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Kwik Fit extends Project TREE to 3rd tyre brand

UK News

Following a successful pilot scheme, Kwik Fit is increasing product availability for customers who want to buy tyres that support sustainable rubber production and help protect the rainforests of Indonesia. The company is now offering three brands of tyre that tick these boxes.

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  1. Project TREE: A blockchain-driven, more sustainable rubber supply chain
  2. Hankook participating in Project TREE
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  4. Michelin and Pirelli lead in rubber sustainability – Context Group
11th April 2022/by Stephen

Continental gains 4th consecutive top CDP rating

Company News

Four in a row – For 2021, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has once again awarded Continental the highest grade in its Supplier Engagement rating. This makes Continental one of the eight per cent of companies awarded 2021 leadership status by the international non-profit organisation for supplier commitment to climate change.

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  4. Continental purchasing rubber via HeveaConnect
11th March 2022/by Stephen

Hankook participating in Project TREE

Company News, UK News

Project TREE is the first attempt to establish natural rubber traceability using blockchain, and the UK is the first market where consumers can buy tyres containing verifiable sustainable rubber. Following the launch of traceable Pirelli tyres earlier this month, Hankook Tire & Technology is now distributing tyres manufactured through the project.

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22nd December 2021/by Stephen

Continental purchasing rubber via HeveaConnect

Company News, International News

With immediate effect, tyre maker Continental will handle a portion of its natural rubber purchasing through HeveaConnect, a digital trading platform designed to ensure greater transparency and sustainability in the natural rubber supply chain. Reporting this new arrangement, Continental’s Dr Andrea Appel explains that the goal is to procure all materials from “responsible sources,” and that the key to achieving this “lies in innovative technologies and digitalisation, which can make a decisive contribution to transparency in complex supply chains.”

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  3. Sustainability award for Continental’s dandelion rubber tyres
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17th December 2021/by Stephen

Project TREE: A blockchain-driven, more sustainable rubber supply chain

Company News, UK News

Japan’s Itochu Corporation announced today the commercial launch of Project TREE, an initiative that uses a blockchain-based traceability system to ensure the sustainability and traceability of natural rubber. Partners participating in the Project include Itochu subsidiaries and tyre manufacturers, and the UK will be the first market to benefit.

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  2. GPSRNR policy framework drives commitment to sustainable rubber sourcing
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1st December 2021/by Stephen

Continental codeveloping invisible rubber marking technology

Company News

Tyre maker Continental and Security Matters, an Australian company focused on the digitisation of physical objects in the blockchain, are collaborating to develop and test a marker technology for natural rubber. The two companies have entered into an agreement covering this work.

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23rd September 2021/by Stephen

TRA trials tyre traceability technology

Retreading, UK News

The Tyre Recovery Association (TRA) has announced the completion of a digital tyre tracking trial. Conducted with TRA member Fraser Evans & Sons Ltd and technology partner PragmatIC. The trial used Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tags. The tags were fixed to the tyre by the collector, who assigned them to their future use, for example retreading or reprocessing. These tags are designed remain attached to the tyre right through to its end-of-life and the data they contain is accessed using a handheld scanner, which reads the unique RFID.

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24th June 2019/by Chris

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