Provenance Proof: Technologies for transparency for gemstone supply chains

Innovation Description

Provenance Proof provides an array of technologies - physical tracers and digital tracking systems - with the aim of bringing more transparency to every step in the gemstone industry’s value chain.

Team

Daniel Nyfeler and Klemens Link in the Gübelin Gem Lab in Luzern, Switzerland

Dr. Daniel Nyfeler, Managing Director Gübelin Gem Lab & Provenance Proof - Luzern, Switzerland

Klemens Link, Head of Development Gübelin Gem Lab & Provenance Proof - Luzern, Switzerland

Reason for Applying

“We believe that the gemstone industry – sustaining millions of people in predominantly artisanal and small-scale mining and manufacturing – can only survive if it can provide verifiable transparency into its complex value chains from the mine to the consumer. The ASM Grand Challenge funding allows us to further develop our tracking and tracing technologies, and make them affordable and accessible to the entire industry, in line with the mission statement of Provenance Proof.”