Meeting smallholder coffee farmers in Vietnam
As part of an exciting new project with the World Bank and Nestle, the Provenance Team travelled to Vietnam in March to meet smallholder coffee farmers to explore how our technology can…
Movement
Provenance is pioneering a new movement along with many others around the world. A movement that demands more open, accurate and accessible knowledge about the things we make, grow, buy, own and sell.
Unlocking the financial incentives that reward sustainability in supply chains
Working with Unilever, Sainsbury’s and five other sponsors, Provenance is leading a group of fintech startups to create a system to link supply chain traceability to trade finance – rewarding transparent, accountable supply chains.
The Future is Transparent
This October, we opened up our explorer for transparent businesses and traceable products in celebration of our #OpenOctober campaign. Over the month we highlighted honest brands and retailers that are sharing information…
The future of our trust in food: Tracking meat on the blockchain
Only last week The Guardian exposed the vast scale of food hygiene and traceability fraud committed by one of the largest chicken suppliers. The conditions behind the chicken on sale at many…
Provenance in collaboration with A Transparent Company are part of Fashion for Good
After a successful project tracking alpaca from farm to end garment, A Transparent Company – working with Provenance technology – take part in the second edition of Fashion for Good in Amsterdam.
Helping organic make its mark in the digital age
We’ve partnered with the the UK’s leading organic certification body to transform the organic mark from a static image to a fully-interactive symbol of trust.
A grassroots approach to proving fair pay with Fairfood
Our work with Dutch NGO Fairfood brings greater transparency to the coconut industry by using blockchain to prove fair pay for farmers.
Join us in setting a new standard for trust in the coffee industry
Coffee consumption is constantly on the rise, making sustainability an imperative for both producers and consumers alike This week, Provenance founder Jessi Baker and project manager Neliana Fuenmayor are at the Re:Co…
Sneak peek of #transparencyinfashion launching May 2017
Yarn spinning in process. It’s Fashion Revolution Week and as we look beyond fashion for alternative solutions to the industry’s issues, Neliana Fuenmayor embarks on a pilot with Martine Jarlgaard and Fashion…
Trust in the Digital Age
A great new TED Talk by subject expert Rachel Botsman articulates the future of trust and the great opportunity to redesign systems so they are transparent, inclusive and accountable. As a social…
Discovering #whomademyclothes
Worker operating a machine at the knitting department. Rajlakshmi Cotton Mills, India This week marks three years since the Rana Plaza factory collapse took hundreds of lives on April 24, 2013. Reports…
Do you want to buy transparent clothing?
Do you want to buy transparent clothing? Research would suggest you do. ‘Transparent clothing’ is part of a movement towards more knowledge about the true origins of the products we buy and…
Transparency Technology in Fashion Supply Chains
The UK high street clothing market is both a challenging and dynamic industry, characterised by short product lifecycles and low predictability. A continual pressure for retailers to lower prices for the consumer has been…
Dialling durably: Sean Miles and the grass phone
For designer Sean Miles, the idea of a phone made out of grass was anything but otherworldly. Using internal components of secondhand phones and grass from Twickenham Stadium, Miles and his team…
The power of Provenance in the circular economy
The is a growing attitude among a new generation of consumers and business that says we need to change our consumption habits. Demand for better, responsible manufacturing is growing as the irreversible damage…
Life in the field
If asked about your favourite possession you will often talk about its origin, its material, its history, design or personal memories. Transparency allows us to pass these stories from designers and makers,…
Who made your clothes?
As today is Fashion Revolution day, we bring you an inspiring talk and look into the work of Dilys Williams and the Centre for Sustainable Fashion. The annual event marking the tragic…
Monika Solanki talks supply chains and open data
Monika Solanki is a Senior Research Fellow in the Operations and Information Management academic group at Aston Business School. With a deep background in Computer Science, Solanki has started to delve into…