CN-122029554-A - Method and system for monitoring environmental impact associated with use of output products

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to the field of sustainable production of end products, and in particular to monitoring environmental impact associated with end product users using end products. The present disclosure relates to methods, apparatus, signature modules, decentralized network nodes, output products, and computer elements for monitoring and/or determining environmental impact associated with output product user use of the output product, particularly the final product.

Inventors

• S. Hoover
• M. KRUGER

Assignees

• 巴斯夫欧洲公司

Dates

Publication Date

20260512

Application Date

20241002

Priority Date

20231010

Claims (15)

1. 1. A method for monitoring environmental impact associated with use of output products produced from one or more input materials, the method comprising: collecting data related to production of the output product, wherein the data related to production comprises environmental footprint data associated with the output product, wherein the environmental footprint data is determined based at least in part on the measured carbon content of the output product, Generating transaction data based on the environmental footprint data to store the environmental footprint data as an entry in a distributed ledger of a distributed ledger network, -Providing the generated transaction data to the distributed ledger network for accessing the environmental footprint data via the distributed ledger network.
2. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the generated transaction data to the distributed ledger network includes providing the generated transaction data to a signature module configured to sign the generated transaction data and provide the signed transaction data to the distributed ledger network.
3. 3. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the distributed ledger is a blockchain.
4. 4. The method of any of the preceding claims, wherein the transaction data further comprises relationship data specifying a relationship(s) between production input(s) for producing the output product and the produced output product.
5. 5. A method for monitoring environmental effects associated with producing an output product produced from one or more input materials, the method comprising: Collecting data related to the production of the output product, wherein the data related to the production comprises environmental footprint data associated with the output product and determined at least in part from the measured carbon content of the output product, Providing one or more decentralized identifiers associated with the output product, Generating access data associated with the environmental footprint data, Generating an access element comprising the one or more decentralized identifiers and access data associated with the environmental footprint data, -Providing the access element to a decentralized network for access to the environmental footprint data by one or more data consuming network nodes of the decentralized network under control of a data providing network node associated with a producer of the output product.
6. 6. The method of any of the preceding claims, wherein the environmental footprint data is associated with a physical entity of the output product.
7. 7. The method of any of the preceding claims, wherein the environmental footprint data includes carbon footprint data related to a defined amount of CO 2 equivalents per defined amount of output product.
8. 8. The method of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the measured carbon content of the output product is determined from measurement data obtained from a measurement device.
9. 9. The method of any of the preceding claims, wherein the environmental footprint data associated with the output product is further determined from production data associated with production of the output product and environmental footprint data associated with input material(s) used to produce the output product.
10. 10. The method of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the data relating to the production of the output product is collected in association with the production of the output product by the producer of the output product.
11. 11. An apparatus for monitoring environmental effects associated with producing an output product produced from one or more input materials, the apparatus comprising: A data collector configured to collect data related to production of the output product, wherein the data related to production comprises environmental footprint data associated with the output product, wherein the environmental footprint data is determined based at least in part on a measured carbon content of the output product, A transaction data generator configured to generate transaction data based on the environmental footprint data to store the environmental footprint data as an entry in a distributed ledger of a distributed ledger network, A distributed ledger network interface configured to provide the generated transaction data to the distributed ledger network to access the environmental footprint data via the distributed ledger network.
12. 12. An apparatus for monitoring environmental impact associated with use of an output product produced from one or more input materials, the apparatus comprising: a data collector configured to collect data related to production of the output product, wherein the data related to production includes environmental footprint data determined at least in part from the measured carbon content of the output product, An identifier providing interface configured to provide one or more decentralized identifiers associated with the output product, An access data generator configured to generate access data associated with the environmental footprint data, An access element generator configured to generate an access element comprising the one or more decentralized identifiers and access data associated with the environmental footprint data, A decentralized network interface configured to provide the access element to a decentralized network for access to the environmental footprint data by one or more data consuming network nodes of the decentralized network under control of a data providing network node associated with a producer of the output product.
13. 13. A method for determining an environmental impact associated with use of a final product by a final product user, the method comprising: providing data associated with the final product, Gathering environmental footprint data related to environmental impact associated with the end product via a distributed ledger network based on the provided data associated with the end product, wherein the environmental footprint data is stored as an entry of the distributed ledger network according to the method of any one of claims 1 to 4 and 6 to 10 or by the apparatus of claim 11, Providing the collected environmental footprint data.
14. 14. A method for determining an environmental impact associated with use of a final product by a final product user, the method comprising: providing data associated with the final product, Gathering, via a decentralized network, one or more access elements associated with environmental footprint data related to environmental impact associated with the final product based on the gathered decentralized identifier(s), wherein the one or more access elements are generated and/or provided by the apparatus of claim 12 or according to the method of any one of claims 5 to 10, Access to the environmental footprint data is requested via the decentralized network based on access data associated with the environmental footprint data included in the gathered access element(s).
15. 15. An output product associated with the access element generated and provided by the method of any one of claims 5 to 10 or by the apparatus of claim 12 or with a distributed ledger entry in a distributed ledger of a distributed ledger network generated by the method of any one of claims 1 to 4 and 6 to 10 or by the apparatus of claim 11.

Description

Method and system for monitoring environmental impact associated with use of output products Technical Field The present disclosure relates to the field of sustainable production of end products, and in particular to monitoring environmental impact associated with end product users using end products. The present disclosure relates to methods, apparatus, signature modules, decentralized network nodes, output products, and computer elements for monitoring and/or determining environmental impact associated with output product user use of the output product, particularly the final product. Background Various schemes and proposals have been made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, such as CO 2 emissions, associated with the production of end products. However, such solutions and proposals currently fail to achieve transparency regarding the environmental footprint associated with the production and use of the end product. This prevents monitoring the environmental footprint at an individual level and does not allow comparison of the end product based on its environmental footprint. Disclosure of Invention In one aspect, a method, particularly a computer-implemented method, for monitoring environmental effects associated with producing an output product produced from one or more input materials, particularly for monitoring environmental effects associated with producing an end product produced from one or more input materials from an end product and used by an end product user is disclosed, the method comprising: collecting data related to production of the output product, wherein the data related to production comprises environmental footprint data associated with the output product, wherein the environmental footprint data is determined based at least in part on the measured carbon content of the output product, Generating transaction data based on the environmental footprint data to store the environmental footprint data as an entry in a distributed ledger of a distributed ledger network, -Providing the generated transaction data to the distributed ledger network for accessing the environmental footprint data via the distributed ledger network. In another aspect, an apparatus for monitoring environmental effects associated with producing an output product produced from one or more input materials, in particular for monitoring environmental effects associated with producing an end product produced from one or more input materials from an end product and used by an end product user, is disclosed, the apparatus comprising: A data collector configured to collect data related to production of the output product, wherein the data related to production comprises environmental footprint data associated with the output product, wherein the environmental footprint data is determined based at least in part on a measured carbon content of the output product, A transaction data generator configured to generate transaction data based on the environmental footprint data to store the environmental footprint data as an entry in a distributed ledger of a distributed ledger network, A distributed ledger network interface configured to provide the generated transaction data to the distributed ledger network to access the environmental footprint data via the distributed ledger network. In another aspect, a method, particularly a computer-implemented method, for monitoring environmental effects associated with producing an output product produced from one or more input materials, particularly for monitoring environmental effects associated with producing an end product produced from one or more input materials from an end product and used by an end product user is disclosed, the method comprising: collecting data related to the production of the output product, wherein the data related to the production comprises environmental footprint data determined at least in part from the measured carbon content of the output product, Providing one or more decentralized identifiers associated with the output product, Generating access data associated with the environmental footprint data, Generating an access element comprising the one or more decentralized identifiers and access data associated with the environmental footprint data, -Providing the access element to a decentralized network for access to the environmental footprint data by one or more data consuming network nodes of the decentralized network under control of a data providing network node associated with a producer of the output product. In another aspect, an apparatus for monitoring environmental effects associated with use of an output product produced from one or more input materials by production, in particular for monitoring environmental effects associated with a final product produced from one or more input materials by final product production and used by a final product user, is disclosed, the apparatus comprising: a data collector configured to collect data related t