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Ford and LG to Pilot IBM Blockchain in Fight Against Child Labor

Ford and LG to Pilot IBM Blockchain in Fight Against Child Labor

IBM has announced two separate projects that aim to track supply chains for the metals industry using the Hyperledger Fabric blockchain platform. One is designed to track cobalt traveling from a mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo to a Ford Motor Company plant, while the other seeks to monitor the shipping of metals from [...]

Coca-Cola Partners with U.S. Department of State on Labor Blockchain Project

Coca-Cola Partners with U.S. Department of State on Labor Blockchain Project

Bottles of Coca-Cola Co. soda is displayed for sale. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg Forced labor and workers' rights violations are a pernicious problem worldwide. The 2017 "Global Estimates of Modern Slavery" report shows that an estimated 25 million people are being subjected to forced labor , with the majority of this activity taking place in the [...]