CO2 emission information in supply chain decision making: An exploratory study of the opportunities for CO2 emission information in decision making processes of port hinterland activities of global supply chains

The global transport sector currently contributes 23% of carbon dioxide emissions, a figure set to double by 2050 without mitigation efforts. While Scope 3 emissions, notably in container transport, are challenging to address, they constitute over half of all emissions. This study explores cargo owners' perspectives on Scope 3 emissions and...

Open Data for Circular Economy Monitoring: A Case Study into Electric Vehicles

Executive Summary<br/>Introduction: The global shift towards a circular economy aims to optimize resource use, minimize waste, and promote sustainable growth. Monitoring this transition is vital, and open data presents itself as a pivotal tool. This research explores the potential of open data in monitoring circular economy objectives, focusing...

Textile-to-textile recycling in the Netherlands: The old-fashioned clothing industry in transition towards a circular industry

The textile and clothing industry is one of the most polluting industries worldwide and requires the use of many resources.Textile-to-textile recycling can be crucial for closing the material loop and transition towards a circular textile and clothing industry. Currently, only 1% of textile waste is recycled into new high-quality textile items....

Untangling the Wild West: Exploring the applicability of blockchain-based applications to prevent double counting in the voluntary carbon by developing a multi-level governance blockchain evaluation framework

The modern world is under great pressure to fight climate change and limit global temperature rises to a sustainable level. As part of new mitigation strategies, the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) emerged after the compliance markets materialized. Via the voluntary carbon market companies can offset their carbon emissions. The captured carbon is...

Pricing strategy of FMCG: Considering the IT development cost and Sustainability implementation

Consumption of environmentally friendly products has grown more widespread than it was a few years ago. As a result, consumers are becoming more conscious of the environmental effect aspect while making purchases of goods and services. The consequence is that FMCG firms are attempting to develop creative solutions, such as altering the...

Connecting Commercial Blockchain Platforms and European Customs: an Interoperable and Self-Sovereign Data Sharing Architecture

Increasingly specialised logistic services are triggering the disaggregation of supply chain functions and fostering the generation of information silos. This is perceived by European customs as a threat, since it affects the reliability of the import risk assessments and cargo inspections. In parallel, the rise of data sharing platforms based...

Accelerating the transition to Circular Economy: The development of a CE visibility evaluation framework for blockchain-enabled data pipeline solutions

Humanity faces the challenge of dealing with resource exhaustion and environmental destruction. The root of these issues lies in the linear economic model established after the industrial revolution. This model relies on two fundamental principles, limitlessness and easily accessible resources and unlimited earth regenerative capacity. The...

Governance of Multi-level and Multi-actor Systems for EU Customs Supervision

The vessels transporting the cargo can face change in itinerary because of various factors. The ENS documents are submitted to the customs office of first entry before loading the cargo onto the vessel. The issues that the customs faced were unavailability or incomplete Entry Summary Declarations (ENS) to perform the risk assessment because of...

Design of a blockchain-based platform to support the availability of Entry Summary Declarations to European Customs

To ensure safety and security of imported goods, customs authorities perform risk assessment on incoming goods. European customs use declaration data provided by traders to execute risk analysis. Lacking availability of this data to customs authorities currently hinders proper risk management and poses threats for the European socio-economy. To...