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Enabling greener and circular fashion using blockchain

Projekttitel Enabling greener and circular fashion using blockchain
Projekttype Anvendt forskning og udvikling
Frascati Ja
Tema Bæredygtighed | Business | Design | Innovation | IT | Teknologi
Teaser Can blockchain help achieving transparency in fashion supply chain ?
Status Igangværende
Ejer  
- Akademi Københavns Erhvervsakademi (KEA)
- Kontaktperson Muniba Talha
Adjunkt
mtal@kea.dk
91674756
Nat./Int. Nationalt
Projektperiode 22. marts 2021 - 27. oktober 2021
Projektbeskrivelse  
- Projektresumé

The idea of ​​the project is to develop new knowledge about new technologies like IoT, blockchain, and their impact on business models. The project is conducted in collaboration with partners institutes and companies working in the lifestyle industry that want to utilize blockchain and IoT to promote sustainability and reduce its climate footprint.

 

 

- Baggrund og formål

The involvement of many steps and having various tiers at each step make the fashion supply chain very opaque to brands and retailers. The complexity of the supply chain has made traceability and in return verification of sustainable practices a challenging objective to achieve. 

Textile industry needs to transition from a linear “make-use-dispose” economic model to a more sustainable “circular” economic model and they need to promote transparency and traceability in their supply chain in order to ensure compliance towards more sustainable and climate positive practices through out the product life cycle. 

- Aktiviteter og handling

Took a course from CBS on Sustainable Fashion 

Participated in Knowledge Sharing Group Meetings

Literature Review: Studied state of the art research in the field of implementing blockchain technology to address sustainability issues in the fashion supply chain 

Issued and read various books on understanding and implementing blockchain technology 

Formulated some interview questions for SMEs working within fashion to get some insights into how they are planning to deal with sustainability in their business models and the technologies they are interested to invest in to tackle this problem. 

 

 

- Projektets Metode

The research methodology was mainly based on a literature review.

- Projektets Forventede Resultater

Knowledge in the area of ​​fashion and lifestyle design. 

Knowledge of blockchain technology. 

Knowledge of Textile Supply Chain.

Knowledge about the implementation of blockchain in supply chain management. 

- Projektets Forventede Effekt

The companies that participated in the presentation workshop could take the knowledge back to their organizations and can modify their business models so that they could incorporate new technologies which can help them enable sustainable practices. 

Tags bæredygtighed | Blockchain | Blockchain i modebranchen | IoT | sustainability | Sustainable Fashion
Deltagere  
- Studerende
- Medarbejdere Københavns Erhvervsakademi (KEA)
Muniba Talha
Petra Ahde-Deal
Mikkel Langer
Morten Boesen
- Virksomhedsrepræsentanter
- Andre
Partnere LDcluster
Finansiering
Resultat

The presentation on the key findings of the project was created based on the knowledge gathered during participation, research work, and collaboration with the industrial and academic partners involved in the project.

Evaluering
Formidlingsform  
- Resultatets formidling
- Resultaternes værdi
- Målgruppen Lifestyle and design companiesKEA Students
- Publikationer