Transport Transparency

Purpose and goal

Working in an industry wide consortium, the project has demonstrated how digital transparency could encourage social, economic and environmental sustainability for freight. Together with partners, a technical demonstration has been developed utilizing blockchain technology. Throughout its duration, the project has raised awareness of the issue of unsustainable transports and the possibilities of reversing a negative trend through enabling transport buyers to purchase transparent transports.

Expected results and effects

A future fully functional and well integrated transparency framework will likely affect sustainability in all aspects; social, economic as well as environmental. The project has delivered a feasible technological concept utilizing blockchain technology as a key enabler. However, significant challenges remain in terms of business model implementation and full system wide acceptance before the concept can reach maturity and become a driver for change to a more sustainable transport industry.

Planned approach and implementation

The project was a collaborative effort with partners from all industry levels (union, carriers, forwarders, transport buyers). Naturskyddsföreningen supplied competence in ecological certification. Volvo, Scania, Cybercom and Chainvine supplied technical development and infrastructure. Lund University and Viktoria Swedish ICT provided domain expertise and project management. The effort was organized in four work packages for delivering case studies and analysis, technical concept demonstration, certification analysis, and project management and dissemination.