Tracing Sustainability Indicators in the Textile and Clothing Value Chain using Blockchain Technology

Alves, Luís; Cruz, Estrela Ferreira; Cruz, António Miguel Rosado da

doi:10.23919/cisti54924.2022.9820241

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“…Results from Phases 1 and 2, reported, respectively, in [2] and [11], have provided a traceability platform backend for tracing the environmental and social impact of T&C activities and product lots throughout the business partners in the value chain. This work, Phase 3, aims at studying and selecting gamification techniques for modeling an eco-gamified consumer application.…”

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Eco-Gamification Platform to Promote Consumers’ Engagement in the Textile and Clothing Circular Value Chain

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The textile and clothing (T&C) value chain is one of the most polluting in the world and one that produces the most waste. It is, therefore, important to encourage the circular economy (CE) model in this sector to reduce pollution, mitigate the effects of waste production, and, consequently, increase environmental sustainability. Leveraging end-consumer engagement in a CE mindset in the T&C sector is crucial, as they are the last player in a typical linear value chain. Therefore, a platform that supports and promotes sustainable tasks to manage one’s fashion products, through the use of gamification techniques, can be of utmost importance. In this article, we identify impactful carbon footprint consumer actions and solutions for the T&C consumer phase. After that, we survey gamification frameworks for analyzing techniques, at the system design level, which enable the engagement of the final consumer in the CE process. Then, we select and use one of such frameworks, Gameful Design Heuristics (GDH), for defining the gamification structure needed to implement on a business-to-consumer-to-consumer (B2C2C) context of a circular economy process, linking it to the aforementioned actions and solutions. As result, we present a B2C2C circular business process model for the T&C value chain and propose the design model of a gamified platform for the final consumers, which allows them to register the consumer-to-business (C2B) and consumer-to-consumer (C2C) activities, from the circular value chain’s business process, and benefit from a game-like experience. All the model features have been mapped to the GDH framework heuristics, validating that it is possible to support a set of defined heuristics of applied gamification for promoting CE in the T&C value chain.

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“…In this article, the authors present the evolution of previous work [2,11], i.e., a blockchain-based platform that implements the traceability of the T&C value chain. The proposed platform stores information regarding sustainability indicators for each activity involved in the T&C value chain.…”

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“…This work is depicted as Phase 3 in Figure 1. Results from Phases 1 and 2, reported respectively in [2] and [36], have provided a traceability platform backend for tracing the environmental and social impact of T&C activities and product lots, throughout the business partners in the value chain. This work, phase 3, aims at studying and selecting gamification techniques for modeling an eco-gamified Consumer Application.…”

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“…A technological stack isn't defined here, with the intent of allowing this architecture to be used within various systems and technologies. Nevertheless, we propose the use of underlying blockchain technology to, independently from any business partner, record and trace B2C2C transactions in the eco-gamified consumer DApp [2,36].…”

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Eco-Gamification Platform to Promote Consumers’ Engagement in the Textile and Clothing Circular Value Chain

Alves¹,

Faria²,

Cruz³

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The Textile and Clothing (T\&C) value chain is one of the most polluting in the world and one that produces the most waste. It is, therefore, important to encourage the Circular Economy (CE) model in this sector, to reduce pollution and mitigate the effects of waste production, and consequently increase environmental sustainability. For that, the involvement of the final consumer is essential. And, the final consumer's use of an Eco-gamified application for registering and promoting Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C) and Consumer-to-Business (C2B) activities, which extends the life time of textile products, is of utmost importance. In this article, we survey gamification frameworks for analyzing system design level techniques that enable engaging the final consumer in the CE process. Then, we select and use one of such frameworks, Gameful Design Heuristics (GDH), for defining the gamification structure needed to implement on a Business-to-Consumer-to-Consumer (B2C2C) context of a circular economy. As result, we present a B2C2C circular business process model for the T\&C value chain, and propose the design model of a gamified platform for the final consumers, which allows them to register the C2B and C2C activities, from the circular value chain's business process, and benefit from a game-like experience. All model features have been mapped to GDH framework heuristics, validating that it is possible to support a set of defined heuristics of applied gamification for promoting CE in the T\&C value chain.

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“…With regard to traceability systems, blockchain technology is one of the best and increasingly used alternatives to face the challenges posed by a global value chain [47]. Since the introduction of Bitcoin in 2008 [48], several blockchains have been applied in different scenarios involving value and supply chains [49][50][51][52]. Blockchains have several applications providing compliance, transparency, tracking, error reduction, payment processing, and many others [53].…”

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A Review on Adopting Blockchain and IoT Technologies for Fostering CE in the EEE Value Chain

Fernandes¹,

Cruz²,

Cruz³

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With the continuous growth of electric and electronic appliances’ usage, the waste produced with obsolete material (e-waste) has an increasing environmental impact. Also, the production of such appliances bears to increased consumption of natural resources and produces a multitude of toxic and hazardous substances, which typically are not properly treated. One of the approaches that may be adopted to reduce such problems relies on the circularization of the current linear model, commonly adopted in the EEE value chain. This includes recovering eol products and reintroducing its parts, components, or raw materials into the value chain (e.g. semiconductors, circuit boards, raw metals, etc.), thus contributing to a more sustainable value chain. In this article, we present a state-of-art review that focuses on approaches and solutions for the EEE value chain traceability, and analyses the technologies that may be beneficial for promoting and implementing the CE model in this value chain.

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Tracing Sustainability Indicators in the Textile and Clothing Value Chain using Blockchain Technology

Cited by 8 publications

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Eco-Gamification Platform to Promote Consumers’ Engagement in the Textile and Clothing Circular Value Chain

Eco-Gamification Platform to Promote Consumers’ Engagement in the Textile and Clothing Circular Value Chain

Eco-Gamification Platform to Promote Consumers’ Engagement in the Textile and Clothing Circular Value Chain

A Review on Adopting Blockchain and IoT Technologies for Fostering CE in the EEE Value Chain

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