Blockchain Technologies for Sustainability

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.​

Table of Contents

1. Blockchain Technology: A Fundamental Overview
2. Fundamentals of Blockchain and New Generations of Distributed Ledger Technologies. Circular Economy Case Uses in Spain
3. Security Magnification in Supply Chain Management Using Blockchain Technology
4. “Implementation of Blockchain Technologies in Smart Cities, Opportunities and Challenges”
5. Blockchain Technology Enables Healthcare Data Management and Accessibility
6. Blockchain as a Service: A Holistic Approach to Traceability in the Circular Economy
7. The Smart City, Smart Contract, Smart Health Care, Internet of Things (IoT), Opportunities, and Challenges
8. Applications of Blockchain Technology for a Circular Economy with Focus on Singapore
9. Leveraging Blockchain Technology in Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Logistics

About the Author

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.