Tracking carbon, tracing change

To track and verify embodied emissions through every stage of the supply chain, leading OEMs are piloting blockchain-anchored digital product passports (DPPs). Ellie Philpotts talks to Chris Taylor, sustainability lead for Philips Healthcare, UK and Ireland, and Professor Sabu Thomas of Mahatma Gandhi University, to find out how these immutable records trace material origin, processing emissions, assembly data and end-of-life recycling steps – providing regulators, purchasers and end users with transparent proof of progress towards net-zero targets.