participants, but transparency and efficiency of environmental impact data sharing deteriorates in complex chemical supply chains
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates digital copies (digital passports) of material information that can be shared across the supply chain without transferring physical materials or complex data structures. Each material receives a standardized digital passport containing environmental attributes, enabling transparent tracking while simplifying data exchange in complex supply chains.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms environmental impact data into standardized parameters (carbon footprint, water usage, energy consumption) that can be consistently measured, compared, and shared across different supply chain participants. This parameter standardization enables transparency while reducing the complexity of data integration.
2Reliability
If detailed environmental attribute tracking is implemented, then environmental impact transparency improves, but system complexity and data management burden increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments environmental impact data into distinct attributes (carbon footprint, water usage, energy consumption, waste generation) that can be independently tracked, managed, and verified. This segmentation improves reliability of each attribute while reducing the overall complexity through modular data structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces digital passports as intermediary structures that mediate between complex environmental data sources and supply chain participants. These passports simplify data management by providing a standardized interface while maintaining detailed environmental attribute information.
3Stability of the object's composition
If centralized data management is used, then data consistency is maintained, but supply chain participant autonomy and scalability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates universal digital passports that can be applied to any material across different supply chains and participants. This standardized structure maintains data consistency through common formats while enabling flexibility and adaptability across diverse applications and organizational structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables supply chain participants to independently generate, manage, and verify their own material passports without requiring centralized data management. Each participant maintains autonomy while contributing to overall supply chain transparency through standardized self-reported data.
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AI summary
Disclosed are systems for producing an output material associated with a digital asset, methods for producing an output material associated with a digital asset, apparatuses for generating a digital asset, computer-implemented methods for generating a chemical passport, computer program elements for generating a digital asset, uses of an output material associated with a digital asset, uses of a digital asset, products produced from the output material and associated with a digital asset, a digital asset including one or more decentral identifier(s) and data related to the environmental impact data, apparatuses for producing a product associated with the digital asset and methods for producing a product associated with the digital asset.