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REVOLUTIONISING SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSPARENCY WITH BLOCKCHAIN
At GAR, sustainability is embedded across every function. Our blockchain-enabled system, SmartTrace, exemplifies this shared commitment. SmartTrace provides “seed to shelf” tracking, leveraging blockchain technology to ensure data integrity and providing real-time access for reporting and robust data management. This empowers both our buyers and suppliers by digitising due diligence, making data collection and verification more streamlined and reliable.
The IT team has been a key strategic partner in ensuring that sustainability is embedded across our technology.
“By embedding sustainability into our IT solutions such as blockchain and data analytics, we’re enabling responsible growth across the business,” says Suwandi Kho, Lead, Blockchain & Business Intelligence & Senior Project Manager, who helped build the platform.
“Through SmartTrace, we leverage extensive sustainability data collected over the years, including TTM and TTP data from smallholder farmers, to gain complete visibility across the supply chain. By applying data analytics, we facilitate informed decisions, streamlined supplier management, and enhanced sustainability outcomes, creating a foundation for continuous improvement.” Suwandi explains.
Cross-functional collaboration was central to the platform’s success. The IT team partnered closely with sustainability, shipping logistics, and trading teams, as well as upstream and downstream partners, to ensure SmartTrace covered legality, deforestation risk, and operational insights. “We also consulted the Director of Sustainable Supply Chain and Production on the latest EUDR regulations to keep SmartTrace aligned with evolving standards, making it a robust platform for our sustainability objectives,” Suwandi added.
Looking ahead, SmartTrace will be expanded across GAR’s other business units. Planned enhancements include a Food Safety Traceability feature for more efficient mock trace and complaint handling, and a proof-of-concept to integrate carbon emissions data, to help support our customers on their journey to net zero. SmartTrace is more than a digital tool. It is a foundation for transparency, collaboration, and sustainable growth.
