FibreTrace offers free one-year trial period
Australian traceability technology platform FibreTrace is making part of its platform free to use by brands, retailers and mills in a move to expand adoption within the textile and apparel industries.
The FibreTrace Mapped blockchain-backed platform is said to provide a digital centralised chain of custody that is accessible on any device. Order and shipping documentation along with environmental and social compliance credentials can be uploaded to the cloud-based software solution. The platform can be used to trace any type of fibre, material, certification, document or data in a single system in which all information is said to be protected, private and secure.
Starting today, companies will be able to use this service without any fees attached. This open access portion of the platform allows up to 100,000 ‘digital audit credits’, which the company says is more than enough to map out a full collection. They will be valid until December 31, 2023. In a second phase, starting November 1, 2023, free account access will be limited to 500 digital audit credits per year. FibreTrace is thus offering interested companies an opportunity to test the platform for free for roughly one year.
Commenting on this move, FibreTrace CEO Shannon Mercer said: “At FibreTrace we believe that transparency shouldn’t cost the earth, so we decided to launch FibreTrace Mapped free of charge in the hope that we can encourage the industry to claim accountability and responsibility for their supply chains and be the change for a better future.”
The traceability system set up by FibreTrace, originally developed by Good Earth Cotton, is based on a physical bioluminescent pigment tracer that is ideally embedded early on in the supply chain and that comes with a reader device. FibreTrace’s Mapped platform does not require the presence of the tracer. The open access offered in 2023 is designed to allow companies seeking to map their value chains to test the system, Crispin Argento, company COO tells Inside Denim. “Hundreds of users are currently using the paid version. We hope that through this free software, we can get 10,000+ or more suppliers to join.”
For more information on traceability see Inside Denim's feature here.
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