Blockchain Technologies for Sustainability, 1st ed. 2022
Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes Series

Coordinator: Muthu Subramanian Senthilkannan

Language: English

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This book highlights the applications of blockchain technologies to foster sustainable development in different fields. The concept of Sustainability has grown widespread in today?s context and there are many requirements to achieve Sustainability in any industrial sector including mapping, tracing the supply chain to ensure sustainable supply chain management. Reliable and transparent, efficient data is one of the key requirements for Sustainability in today?s advanced industrial context. Achievement of Sustainability objectives in this advanced era demands various technological advancements such as Blockchain technologies. The core competencies of blockchain technology namely transparency, data auditability, privacy, value transfer, and process efficiency and automation are very much essential for achieving the multifold objectives under sustainability.?

Blockchain Technology: A Fundamental Overview

Fundamentals of blockchain and new generations of Distributed Ledger Technologies. Circular economy case uses in Spain

Blockchain Technology for Security Magnification in Industrial Supply Chain Management Scenarios

Implementation of Blockchain technologies and smart cities, opportunities and challenges

Blockchain Technology Enables Healthcare Data Accessibility

Blockchain as a Service: a holistic approach to traceability in circular economy

The Smart City, Smart Contract, Smart Healthcare, Internet of Things (IoT), Opportunities and Challenges

Applications of Blockchain Technology for a Circular Economy, with focus on Singapore

Decentralizing Supply Chain Management using Blockchain Technology​

Dr. Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu currently works for SgT Group as head of Sustainability, and is based out of Hong Kong. He earned his PhD from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and is a renowned expert in the areas of Environmental Sustainability in Textiles & Clothing Supply Chain, Product Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Product Carbon Footprint Assessment (PCF) in various industrial sectors. He has five years of industrial experience in textile manufacturing, research and development and textile testing and over a decade's of experience in life cycle assessment (LCA), carbon and ecological footprints assessment of various consumer products. He has published more than 100 research publications, written numerous book chapters and authored/edited over 100 books in the areas of Carbon Footprint, Recycling, Environmental Assessment and Environmental Sustainability.

Highlights the implementation of blockchain technologies for smart cities, its opportunities and challenges

Presents an interesting case study on blockchain as a Service, an approach to traceability in circular economy

Discusses the challenges of sustainable blockchain technology in smart healthcare, Internet of Things (IoT) etc