String Stories

Traceability across non-food - Marks & Spencer and Historic Futures

Historic Futures have announced a deal with international retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) to provide full "raw material to store" traceability on every item of clothing and home product it sells.

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Tracing the Olympic Medals - Rio Tinto and HF

Historic Futures are proud to be working with Rio Tinto to provide full traceability for all of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games medals, from the mine to the Royal Mint and finally to the Games and the winning athletes.

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Online Traceability Platform - FSC and Historic Futures

Historic Futures (HF) is working with The Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC) to migrate FSC's traceability mechanisms to an online platform, in order to ensure the highest level of integrity throughout the FSC system. HF will lead the effort to design a traceability solution built on their unique technology platform, known as String.

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Online Assessment Tool - MSC and Historic Futures

Historic Futures (HF) have worked closely with the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) to develop their Online Assessment tool (OLA) for the certification of independent restaurants to their Chain of Custody (CoC) standard. OLA improves the efficiency of the certification process by providing an online workflow, with less need for on-site audits. This reduces the cost of certification for the restaurants, removing barriers to entry to the scheme for these small-scale organisations.

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