Annotations - blockchain

  1. Huang, Roger. “UN Pilot In Mongolia Uses Blockchain To Help Farmers Deliver Sustainable Cashmere.” Online magazine. Forbes, December 28, 2019. https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerhuang/2019/12/28/un-pilot-in-mongolia-uses-blockchain-to-help-farmers-deliver-sustainable-cashmere/.

    A pilot with technology provider Covergence.tech used Ethereumbased blockchain technology to interact with over 70 different herders and 8 cooperatives.

    The latter part of the article outlines the pilot, whereby herders used RFID tags and an Android app to label their cashmere bundles. See also the Convergence.tech report.

  2. Huang, Roger. “UN Pilot In Mongolia Uses Blockchain To Help Farmers Deliver Sustainable Cashmere.” Online magazine. Forbes, December 28, 2019. https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerhuang/2019/12/28/un-pilot-in-mongolia-uses-blockchain-to-help-farmers-deliver-sustainable-cashmere/.

    istributed nodes and decentralization can help advance important social outcomes with credible partners.

    (the "credible partners" are the experts?)

  3. Pratap, Jai. “UN Is Working with Mongolian Farmers to Deliver Sustainable Cashmere Using Blockchain Technology.” Coinnounce (blog), January 13, 2020. https://coinnounce.com/mongolian-farmers-to-deliver-sustainable-cashmere-using-blockchain/.

    blockchain technology would help highlighting producers who are following sustainable practices.

    Beyond traceability in a technical sense, this initiative constitutes a sort of #branding at the individual level.

  4. KIRKWOOD, ISABELLE. “Toronto Startup Uses Blockchain to Help Mongolian Farmers Create Sustainable Supply Chain | BetaKit.” Online magazine. BetaKit (blog), January 8, 2020. https://betakit.com/toronto-startup-uses-blockchain-to-help-mongolian-farmers-create-sustainable-supply-chain/.

    The nomadic community is one of immense pride but one with a volatile and unstable income,” said Convergence.tech CEO Chami Akmeemana. “Leveraging blockchain technology within the transformation of the cashmere industry can provide numerous benefits for Mongolian herders, buyers, and sellers alike.”

    (in the "transformation" of the industry)

  5. Burlet, Fleur. “LuisaViaRoma Welcomes Cashmere Flakes to Its Sustainable Platform.” WWD (blog), November 13, 2019. https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/luisaviaroma-welcomes-cashmere-flakes-to-its-sustainable-platform-1203368181/.

    Traceability and corporate social responsibility are also at the core of Cashmere Flakes’ business model. The brand sources its cashmere fibers directly from the Nomad Herders Cooperative, the members of which comply with the code of conduct developed by the Swiss International Cooperation, and every fiber used is currently tracked by block chain

    *SDC, Sustainable Fiber Alliance.

  6. Knitting Industry. “Making a Difference to the Mongolian Cashmere Value Chain with Blockchain.” Online blog. Inside Textiles Ltd, February 11, 2020. https://www.knittingindustry.com/making-a-difference-to-the-mongolian-cashmere-value-chain-with-blockchain/.

    According to Convergence, the goal of the project was to test a connected and sustainable cashmere value chain using Backbone, an Ethereum-based traceability platform.