Unilever, Nestle and other food giants team on blockchain

New consortium centers on food safety and builds on a Walmart project started last year in China.

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Why Toyota thinks blockchain could enable self-driving cars

The technology could make it easier for companies and communities to analyze the huge amounts of data expected from sensors in cars, roads and other new transport devices.

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How the blockchain could fight grid cyber-threats

The electricity system is about to experience a several-orders-of-magnitude increase in the number of vulnerabilities to cyber-threats.

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Can this startup use blockchain to brew up more sustainable coffee?

A new venture, bext360, has developed a system that verifies beans using smart image recognition. The technology may allow buyers to track provenance of crops more closely, while promising faster payments for local farmers.

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More blockchain experiments that could unlock innovation

More than 200 potential applications are in the energy sector alone. Plus, don’t overlook emerging models for self-driving vehicles and tracing lumber.

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What blockchain can do for the environment

The digital technology behind bitcoin is poised to revolutionize how we certify sustainability, use renewable energy and more.

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If all paper cannot be made from 100% recycled fiber, what should we use?

Recycling paper was one of the earliest and most important actions individuals and companies took to treat our natural world more gently.But despite great advances in paper recycling, we don’t have enough recycled paper fiber to go around.So, if we cannot make every new product from recycled paper, which products should be made from recycled and which should use sustainably grown new fiber?A new tool is being developed to help answer that question. But first, let’s explain why we need it in the first place.

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Episode 56: Blockchain for supply chains; Al Gore’s 24 Hours of Reality

This week’s GreenBiz 350 podcast: Sustainability reporting in stock exchanges, and IBM vies to be the keeper of the blockchain.

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How Samsung, Dell are reinventing IT products

In their circular economy efforts, two tech giants lower their carbon footprints while innovating with longer-living products.

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Why IBM sees blockchain as a breakthrough for traceability

The tech giant is behind two intriguing supply chain projects, with more to come.

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