Cosmetic Ingredient Passport for Environmental Impact Traceability
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Solution Overview
Problem
In complex cosmetic ingredient supply chains, achieving transparency of environmental impact across value chain participants is challenging due to the complexity of the systems.
Innovation Solution
A system is developed that produces cosmetic ingredients associated with a cosmetic ingredient passport or digital asset. This system includes a chemical production network that produces cosmetic ingredients from input materials through chemical processes, and a production operating apparatus that generates a decentral identifier linked to environmental attributes of the input materials and chemical processes, creating a digital asset that tracks environmental impact.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a digital tracking system is implemented to improve transparency of environmental impact data, then information transparency is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates digital copies (digital twins) of physical cosmetic ingredients through cosmetic ingredient passports. Each passport contains comprehensive environmental impact data, traceability information, and certification details that mirror the physical ingredient's attributes. This digital replication enables transparent tracking without adding physical complexity to the supply chain infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces blockchain technology as an intermediary layer that mediates between value chain participants. The blockchain serves as a neutral, decentralized ledger that stores and verifies environmental impact data, enabling transparent information sharing without requiring direct trust relationships or complex coordination between participants.
2Reliability
If decentralized identifiers are used to track environmental attributes, then data security and transparency are improved, but implementation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service mechanisms where cosmetic ingredient passports automatically generate and manage their own digital twins and decentralized identifiers. The system enables automated data verification, tracking, and validation without requiring manual intervention from value chain participants, reducing implementation complexity while maintaining high security standards.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal cosmetic ingredient passport standard that can be applied across the entire cosmetic value chain. This multi-functional system handles multiple tasks including environmental impact tracking, traceability, certification, and data sharing through a single standardized framework, reducing the need for multiple separate systems and simplifying implementation.
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AI summary
Disclosed are systems for producing a cosmetic ingredient associated with a digital asset, methods for producing a cosmetic ingredient 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 a cosmetic ingredient associated with a digital asset, uses of a digital asset, products produced from the cosmetic ingredient 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.