BetterChain is a social venture on a mission to support responsible sourcing of minerals and better forms of engagement with communities in resource-rich countries, whose livelihoods heavily depend on revenues from the mineral trade. We work with mining operators, international traders, smelters and refiners in all geographies to design solutions for risk management and transparent reporting such as our groundbreaking open-source Autonomous Due Diligence (ADD) protocol. We are also developing data rating and packaging systems, as we build a decentralised (blockchain-secured) marketplace for consumer-facing brands and ethical consumers to reliably access knowledge on the origin of their products’ supply chain.

Main sectors: Supply Chains & Logistics; Energy, Climate & Environment

Main applications: Supply Chain Management/Trade;
Tracking of goods, supply chain, IoT

Established in: 2017

URL: https://www.bcha.in/

Organisation: Better Chain S.L.

Organisation type: Companies (for-profit) – Startup

Founders: Benjamin Clair, Founder

Partners: iPoint; Cobalt Blockchain; Minespider; BIPP HUB; Barcelona Tech City; Carnagie Mellon University Africa

Country: Spain

City: Barcelona

Stage of project: Demo

Geographical reach: International

DLT / Blockchain: Private 

Other technologies: N/A

Whitepaper: https://dc691958-c3fe-44f9-9557-f328fc23cffa.filesusr.com/ugd/3e9219_6bb5ba73a1d24ee5abd5e5a4688c09f4.pdf

Github: N/A

Twitter: https://twitter.com/betterchain

This project is part of the #DLT4Good Scanning. ‘#DLT4Good: Co-creating a European Ecosystem of Distributed Ledger Technologies for Social and Public Good’ is a forward-looking science for policy project supported by the European Parliament, and coordinated by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) in cooperation with the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology (DG CONNECT). Learn more about #DLT4Good.