AU2021106926A4 - A Secure Method to Control Greenwashing Using Blockchain - Google Patents
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Abstract
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Recently the demand for green products and services have been increased.In order to meet the customers ever
growing demand for eco-friendly products , there are several instances in which companies spending more time
and money claiming to be "Green" through advertising and marketing rather than actually implementing business
practices that minimize environmental impact which is known as Greenwashing. In order to bring transparency
and end to end visibility of the overall supply chain of environment friendly products, this invention uses
blockchain technology.The purpose of the new system is to use the blockchain technology and add traceability,
and security to the products supply chain.Every operation that is performed on a certain products can be tracked
with the changes made in its unique code and if any possibility of attack in the form of inserting a counterfeit
product or false claims information regarding the environmental friendly products in the supply chain network
happens then it can be easily detected and mitigated.
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EDITORIAL NOTE 2021106926
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[00011 This invention relates to the field of supply chain which incorporate the features of blockchain technology and this method will stop companies from making environmental friendly product claims which they cannot prove. BACKGROUND:
[00021 Recently the demand for green products and services have been increased. The demand for Global organic food & beverages market have been elevated surprisingly and according to the Organic Food Global Market Report, the organic food market is expected to reach 380.84 billion USD in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.5%.
[00031 Nowadays, the consumers are becoming more eco-friendly and environmentally conscious. Companies these days uses communicatory and structural changes so as to look environmentally friendly in the eyes of customers (Futerra-2012, Greenwashguiden).
[0004] In order to meet the customers ever-growing demand for eco-friendly products, there are several instances in which companies spending more time and money claiming to be "Green" through advertising and marketing rather than actually implementing business practices that minimize environmental impact which is known as Greenwashing.
[0005] Eco-friendly products move across a distribution chain that involves several participants. Each participants maintain the logbooks in a conventional database information management system. A major risk associated with these kind of record-keeping methods is the issue of being misfiling or tampering of the essential documents and data related to green products. In order to bring transparency and end to end visibility of the overall supply chain of environment friendly products, this invention uses blockchain technology. OBJECTIVE OF THE INVENTION:
[00061 The main objective of this invention is for securing the delivery of green products. This system utilizes the stochastic simulation for guiding the blockchain network where the system can be able to protect the eco friendly products from counterfeiting and fraud.
[00071 The purpose of the new system is to use the blockchain technology and add traceability, and security to the products supply chain. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION:
[0008] The current invention discloses a loophole in the current supply chain network in the area of industries which claimed to be green, it invariably results to the entry of greenwashing. Due to this reason there is a need of a secure tracking system in the supply chain network in the eco- friendly industries, which can be used to protect the supply chain from counterfeit or fraud products. For this reason, this system was developed to secure tracking system in which the essential requirement of the blockchain technology is to hold the products data securely in its database where it is in the form of a unique code. Every operation that is performed on a certain products can be tracked with the changes made in its unique code. The end user that is the customer can track the genuineness of the products with help of PUC (Product Unique Code) claiming to be "Green" by companies through advertising and marketing. By this one can easily track and monitor the changes in the field of green products supply chain, and if any possibility of attack in the form of inserting a counterfeit product or wrong claims information regarding
Mohd Sadiq Lei (Kathy) Zhang Sarfraz Alam Khan the environmental friendly products in the supply chain network happens then it can be easily detected and mitigated. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS: • [0009] Figure 1 shows the Green products logistics in supply chains. • [0010] Figure 2 shows the Hyperledger Fabric Transaction Validation Process. • [0011] Figure 3 is a Membership Certification Process in Hyperledger Fabric. • [00121 Figure 4 is a Blockchain based Architectural framework for Green Products Network. • [00131 Figure 5 is showing the creation of Green product asset in the network. • [00141 Figure 6 shows the flowchart for the operation of the invented method to control Greenwashing. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[00151 In the 1980s the term "greenwashing" was coined to describe the outrageous industries environmental claims. Greenwashing refers to the phenomenon in which some companies mislead their consumers about the green credentials of a product by wrongly claiming the product as environmental friendly.
[0016] The current method was developed to secure tracking system in which the essential requirement of the Blockchain Technology is to hold the products data securely in its database where it is in the form of a unique
code. The blockchain storage ensures immutability (data integrity), non- repudiation, privacy and end to end
security.
[0017] Referring to the Figure 1, it illustrates the Green products logistics in supply chains. The management of the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of consumption. A typical green products logistics supply chain consists of manufacturers or producers, distributors and customers. There are at least two procedures, including procurement and distribution, whenever buyers purchase goods from sellers. After successfully placing an order, sellers will arrange a third-party logistics (3PL) provider to transport goods. Transportation contains long-haul transport, warehousing and short-haul transport like local carriers. Finally, goods are delivered to buyers
and the transaction is completed. It is important to collect and share real-time data and information regarding the
products. To effectively implement these features, blockchain technology has been exploited to facilitate this
process. 3 PL providers, long haul transport, warehouse and short haul transport all are connected to database.
[0018] Hyperledger Fabric (HLF) is an implementation of distributed ledger platform for executing smart contracts. It is one of the multiple projects currently in incubation of under the Hyperledger project hosted by Linux Foundation. It provides an open source extensible platform to deploy permissioned Blockchain network. It is a private Blockchain project that allows users to access the network provided membership certificate is granted by the Membership Service Provider (MSP) of the network. Some of the key design features in HLF project are discussed in details. Firstly, the nodes connect to other nodes to form a Blockchain network and use some kind of peer to peer protocol for keeping the DLT in sync across the network. • Client Node: Client nodes are responsible for initiating the transactions in the Blockchain network.
Figure 2 explains the security and the transaction validation process in HLF in detail. • Peers Node: Peer nodes brings synchronization across the network so that each node has same copy of
the ledger data. There are two types of Peers in the HLF Blockchain network (I) Anchor Peers (II) Endorsing Peers. Members in the Blockchain network setup peers in their infrastructure for participating
Mohd Sadiq Lei (Kathy) Zhang Sarfraz Alam Khan in the network. Figure 2 below explains below the key activities performed by the Peers node for the transactional validation.
• Orderers Node: Orderer nodes are the communication backbone of the Blockchain network and is responsible for the distribution of transactions, maintaining consistent ledger state and ensures order of the transaction across the network.
[00191 Figure 3 explains in detail about the generic certifications process issued by the certification authority. Membership service provide (MSP) is an abstract components of the HLF that provides credentials to the Clients and Peers to participate them in the HLF network.
[00201 Figure 4 shows the overview of the proposed system framework that is composed of seven layers: The bottom layer is the physical layer. This layer consists of products, industries, carriers, warehouse and delivery. The second layer is the perception layer. This layer provides the ability to monitor and perceive the status of logistics resources through a wide range of sensing devices, such as radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. RFID sensors and tags, as well as scanners and barcodes, are used to identify goods uniquely. Trucks are equipped with global positioning systems (GPS) so that the real-time position of trucks can be captured. The network layer provides communication channels. Data collected through the perception layer can be transmitted to the blockchain layer using these communication channels, such as 4G/5G networks, ZigBee, Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), ultra-wideband and etc. This layer is used for fast transmission. The collected data is stored in a series of blocks that are chained one by one in chronological order to form a blockchain. The Blockchain layer contains Hyperledger Composer (HLC) which is having a set of collaborative tools for building an enterprise Blockchain network in HLF project. HLC is a framework and open development toolset to make the building of Blockchain application easier. It supports pluggable consensus algorithm to validate the network transactions as per the policy defined by the network participants.
[00211 Figure 5 represents the creation of Green product asset in the network by submitting the essential details regarding the products namely, productld as Product Unique Code (PUC), company name and product name. In figure 6 , the flowchart for the operations of the invented method to control Greenwashing can be explained as firstly, the companies/industries will procure the raw materials and after that if they claim it to be Green then the blockchain technology would be used otherwise not. Product Unique Code (PUC) will be created if the product is claimed as green and it was created in order to secure tracking system. Every operation that is performed on a certain products can be tracked with the changes made in its unique code. The end user that is consumer will be able to identify and track the genuineness of the products with help of PUC (Product Unique Code). By this one can easily track and monitor the changes in the field of green products supply chain, and if any possibility of attack in the form of inserting a counterfeit product or false claims information regarding the environmental friendly products in the supply chain network happens then it can be easily detected and mitigated.
Mohd Sadiq Lei (Kathy) Zhang Sarfraz Alam Khan
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- Claims:We claim:Claim 1 : A secure method to control greenwashing comprising of: Hyperledger Composer (HLC) tool and Hyperledger Fabric Blockchain Network contains in the blockchain layer as shown in Figure 4; The network layer as shown in Figure 4, includes real time data and information system, Ultra-wide band (UWB) and ZigBee communication channel; and scanner, barcode, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Sensor, Global Positioning System (GPS) and RFID Tags. Claim 2 : The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a secure and transparent tracking system with the help of Hyperledger Fabric (HLF) Blockchain Network in the supply chain network of the eco- friendly industries is used to protect the supply chain from counterfeit or fraud products. Claim 3 : The method as claimed in claim 1 , includes Product Unique Code (PUC) by which one can easily track and monitor the changes in the field of green products supply chain. It also helps in identifying the suspected and unapproved products. Claim 4 : The method as claimed in claim 1 , includes the long-haul and short-haul carriers which are equipped with global positioning systems (GPS) so that the real-time position can be captured and maintained as the block inside the network. Claim 5 : The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the end user that is the customer can track the genuineness of the products with the help of RFID sensor, RFID tags , Scanner and barcode.
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