Our Mission

In the DIBICHAIN research project, we (the partners) aim to use existing blockchain technology (such as Hyperledger Fabric) for supply chain management. During this project, we will develop are software demonstrator; the “dibichain”, which will take real data from Airbus’s “Bionic Partition” and showcase the following application scenarios:

(Back-) Tracing of certain materials, their grafting and processing, starting from the resource extraction until its re-entry into the material cycle

Ensuring social and ecological standards in within the complete product cycle

Blockchain as the “single source of truth” for integrated LCA (lifecycle assessments), as well as a foundation for Sustainability Driven Design Applications

Clear identification and traceability of products in within the complete product life cycle, especially during and after its use phase; as a foundation to implement Business Models for Sustainability (BMS) / Sustainable Product Service Systems (SPSS) (e.g.: virtual products / C2C-Services)

The Partners

Meet the partners working towards a more sustainable future. Click the texts to get to each companys webpage, or click the icons for their socials. Ordered alphabetically:

What are we doing in DIBICHAIN?

he DIBICHAIN project aims to save and transmit all data that gets accumulated over the lifecycle of a product, including its development, its use phase, and its recycling, into a Blockchain. With this vision in mind, the project enables greener product development and helps to standardize LCA data which benefits recycling and end-of-life-phases of any new product. Transmitting data via a Blockchain and enabling business logic via smart contracts can open brand new ways towards the development, the usage, and the recycling of products.

Decentralized

Blockchain as a decentralized technology ensures the availability of data and avoids the dependence on one single data provider. On purpose we embrace a democratic and independent environment.

immutable

As all the transactions are hashed and distributed in the Blockchain, where all the blocks are interconnected a transaction which once has been written in the System cannot be changed. The gives the solution the integrity needed to perform reliable supply chain LCA by design.

19.02.2020

Focus Group Meeting in Hamburg

At the Airbus‘ Center of Applied Aeronautical Research at Hamburg, Finkenwerder, the DIBICHAIN consortium held their first focus group meeting.

20.02.2020

Focus Group Meeting in Berlin

Right at the next day, a second focus group was held in order to verify and enhance the results from the first meeting.

Publications & Events

The following section contains information about press releases, research papers, white papers or any kind of public occasions where particpants of the consortium contributed.

Upcoming Events

14.10.2021 Forum 14 | Künstliche Intelligenz und Digitalisierung in der Zirkulären Ökonomie auf dem Ressourceneffizienz- und Kreislaufwirtschaftskongress (KONGRESS BW) by iPoint

14.09.2021 IZM Fraunhofer – Arbeitskreis “Rechtskonformes Umweltmanagement in der Elektronikindustrie by iPoint

06.09.2021 THE 10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT by iPoint

Past Events

30.06.2021 Global Exchange Panel „Sustainable and Circular Design & Production of Composites“ by Altran

10.02.2021 Release of Whitepaper No.18: „Privacy preserving and discovery and exchange of supply chain information“ by BRL

25.01.2021 Online Speech @ Hanseatic Blockchain Institute: „DIBICHAIN – New Chances and Business Models in the CIRCULAR ECONOMY“ by Altran

15.06.2020 Release of Report: „Choosing a Distributed Ledger Technology“ by BRL

15.06.2020 Release Working Paper: „Blockchain for Supply Chain“ by BRL

19.02.2020 Koopetitive Geschäftsmodelle der Circular Economy by iPoint (German)

15.01.2020 UN Global Compact Yearbook 2019 (German)